History vocabulary

7. a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc
8. corresponding in size or amount to something else.
11. having two branches or chambers.
13. a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
14. a system that allows each branch of a government to amend, override, or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power or power beyond its authority
16. voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.
17. agreement or consistency.

1. feelings of severe despondency and dejection
2. the federal principle or system of government.
3. release from slavery.
4. the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
5. (in the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
6. disparage or belittle (something).
9. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
10. a particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract.
12. feel deep respect or admiration for (something).
15. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.