Chapter 9

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to seperate an official state church from its connection with the government

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disestablish

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setting free from servitude or slavery

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emancipation

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an article of personal or movable property; hence a term applied to slaves, since they were considered the personal property of their owners

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chattel

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an advocate of the end of slavery

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abolitionist

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the confirmation or validation of an act (such as a constitution) by authoritative approval

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ratification

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a list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society

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bill of rights

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those who buy property, goods, or financial instruments not primarily for use but in anticipation of profitable resale after a general rise in value

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speculators (speculation)

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in america, a surveyed territory six miles square; the term also refers to a unit of local government, smaller than a country, that is often based on these survey units

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township

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in american government, an organized political entity not yet enjoying the full and equal status of a state

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territory

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to make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one

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annex

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a demand for something issued on the basis of public authority

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requisition

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depriving someone of the right to redeem mortgaged property because the legal payments on the loan have no been kept up

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foreclosure

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the minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business

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quorum

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the theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong principle; the term is also used generally for lawlessness or antigovernmental disorder

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anarchy

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referring to a legislative body with two housed (bicameral) or one (unicameral)

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bicameral, unicameral