to file charges to remove a politician from office
What does impeached means ?
200
name given to the southern states during the civil war
what does confederacy means ?
200
to withdraw voluntarily from a union.
What is meaning of secede ?
300
Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
What is the 13 amendment talks about ?
300
the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
What is the meaning of states' rights ?
300
the period after civil war when the federal government took control of the former confederate states in an attempt to change them before readmitting them to the union.
What is does reconstruction mean ?
300
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
What is the definition of compromise ?
400
the state of being a slave
What does slavery means ?
400
independent; subject to no higher authority or government.
What is the meaning of sovereign ?
500
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues.
What does the 14 amendment states ?
500
the theory that a state can"nullify" or invalidate a law that they see as unconstitutional .
What is the definition of nullification ?
500
use of military forces to isolate enemy territory, such as a harbor, in order to prevent entry of supplies or persons.
What is the meaning of blockades ?
500
a brief speech made by speech made by President Lincoln at the dedication at the national cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield.