Chapter 10 - New Government in the Colonies

the level of government that deals with national matters.

• central government

• state government

• local government

• unicameral government

a system in government that gives each branch the power to check, or limit, the power of other branches.

• checks and suffrage

• checks and balances

• checks and framework

• federal system

a loose alliance of countries, states, and other political units in which each unit maintains most or all power over itself.

• union

• confederation

• corporation

• incorporation

to spread out power or control rather than focus it in one person or governing body.

• state government

• national government

• centralize

• decentralize

advocating for extreme political or social change, especially by challenging the foundations of a particular system.

• conservative

• decentralize

• radical

• martyr

to give formal approval to something so it can become legal or valid.

• repeal

• prohibit

• ratify

• amend

the government responsible for matters affecting the people in a state that are not handled by the federal government.

• regional government

• local government

• national government

• state government

the right to vote.

• abolition

• suffrage

• ratify

• survey

a majority that is greater than 50 percent, often much greater.

• majority

• supermajority

• minority

• radical outcome

having one house or chamber.

• Congress

• unicameral

• tri-cameral

• multi-cameral