STAAR review vocab Social Studies

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Across
  1. 2. A system in which the power to govern is divided between a national government and state governments (Government).
  2. 4. Loyalty or support for a particular region or section of the country over the nation as a whole (History).
  3. 7. The right to vote (Civics).
  4. 8. The legal process by which a non-citizen may acquire citizenship (Government).
  5. 11. A tax on imported or exported goods (Economics/History).
  6. 13. A worker who cultivated land for a landlord in exchange for a portion of the crops (History).
  7. 16. The system where citizens are guaranteed a fair treatment under the law (Government).
  8. 18. A law or command (Government/History).
  9. 21. A formal agreement between two or more countries (History).
  10. 24. An organization created to protect the interests of native-born inhabitants against those of immigrants (History).
  11. 27. An organized protest movement in the 1800s aimed at limiting or prohibiting the consumption of alcoholic beverages (Reform).
  12. 29. A document establishing the structure, functions, and limits of a government (Government).
  13. 33. The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated (History).
  14. 36. An overthrow and replacement of an established government by the people governed (History).
  15. 37. The economic theory that a country's power depends mainly on its wealth, requiring a favorable balance of trade (Economics/History).
Down
  1. 1. The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional (Government).
  2. 3. Rights that cannot be given away or taken away, as stated in the Declaration of Independence (Government).
  3. 5. To officially approve an amendment or treaty (History/Government).
  4. 6. A person who risks capital to organize and run a business (Economics).
  5. 9. The official swearing-in ceremony for the President of the United States (Government/History).
  6. 10. The official statement written in 1776 by the Second Continental Congress asserting the colonies' independence from Great Britain (History).
  7. 12. A person chosen or appointed to act or speak for others (Government).
  8. 14. The federal government's effort to end slavery (History-related concept).
  9. 15. A government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives (Government).
  10. 17. The government principle that all authority is derived from the people (Government).
  11. 19. A person in the colonies who remained loyal to the British king (History).
  12. 20. The idea that the United States was meant to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific (History).
  13. 22. A formal change or addition to a bill, law, or constitution (Government).
  14. 23. To refuse to buy or use goods or services as a form of protest (Civics/History).
  15. 25. A set of fundamental laws and principles that established self-governance for the Pilgrims (History).
  16. 26. The first representative assembly in the American colonies (History).
  17. 28. The conflict between the North and South, 1861-1865 (History).
  18. 30. The idea that the people who live in a state/territory should decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery (Government).
  19. 31. The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (Government).
  20. 32. The act or process of establishing a settlement or settlements (History).
  21. 34. To formally withdraw from the Union (History).
  22. 35. A tax on people's earnings (Economics/Government).