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30 Cards in this Set
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constitution |
a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed |
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republic |
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. |
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depression |
a long and severe recession in an economy or market. |
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Great Comprimise |
was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States. |
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Three-Fifths Compromise |
a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. |
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Constitution |
the plan of government for the United States |
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Federalisim |
the federal principle or system of government. |
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Electoral College |
a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president |
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Checks and Balances |
counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. |
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Cabinet |
a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government. |
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Bill Of Rights |
a formal declaration of the legal and civil rights of the citizens of any state, country, federation, etc. |
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Partisan |
a member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force, in particular one operating in enemy-occupied Yugoslavia, Italy, and parts of eastern Europe in World War II. |
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Implied Powers |
powers authorized by a document (from the Constitution) that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated. |
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States' Rights |
the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. |
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Laissez- Faire |
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. |
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Louisiana Purchase |
The purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803. |
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Neutral Rights |
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Sectionalism |
estriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being. |
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Missouri Compromise |
was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. |
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industrial Revolution |
The rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. |
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Interchangeable Parts |
are parts (components) that are, for practical purposes, identical. |
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Patent |
a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention. |
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Factory System |
the system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century with the development of the power loom and the steam engine and is based on concentration of industry into large establishments —contrasted with domestic system. |
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Captalism |
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. |
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Census |
an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
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Longitude |
the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. |
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Latitude |
the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. |
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Protestant Reformation |
was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. |
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Quaker |
a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox circa 1650 and devoted to peaceful principles. |
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Cash Crops |
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
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