Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

vocabulary 2-2

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Amendments   changes in the Constitution  
🗑
Antifederalists   opponents to the Constitution  
🗑
Bellicose   warlike  
🗑
Bowdlerize   remove passages considered offensive from a book or play  
🗑
Checks and balances   system that prevents any branch of government from having more power than the others  
🗑
Chicanery   the use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive or evade  
🗑
Chromosome   any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order  
🗑
Churlish   stingy or mean  
🗑
Circumlocution   a roundabout or lengthy way of expressing something  
🗑
Circumnavigate   to sail or fly around, specifically the Earth  
🗑
Enumerated powers   those powers given to the federal government  
🗑
Federalists   those in support of the Constitution  
🗑
Impeach   to accuse a public official before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office  
🗑
Reserved powers   those powers given to the states  
🗑
Veto   to reject  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: 100000489367643
Popular U.S. History sets