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WorksheetsSocial Studies Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does the 1st Amendment guarantee?
Right to bear arms
Freedom from cruel or unusual punishment
Freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, speech
Rights not given to the federal government are rights of the states
What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
Gave rights not given to the federal government to the states
Abolished slavery in the United States
Against the Constitution, believed it needed a bill of rights to give people more freedom
Supported the Constitution, believed it created a more stable Union
What was the main reason for the Industrial Revolution in America?
Millions moved to the U.S. to find a job
America began making money from building factories
Allows Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
U.S. desire to own land from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast
What is the concept of Judicial Review?
The belief that governments do what the people vote for
The right to freedom from cruel or unusual punishment
The ability of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional
The desire to own land from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast
What does the term "Manifest Destiny" refer to?
The right to freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, speech
The U.S. desire to own land from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast
The movement of millions to the U.S. to find a job
The abolition of slavery in the United States
What are "Unalienable Rights" ?
Rights to build factories and make money
Rights all people have from birth; life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
Rights to claim territory and expand empires
Rights to work as slaves on plantations
What was the Mexican Cession?
Land U.S. got after U.S.-Mexican War; included California
Millions moved to the U.S. to find a job
America began making money from building factories
Movement of people from rural farm areas to cities to work in factories
What is Urbanization?
The process of people moving to cities to work in factories
The movement of millions to the U.S. to find a job
The desire to own land from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast
The abolition of slavery in the United States
What is the 8th Amendment?
What is the 10th Amendment?
Who are Anti-Federalists?
What is meant by the "consent of the governed"?
Who were the "Federalists"?
What is "free enterprise"?
Growth of Representative Government?
due to distance from Great Britain
What is immigration?
What were the "reasons for exploration"?
Finding new trade routes, spreading religion, gaining wealth and power, and discovering new lands and resources. Gold, God, Glory.
What was the "Transatlantic Slave Trade"?
Civil Rights
Civil Disobedience
