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consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies.
What is Executive branch
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
What is capitalism
putting a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in wartime
What is internment
a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government
What is federalism
It makes up the first ten amendments to the Constitution
What is bill of rights
primarily any league or union of people or bodies of people.
What is confederation
American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown.
What is loyalist
It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China
What is open door policy
ending the War of the American Revolution
What is treaty of Paris
those which can never be taken away, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
What is unalienable rights
was a period when spirituality and religious devotion were revived.
What is The great awakening
the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
What is monopoly
a system of exchange in which Europe supplied Africa and the Americas with finished goods,
What is triangular trade
North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French
What is the French and Indian war
granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.
What is the tea act of 1773
a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.
What is enlightenment
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What Is imperialism
The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic
What is columbian exchange
three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
What is 3/5 compromise
aimed at promoting economic recovery and putting Americans back to work through Federal activism.
What is new deal
the day on which the Great Crash of the stock market began
What is black Tuesday
South Carolina nullified a federal tariff that favored Northern manufacturing over Southern agriculture
What is nullification
the sole power to interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it
What is judicial branch
made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress.
What is legislative branch
severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology
What is dust bowl