| Question |
Answer |
| The Declaration of Independence was signed on _____. | July 4, 1776 |
| The _____ was signed on July 4, 1776. | Declaration of Independence |
| The Constitution of the United States was written in _____. | 1787 |
| The _____ was written in 1787. | Constitution of the United States |
| A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. | Abolitionist |
| A tax on goods brought into a country. | Tariff |
| A tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry. | Protective Tariff |
| A strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of the whole country. | Sectionalism |
| The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
| A campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol. | Temperance Movement |
| A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them. | Representative Government |
| A nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them. | Republic |
| The three branches of government are _____, _____, and _____. | Legislative, Judicial, and Executive |
| The _____ are the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and the executive branch. | Three Branches of Government |
| A system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches. | Checks and Balances |
| The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation. | Free Enterprise |
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