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chapter 7 vocab
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History
8th Grade
11/20/2013

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Constitution
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a documount that set the laws and  principles of goverment
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execute
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carried out the laws
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bill of right
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list of freedoms that govonerment promise to proctect
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economic depression
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a peirod when buisiness activity slows, prices and wages drop, abd unemployment rises
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legislative branch
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goverment branch that pass laws
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exective branch
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govenment branch that carries the laws
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judicial branch
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system of courts decides if laws are carried fairly
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compromise
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a settlement in which the each side agrees to give up something of demands
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republic
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a nation in which voters elect representatives to govern them
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separation of powers
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a idea to stop someone for getting two munch power
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federalism
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the diverison of power between the three branches
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electoral college
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the voting of a the president and vice president
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check and balences
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a way for each branch to chaeck on each other
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bills
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prosed laws
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vetoing
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rejecting a bill
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overriding
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overruling
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impreach
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to bring charges againest the president
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amend
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change
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due process
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a rule that says that every trail gets the same fair rules
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