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| A formal plan of government |
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| Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature |
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| A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
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| A period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment |
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| The freeing of some enslaved persons |
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| To be the same as or corresponding to |
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| Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants |
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| Movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society |
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| The sharing of power between federal and state governments |
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| A part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject |
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| The branch of government that makes the nation’s laws |
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| The branch of government, headed by the president that carries out the nation’s laws and policies |
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| A special group of voters selected by their state’s voters to vote for the president and vice president |
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| The branch of government, including the federal court system that interprets the nation’s laws |
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| 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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| To give official approval to |
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| Supporters of the Constitution |
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| Individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution |
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| An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution |
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