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WorksheetsU.S. History Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 38mins
What is a document that organizes a government and states its powers?
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What is the privilege of purchasing something or borrowing money and paying the money back over time?
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What is an official law, decree, or directive?
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What does it mean to approve formally, by vote?
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What was the 1786-1787 uprising of Massachusetts farmers in protest of high taxes?
What does it mean to have the right to self-rule or independent government?
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What is the system established by the U.S. Constitution that gives each of the branches of government the power to limit the power of the other two?
What is the provision in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to make laws concerning foreign trade as well as trade among the states and with Native American nations?
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Who is a person chosen or elected to represent a group of people?
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What is the concept that state governments have certain powers the federal government cannot overrule?
What is the group that elects the U.S. president, where each state receives as many electors as it has congressional representatives and senators combined?
What is the section of the U.S. government headed by the president and responsible for enforcing the law?
What is the support of a government where power is shared between the central, national government and that of states or provinces?
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What is the provision in Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution that prevented free states from emancipating enslaved workers who had escaped from their masters in other states?
What is the section of the U.S. government that includes the courts and legal system, led by the Supreme Court, and is responsible for interpreting the law?
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What is the section of the U.S. government led by Congress and responsible for making the law?
What is the division of governmental power among the three branches of U.S. government: the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch?
What is the provision in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution that established that the United States would not consider prohibiting the international slave trade in the United States until 1808?
What is the highest court in the United States?
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What was the agreement that determined that only three-fifths of the total population of enslaved persons in a state would be counted for purposes of taxation and representation?
What is a formal change to law, usually referring to a formal change to the U.S. Constitution?
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Who is a person who opposed the U.S. Constitution of 1787 because of its emphasis on a strong national government?
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What are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which are a list of guarantees to which every person in a country is entitled?
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Who is a person who supported the U.S. Constitution of 1787 as it was written during the process of ratification?
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What is a formal, written law?
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