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56 Cards in this Set
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Ambush |
a surprise attack |
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Amendment |
an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution |
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Appropriate |
to set something aside for a particular purpose, especially funds |
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Article |
a part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject |
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Bicameral |
consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature |
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Blockade |
cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports |
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Boycott |
to refuse to buy items from a particular country |
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Checks and Balances |
the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful |
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Citizen |
a person who owes loyalty to and is entitled to the protection of a state of nation |
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Committee of Correspondence |
an organization that used meetings, letters, and pamphlets to spread political ideas through the colonies |
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Compromise |
an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants |
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Concurrent Powers |
powers shared by the states and the federal government |
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Constituents |
people that members of Congress represent |
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Constitution |
a formal plan of government |
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Depreciate |
to fall in value |
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Depression |
a period of low economic activity and wide-spread unemployment |
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Desert |
to leave without permission |
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Domestic Tranquility |
maintaining peace within the nation |
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Due Process of Law |
idea that the government must follow procedures established by law and guaranteed by the Constitution |
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Effigy |
rag figure representing an unpopular individual |
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Electoral College |
a special group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the president and vice president |
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Enlightenment |
movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society |
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Enumerated Powers |
powers belonging only to the federal government |
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Executive Branch |
the branch of government, headed by the president, that carries out the nation's laws and policies |
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Federalism |
the sharing of power between federal and state governments |
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Federalists |
supporters of the Constitution |
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Guerrilla Warfare |
a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes |
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Impeach |
to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office |
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Implied Powers |
powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution |
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Inflation |
a continuous rise in the price of goods and services |
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Judicial Review |
the right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution |
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Loyalists |
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
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Manumission |
the freeing of some enslaved persons |
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Mercenary |
paid soldier who serves in the army of a foreign country |
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Militia |
a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies |
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Minutemen |
companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minute's notice |
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Naturalization |
to grant full citizenship to a foreigner |
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Nuetral |
taking no side in a conflict |
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Nonimportation |
the act of not importing or using certain goods |
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Ordinance |
a law or regulation |
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Patriots |
American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won |
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Petition |
a formal request |
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Popular Sovereignty |
political theory that government is subject to the will of the people; before the Civil War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there |
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Preamble |
the introduction to a formal document, especially the Constitution |
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Privateer |
armed private ship |
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Propaganda |
ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion |
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Proportional |
to be the same as or corresponding to |
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Ratify |
to give official approval to |
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Recruit |
to enlist soldiers in the army |
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Repeal |
to cancel an act or law |
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Republic |
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
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Republicanism |
favoring a republic, or representative democracy, as the best form of government |
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Reserved Powers |
powers retained by the states |
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Resolution |
a formal expression of opinion |
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Revenue |
incoming money |
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Writ of Assistance |
legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled |
