| A | B |
|---|
| elastic clause | line in the Constitution that allows Congress ot make all laws as long as they fall under their power |
| electoral college | assembly of elected voters to formally elect the President and Vice President of the US |
| emigrate | to leave one's country to live elsewhere |
| Enlightenment | ideas & attitudes of 1700's in Europe that emphasized individual rights & democratic ideas |
| ethnic | race of people with common traits and customs |
| executive branch | branch of government that enforces the laws |
| export | goods sent to market outside the country |
| factory system | an industrial system in which machines replaces human & animal power |
| federal government | national government |
| federal system | power is divided between the national and state governments |
| federalism | the federal system with division of power |
| federalists | those people to ratify the Constitution without the Bill of Rights |
| foreign policy | a nation's plan for dealing with other countries |
| freedmen | former slaves who were freed during & after the Civil War |
