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**Constitution p. 187**
**a plan of government**
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**Bicameral p. 187**
**Legislature to divide the power even further**
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**Republic p. 188**
**a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.**
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**Petition p. 190**
**apply to/sign your name to agree**
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**Ordinance p. 190**
**a law**
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**Depreciate p. 191**
to fall in value
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**Depression p. 195**
**A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases.**
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**Manumission p. 197**
**The freeing of individual enslaved persons.**
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**Proportional p. 199**
**corresponding in size**
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**Compromise p. 200**
**an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants**
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**Amend p. 199**
to improve/edit
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**Convention p. 198**
a meeting
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**Federalism p. 206**
**sharing power between the federal and state governments**
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**Legislative branch p. 207**
**Law making branch**
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**Executive branch p. 207**
**Headed by the president**
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**Electoral College p. 207**
**A collage made of presidential electors**
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**Judicial branch p. 208**
**court system**
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**Checks & balances p. 208**
**each branch as ways to check, or limit, power of the others so that no single branch can dominate the government**
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**Amendment p. 210**
**something added to a document**
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**Tradition p. 205**
**cultural beliefs and practices**