| Term | Definition |
|---|
| To separate an official state church from its connection with the government. | disestablish |
| Setting free from servitude or slavery. | emancipation |
| An article of personal or movable property; hence a term applied to slaves, since they were considered the personal property of their owners. | chattel |
| An advocate of the end of slavery. | abolitionist |
| The confirmation or validation of an act (such as a constitution) by authoritative approval. | ratification |
| A list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society. | bill of rights |
| Those who buy property, goods, or financial instruments not primarily for use but in anticipation of profitable resale after a general rise in value. | speculators (speculation) |
| In America, a surveyed territory six miles square; the term also refers to a unit of local government, smaller than a county, that is often based on these survey units. | township |
| In American government, an organized political entity not yet enjoying the full and equal status of a state. | territory |
| To make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one. | annex |
| A demand for something issued on the basis of public authority. | requisition |
| Depriving someone of the right to redeem mortgaged property because the legal payments on the loan have not been kept up. | foreclosure |
| The minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business. | quorum |
| The theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is also used generally for lawlessness or antigovernmental disorder. | anarchy |
| Referring to a legislative body with two houses. | bicameral |
| Referring to a legislative body with one house. | unicameral |
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