Vocabulary

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Chapter 12

• Vocabulary

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a statement of the principles and policies a
political party supports

• platform

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one who is not an extremist

• moderate

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to withdraw from the Union

• secede

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authority given to someone to perform a certain
task or applycertain policies

• mandate

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the name of the government formed by the southern
states that seceded from the Union in the early
1860s

• Confederate States of America

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a governmental system in which the national and
stategovernments share power

• federal system

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to not vote on an issue

• abstain

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a regulation or decree

• ordinance

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an addition to or correction of a document, bill,
or law

• amendment

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the group of department heads chosen by a
president to serve asadvisers

• cabinet

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an official or public announcement

• proclamation

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the building in which a legislature meets

• capitol