Qtr1 US Government Test Review

4. States that the U.S. Constitution is the highest law of the land.
6. Wanted a Bill of Rights to protect freedoms from government.
7. Supported the Constitution and strong national government.
8. A document limiting the English king’s power in 1215.
9. Powers given directly to the federal government by the Constitution.
12. A loose union of states with most power kept by the states.
15. A word that clearly defines this generation of teenagers, often used by evil geniuses
16. Each branch of government can limit the others’ power.
20. A system where citizens elect representatives to make laws.
21. America’s first government, weak with no power to tax.
25. Chamber of Congress based on population.
28. A government where power comes from the people.
29. Created two houses of Congress Senate and House of Representatives.
30. Gave Parliament power over the king and protected individual rights.
31. Powers shared by both federal and state governments like taxation.

1. 1776 document declaring American freedom from Britain.
2. Gives Congress power to make laws needed to carry out its duties.
3. The introduction to the Constitution stating its goals.
5. Chamber of Congress with two members per state.
10. Part of the Constitution that creates the legislative branch.
11. Congress controls trade but couldn’t ban slave trade until 1808.
13. Counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for representation.
14. 1787 meeting where the U.S. Constitution was written.
17. Rights people are born with, such as life, liberty, and property.
18. An early agreement for self-government by Pilgrims in 1620.
19. A system where power is shared between national and state governments.
22. Powers kept by the states like education and elections.
23. Farmers’ uprising that showed the Articles were too weak.
24. A two-house legislature.
26. That new trend where you do that stupid thing with your hands
27. The idea that people give up some freedom in exchange for government protection.