American Pageant 14th edition Chapter 9, 10, & 11 vocab Flashcards

1716729619	disestablish	To withdraw exclusive state recognition/ support from a church	0
1716729620	emancipation	The freeing of a slave	1
1716729621	chattel	An article of tangible property; a slave	2
1716729622	abolitionist	A person who advocated the abolition of slavery	3
1716729623	ratification	The act of confirmation	4
1716729624	bill of rights	A formal statement of the rights of the people	5
1716729625	speculators (speculation)	a person who is engaged in commercial or financial contemplation, propoganda	6
1716729626	township	A unit of local government found in most US states	7
1716729627	territory	A region or district of the US not admitted to statehood	8
1716729628	annex	To incorporate (territory) into a domain of a city, county, or state	9
1716729629	requisition	A demand made	10
1716729630	foreclosure	The act of confiscating one's property	11
1716729631	quorum	The number of members of a group required to present a business legally	12
1716729632	anarchy	a state or society without any form of government or law	13
1716729633	bicameral	a governmental system having two branches or houses as a legislative body	14
1716729634	unicameral	A governmental system having one branch or house as a legislative system	15
1716729635	census	An official count of population	16
1716729636	public debt	The accumulation of the debt owed by a country and its people	17
1716729637	cabinet	An advisatory body to the president	18
1716729638	circuit court	The court of general jurisdiction in a number of the US states	19
1716729639	fiscal	Pertaining to the public treasury of revenues	20
1716729640	assumption	Something taken for granted or supposed	21
1716729641	excise	A tax on certain commodities levied on their manufactured sale or consumption within the country	22
1716729642	medium of exchange	Anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services	23
1716729643	despositism	the exercise of absolute tyranny/ authority	24
1716729644	impress	To affect deeply or strongly in mind or feeling; influence in opinion	25
1716729645	assimilation	The act/process of absorbing information/ experiences	26
1716729646	witch-hunt	A rigorous campaign to round up those threatening the welfare of the public	27
1716729647	compact	Designed to be small i size and economical in operation	28
1716729648	nullification	The act or instance of declaring something legally void or inoperative	29
1716729649	lame duck	A president who is completing a term of office and chooses not to run or is ineligible to run for re-election	30
1716729650	commission	A document granting a certain authority	31
1716729651	writ	A formal order under seal issued under the name of the government issuing a command for someone to refrain from doing something	32
1716729652	impeachment	An action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."	33
1716729653	pacifist	one who is in opposition of war or violence	34
1716729654	consulate (consul)	a place where a government representative is stationed in a foreign country but not the main headquarters of diplomatic representation headed by an ambassador (the embassy).	35
1716729655	cede	To surrender	36
1716729656	precedent	an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action	37
1716729657	secession	Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation	38
1716729658	conscription	A military draft	39
1716729659	embargo	A government order imposing a trade barrier	40