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30 Cards in this Set
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constitution |
the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like is governed. |
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republic |
a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of the citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
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depression |
a period during which buisness employment and stock market values decline severly or remain at a very low level of activity
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Great Compromise |
an agreement that large and small states reach during the constitution convention of 1787. equal representation in upper and lower house.
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Three- Fifths Compromise |
deal that stated that 3/5 of a state's slave population would count toward representation
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Constitution |
the plan of government for the united states
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federalism |
the federal principle of government |
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Electoral College |
a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the president and vice president of the US
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checks and balances |
limits imposed on all branches of a vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts or another that fall within its purview
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Cabinet |
body of advisers for the president
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Bill of Rights |
the first 10 ammendments to the constitution
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partisan |
a strong supporter of a party
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implied powers |
power authorized by a document
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states' rights |
the rights and powers held by individual US instead of the federal government
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laissez-faire |
policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nations economy
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Louisiana Purchase |
the acquisition of the Louisiana territory
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neutral rights |
the right to sail the seas and not take sides in the war
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sectionalism |
loyalty to a region
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Missouri Compromise |
effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered
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Industrial Revolution |
machinery was invented and jobs rose |
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interchangeable parts |
uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces
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patent |
document that gives an inventor the sole legal rights to an invention for a period of time
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factory system |
system bringing the manufacturing steps together in one place to increase effinciey
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capitalism |
economic system based on private property and free enterprise
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cencus |
official count of population
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latitude |
run east and west but measures north to south |
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longitude |
run north and south but measures east to west
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Protestant Reformation |
define the continent in the modern era |
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Quaker |
believed everyone one equal |
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cash crops |
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use from the grower |
