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A New Nation
Vocabulary
Federal System

A form of government which authority is
divided between a central government and
the states
Constitution

A plan of government
Bill of Rights

Amendments (changes) to the
Constitution of the United States that lists
the guaranteed individual rights of the
people
Checks and Balances

A system by which no one branch of the
government becomes more powerful than
the other
Compromise

An agreement made by opposing claims or
ideas
Commerce

A trading of goods within a country
Two-Party System

A system in which two main political
parties compete for control of the
government