Chap 9 Vocab

Question 1

What is a precedent?

Answer 1

something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow.

Question 2

What is a cabinet?

Answer 2

a group of advisors to a president

Question 3

What is a bond?

Answer 3

a certificate that promises to repay borrowed money in the future - plus an additional amount of interest

Question 4

What does accumulate mean?

Answer 4

to build up or collect

Question 5

What is a compromise?

Answer 5

a settlement of a disagreement related by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement

Question 6

What does maintain mean?

Answer 6

to keep

Question 7

What is an impressment?

Answer 7

seizing people against their will forcing them to serve in the military or other public service

Question 8

What is an issue?

Answer 8

to deliver or hand out

Question 9

What does partisan mean?

Answer 9

firmly favoring one party or faction

Question 10

What does distinct mean?

Answer 10

clearly different from the others

Question 11

What is a caucus?

Answer 11

a meeting of members of a political party to choose candidates for upcoming elections

Question 12

What is an alien( not the ones in the movies)?

Answer 12

A person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country

Question 13

What are seditions?

Answer 13

Activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance to rebellion or authority

Question 14

What does it mean to resolve?

Answer 14

to find a solution

Question 15

What does nullify mean?

Answer 15

to legally overturn.

Question 16

What are the states’ rights?

Answer 16

the idea that states should have all the powers that the constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states