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SS Ch.9 Vocab.

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Speaking or acting out against your own government

a)

nullification

b)

alienation

c)

sedition

d)

accumulation

2.

a meeting of members of a political party in order to select their candidate for president

a)

caucus

b)

committee

c)

cabinet

d)

precedent

3.

to give up control of something, or pass it to someone else

a)

grant

b)

nullify

c)

inherit

d)

relinquish

4.

to legally cancel a law or command

a)

ratify

b)

bond

c)

nullify

d)

abolish

5.

something done for the first time which becomes the example of how it should be done

a)

custom

b)

precedent

c)

tradition

d)

model

6.

the group of the president's closest advisors

a)

caucus

b)

council

c)

committee

d)

cabinet

7.

certificates that promise to repay borrowed money with interest at a later date

a)

bills

b)

bonds

c)

partisans

d)

papers

8.

to build up gradually over time

a)

accumulate

b)

acquire

c)

alienate

d)

ascend

9.

forced service in another country's military

a)

apprenticeship

b)

indentured servitude

c)

impressment

d)

slavery

10.

an action that strongly favors one political party

a)

partisan

b)

partnering

c)

participle

d)

particular

11.

a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country

a)

foreigner

b)

neighbor

c)

stranger

d)

alien

12.

When I was born my grandparents paid $25. for a _______________ that would pay me $100. when I turned 18.

a)

check

b)

bond

c)

precedent

d)

caucus

13.

The President's _____________ is made up of the heads of all of the executive departments.

a)

cluster

b)

committee

c)

caucus

d)

cabinet

14.

Washington set a _____________ by adding "so help me God" at the end of his oathe. Every president since him has added those same words.

a)

policy

b)

procedure

c)

precedent

d)

pattern

15.

Congress voted to _____________, or cancel, the 18th amendment.

a)

nullify

b)

ratify

c)

rescind

d)

negotiate

16.

After the Revolutionary War, Great Britain had to _____________ the land west of the Appalachians to the United States.

a)

terminate

b)

alienate

c)

accumulate

d)

relinquish

17.

The Democratic ______________ chose Joe Biden as its presidential candidate.

a)

convention

b)

partisan

c)

caucus

d)

parliament

18.

Although I didn't spend more than $20. at any one store, by the end of the day my spending had ________________ to more than $100.

a)

relinquished

b)

accumulated

c)

nullified

d)

preceded

19.

Donald Trump was accused of _______________ for his involvement in the attack on the Capitol. Many felt that he had caused people to act out against the government.

a)

accumulation

b)

sedition

c)

partisanship

d)

alienation

20.

After the Revolutionary War, many American sailors were victims of _______________ as they were kidnapped and forced to serve in the British navy.

a)

compression

b)

impression

c)

compressment

d)

impressment

21.

The news reporter was accused of being ___________ when his story seemed to favor the Republican party.

a)

relinquished

b)

caucus

c)

partisan

d)

alien

22.

Sandra lived in the U.S. for many years as _____________ before she became a citizen.

a)

an illegal

b)

an alien

c)

a visitor

d)

an imposter