Unit 2 Vocab Quiz

This is the definition of: An early American political party during the creation of the United States of America which preferred strong local and state governments rather than a strong federal government

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Boycott

• I am not sure

Refusing to purchase goods or participate in events to put pressure on a group, company, or country to change a policy or action. This is the definition of?

• Anti-federalists

• Boycott

• Federalists

• I am not sure

A political concept which deliberately creates competing branches of government to limit each government official from becoming a dictator. This is the definition of:

• Democracy

• Check and Balances

• Democratic Republican

• Continental Congress

A democratic meeting of colony representatives during the American Revolution which provided cooperative leadership of all thirteen colonies. This is the definition of?

• Congress

• Democratic Republican

• Federalists

• Continental Congress

An American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.They believed that the Constitution was a "strict" document that clearly limited the powers of the federal government. This is the definition of?

• Loyalists

• Democratic Republican

• Federalists

• Militia

An early American political party during the creation of the United States of America which preferred a strong federal (national) government

• Federalists

• Popular Sovereignty

• Militia

• Loyalists

American colonists who supported the King during the Revolutionary War

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Popular Sovereignty

• Reparations

Non-regular soldiers who are willing to fight to defend a country or deal with serious threats to peace. This is the definition of?

• Militia

• Reparations

• Tariff

• Tyranny

The authority, legality and legitimacy of the government is created by the will or consent of its people. This is the definition of?

• Reparations

• Popular Sovereignty

• Tyranny

• Tariff

The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. This is the definition of?

• Slavery

• Reparations

• Tariff

• Democratic Republican