History Vocab

5. impression, model, or re-enactment of a past event formed from the available evidence.
6. belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
7. an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
8. powers not explicitly listed in the Constitution but necessary for the government to do its job.
10. the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure.
12. call into question the integrity or validity of
13. the individuals who would head these departments and advise him.
14. laws governing the conduct of African Americans.
15. the practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support
16. taking their states out of the Union.
17. moderation of the consumption of alcohol
19. compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
22. to choose the party’s nominee
23. the authority to carry out a policy or course of action
24. the power to decide whether laws are constitutional and to strike down those that are not.
25. the powers specifically mentioned in the

1. an emancipated slave
2. the immediate end to slavery
3. league or alliance, especially of confederate states
4. an indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
9. the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representative
11. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.
18. military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law.
20. states had created the federal union, they had the right to declare a federal law null, or not valid
21. to add a territory