Connecting with Past Learnings Vocabulary Quiz

A system of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions is called:

• Monarchy

• Confederation

• Republican government

• Dictatorship

The first written plan of government for the United States, which created a weak central authority, was the:

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Monroe Doctrine

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the:

• Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

• Compromise of 1850

• Amendments of Liberty

The uprising of Massachusetts farmers against high taxes and debts in 1786 was called:

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Shays’ Rebellion

• Panic of 1837

• Nat Turner’s Revolt

To formally approve or confirm a law or treaty is to:

• Nullify

• Ratify

• Amend

• Veto

A system dividing power between national and state governments is called:

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Judicial Review

• Confederation

Which principle prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• Limited government

• Checks and balances

• Laissez faire

• Popular sovereignty

Which Chief Justice of the Supreme Court established judicial review?

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

• Roger Taney

Judicial review is the power of the Supreme Court to:

• Approve treaties

• Declare laws unconstitutional

In 1803, the U.S. doubled its size through the:

• Missouri Compromise

• Louisiana Purchase

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850