Ch.7 Vocabulary Terms Crossword

having two separate lawmaking chambers
a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and conduct government on their behalf
a law or regulation
to fall in value
a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
a freeing of individual enslaved persons
a settlement of a dispute by each side giving up some demands; a settlement of a disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants to in order to reach an agreement
having the proper size in relation to other objects or items
a former Continental Army captain who led angry farmers into the western part of Massachusetts to close. Their goal was to stop judges from legally taking away farmers' lands.
a document that placed limits on the power of the monarch.
a document that sets out certain basic civil rights
an English philosopher who wrote that all people have natural rights.
an English philosopher who was a part of the enlightenment
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and state governments
the lawmaking branch of government
the branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law and that is headed by the president
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
the branch of government that interprets the law; it includes courts that settle disputes and questions of the law
a system by which each branch of government limits the powers of other branches so that one branch does not become too powerful