American History: Vocab Chapter 8

Question 1

a group of advisers to the president

Answer 1

cabinet

Question 2

traditions

Answer 2

precedent

Question 3

identical; unchanging

Answer 3

uniform

Question 4

the amount of money a national government owes to other governments or its people

Answer 4

national debt

Question 5

a note issued by the government, which promises to pay off a loan with interest

Answer 5

loans

Question 6

collect; gather together

Answer 6

accumulate

Question 7

not agreeing or consistent with the constitution

Answer 7

unconstitutional

Question 8

a tax on imported or exported goods

Answer 8

tariff

Question 9

demanding situation

Answer 9

challenge

Question 10

keep or uphold

Answer 10

maintain

Question 11

A position of not taking sides in a conflict

Answer 11

neutrality

Question 12

forcing people into service, as in the navy

Answer 12

impressment

Question 13

favoring one side of an issue

Answer 13

partisan

Question 14

Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution

Answer 14

implied powers

Question 15

a meeting held by a political party to choose their party’s candidate for president or decide policy

Answer 15

caucuses

Question 16

bring to an end

Answer 16

resolve

Question 17

an immigrant living in a country in which he or she is not a citizen

Answer 17

aliens

Question 18

activities aimed at weakening established government

Answer 18

sedition

Question 19

to cancel or make ineffective

Answer 19

nullify

Question 20

most important

Answer 20

principle

Question 21

rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states’ rights supersede federal rights and laws

Answer 21

states’ rights