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| 17035258 | chattel | An article of personal or movable property; hence a term applied to slaves, since they were considered the personal property of their owners. | 0 | |
| 17035259 | ratification | The confirmation or validation of an act (such as a constitution) by authoritative approval. | 1 | |
| 17035260 | bill of rights | A list of fundamental freedoms assured to be the central to society. | 2 | |
| 17035261 | speculators | Those who buy property, goods, or financial instruments not primarily for use but in anticipation of profitable resale after a general rise in value. | 3 | |
| 17035262 | township | In America, a surveyed territory six miles square; the term also refers to a unit of local government, smaller than a county, that is often based on these survery units. | 4 | |
| 17035263 | disestablish | To separate an official state church from its connection with the government. | 5 | |
| 17035264 | emancipation | Setting free from servitude or slavery. | 6 | |
| 17035265 | abolitionist | An advocate of the end of slavery. | 7 | |
| 17035266 | territory | In American government, an organized political entity not yet enjoying the fill an equal status of a state. | 8 | |
| 17035267 | annex | To make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one. | 9 | |
| 17035268 | requisition | A demand for something issued on the basis of public authority. | 10 | |
| 17035269 | foreclosure | Depriving someone of the right to redeem mortgaged property because the legal payments on the loan have not been kept up. | 11 | |
| 17035270 | quorum | The minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business. | 12 | |
| 17035271 | anarchy | The theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is generally used for lawlessness or antigovernmental disorder | 13 | |
| 17035272 | bicameral | Referring to a legislative body with two houses | 14 | |
| 17035273 | unicameral | Referring to a legislative body with one house | 15 |
