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A change made to a law, bill, or document.
Amendment
A severe food shortage.
Famine
Rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities.
Martial Law
A tax placed on imported or exported goods.
Tariff
The prinicple of government being ruled by the people.
Poplular Sovereignty
Action to stop transportation of goods or people into our out of an area.
Blockade
System in which a central (or federal) government shares power state goverments.
Federalism
An official order
Ordinance
The practice of renting the land on which one lives and farms
Tenant Farming
A crop produced for profit
Cash Crop
A person who has been freed from slavery.
Freedmen
To withdraw formally
Secede
Cloth
Textile
The enlisting of persons for required service in the armed forces.
Draft
To bring charges of misconduct against a public official to remove him or her from office
Impeach
A tenant farmer who receives a share of the value of the crop minus charges for rent and other expenses.
Share Cropper
Refusal by a head of government to sign a bill passed by the legislature.
Veto
Author
theqfamily
ID
191298
Card Set
TX His VOC 1/11/13
Description
Texas History Vocabulary Test
Updated
2013-01-04T01:05:50Z
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