Review of Government Terms

A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers of the government

• Declaration

• Emancipation

• Constitution

Which law set up government in the territories around the Great Lakes?

• Northwest Ordinance

• Great Lakes Ordinance

• Superior Ordinance

Our first national constitution was called the __________.

• US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

What term means official approval by the states?

• Confirm

• Ratification

• Amend

What meeting was originally set to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Electoral College

• Constitutional Convention

• Articles Convention

Which compromise at the convention allowed partial slaves to count towards a state's representation in Congress?

• Great Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

Who are the people who actually (officially) elect the president?

• Electoral College

• All Voters

• Cabinet

When a law violates the Constitution, it is deemed:

• Illegal

• Anti-Constitutional

• Unconstitutional

What is the term that means the following: an alliance of independent states?

• Republic

• Confederacy

• Democracy

What is the term that means "period of low economic activity and a rise in unemployment?"