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U.S. History 2nd Semester Review

Quiz by Kristi Trisdale

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  • Q1
    Supporters of the Constitution were called?
    Democratic Republicans
    Antifederalists
    Republicans
    Federalists
    30s
  • Q2
    A series of essays that defended the Constitution were
    The Liberator
    Freedom
    Declaration of Independence
    Federalist Papers
    30s
  • Q3
    _____________ is the sharing of governmental power between a central authority and the states or provinces that make up the country.
    Monarchy
    Republic
    Federalism
    Democracy
    30s
  • Q4
    The system that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful is defined as ___________________________.
    reserved powers
    checks and balances
    dual sovereignty
    delegated powers
    30s
  • Q5
    People who permanently move to another country are called ____________.
    tourists
    terrorists
    immigrants
    gypsies
    30s
  • Q6
    The branch responsible for enforcing the laws approved by Congress is the ________ branch
    legislative
    Congress
    executive
    judicial
    30s
  • Q7
    The branch responsible for making laws.
    Executive
    Judicial
    President
    Legislative
    30s
  • Q8
    Branch responsible for interpreting the laws.
    Executive
    President
    Legislative
    Judicial
    30s
  • Q9
    Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition make up the ______ amendment.
    Fourteenth
    Second
    Thirteenth
    First
    30s
  • Q10
    Strict construction, the federal government should do only what the Constitution specifically says it can do, was supported by which leader
    Alexander Hamilton
    Thomas Jefferson
    Andrew Jackson
    Abraham Lincoln
    30s
  • Q11
    The amount of money owed by the United States to various creditors, or lenders
    national debt
    margin
    consolidation
    profit
    30s
  • Q12
    Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase and to find a river route to the ________ Ocean.
    Pacific
    Atlantic
    Indian
    Arctic
    30s
  • Q13
    Because their region had little industry and relied heavily on imported goods, who opposed protective tariffs?
    Northern
    Eastern
    Northeastern
    Southern
    30s
  • Q14
    Protected Latin American governments from European powers
    Compromise of 1850
    Monroe Doctrine
    Declaration of Independence
    Constitution
    30s
  • Q15
    The first American Indians to be removed to the Indian Territory were the
    Mississippi Cherokee
    Natchez
    Mississippi Choctaw
    Georgia Choctaw
    30s

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