Ch. 8 Vocab - Growing Pains in the New Republic

A member of the president’s Cabinet, who is the main legal officer and is in charge of the Department of Justice

• Attorney General

• Lawyer and Chief

• Secretary of State

Head of the judicial branch of the government; presides over the supreme court.

• Attorney General

• Chief Justice

• Congress

Heads of departments of the executive branch that assist the president.

• Congress

• Cabinet

• Assistant in Chiefs

An ambassador.

• Envoy

• Convoy

• Attorney General

To give up.

• Parlay

• Compromise

• Cede

The amount of money a government owes to all its creditors, including other nations and companies from which it purchases goods and services.

• Bankroll

• Mortgage

• National Debt

A prior event or decision that serves as an example for events or decisions that follow.

• Cede

• Precedent

• Envoy

A person who supports complete social or political change.

• Radical

• Reformer

• Crusader

A tax on imports and exports.

• Treaty

• Embargo

• Tariff

The act of provoking rebellion.

• Anarchy

• Sedition

• Envoy