The NR Cards

Question 1

Speculation

Answer 1

Assuming business risk for potential financial gain

Question 2

Advocate

Answer 2

One who defends a cause

Question 3

Inflation

Answer 3

A rise in price due to an increase in volume of money and credit

Question 4

Self-incrimination

Answer 4

Giving testimony that will lead to one’s criminal prosecution

Question 5

Explicit

Answer 5

Leaving no question as to meaning or intent

Question 6

Prudence

Answer 6

Skill and good judgment in all affairs

Question 7

Strenuous

Answer 7

Vigorously active

Question 8

Aloofness

Answer 8

Removed or distant either physically or emotionally

Question 9

Prominent

Answer 9

Widely and popularly known

Question 10

Fabrication

Answer 10

A lie or falsehood

Question 11

Subversive

Answer 11

An attempt to overthrow the government by secretly working from w/in

Question 12

Corruption

Answer 12

Dishonest or illegal behavior

Question 13

Federalist

Answer 13

An advocate of the strong national government and Constitution

Question 14

Ratify

Answer 14

To approve and sanction formally

Question 15

Census

Answer 15

A count of the population to determine representation

Question 16

Sovereignty

Answer 16

Supreme power over another political body

Question 17

Judiciary

Answer 17

A system of courts of law

Question 18

Bicameral

Answer 18

A government w/ two legislatures

Question 19

Encumbrance

Answer 19

A large burden

Question 20

Unicameral

Answer 20

A government w/ one legislature

Question 21

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 21

The idea that people were the highest authority

Question 22

Exasperating

Answer 22

To cause irritation or annoyance

Question 23

Pragmatic

Answer 23

Relating to practical affairs

Question 24

Quota

Answer 24

A proportional part or share

Question 25

Primogeniture

Answer 25

A right of inheritance due to being the first born son

Question 26

Repugnance

Answer 26

Strong dislike or distaste

Question 27

Emancipation

Answer 27

To free from bondage

Question 28

Chattel

Answer 28

Another word for slaves, implying that they’re things and not people

Question 29

Ramifications

Answer 29

A branched structure

Question 30

Indignation

Answer 30

Anger aroused by something unjust

Question 31

Ferocity

Answer 31

Do something w/ extreme intensity

Question 32

Fence-sitter

Answer 32

Colonist who didn’t believe strongly for or against freedom

Question 33

Patriot

Answer 33

Colonist who believed America should be free of Great Britain

Question 34

Loyalist

Answer 34

Colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain and King George

Question 35

Anonymously

Answer 35

Not named or identified

Question 36

Brethren

Answer 36

Referring to members of a society

Question 37

Quandary

Answer 37

A state of doubt

Question 38

Zealous

Answer 38

Filled w/ eagerness and passionate about an idea

Question 39

Abject

Answer 39

Showing hopelessness and resignation

Question 40

Radical

Answer 40

Very different from the traditional

Question 41

Compliance

Answer 41

Yielding to someone’s command

Question 42

Supremacy

Answer 42

Having supreme authority and power

Question 43

Iconic

Answer 43

Widely recognized and established

Question 44

Circumvented

Answer 44

To manage to get around by strategy

Question 45

Plethora

Answer 45

In excess or abundance

Question 46

Unanimously

Answer 46

Having the agreement and consent of all

Question 47

Nationalism

Answer 47

Developing a sense of a nation, and that the needs of the nation are greater than the individual’s needs

Question 48

Encroaching

Answer 48

To advance beyond usual or proper limits

Question 49

Pious

Answer 49

Showing reverence and dedication to one language

Question 50

Lucrative

Answer 50

Producing much wealth

Question 51

Incentive

Answer 51

Something that spurs people to action

Question 52

Submission

Answer 52

An act of submitting to the authority of another

Question 53

Superstition

Answer 53

An irrational attitude toward the supernatural

Question 54

Mercantilism

Answer 54

The practice of having colonies to enrich the mother country

Question 55

Dogmatic

Answer 55

Treating opinions as if they are absolute facts

Question 56

Tyrant

Answer 56

An absolute ruler who abuses his power

Question 57

Turmoil

Answer 57

A state of being extremely confused or agitated

Question 58

Why was the Revolutionary War a problem for Indigenous American tribes.

Answer 58

Many tribes allied themselves w/ the British

Question 59

What did antifederalists believe the Constitution was lacking

Answer 59

Protection for individual rights

Question 60

What was the job of the 2nd Continental Congress.

Answer 60

To form a Continental army

Question 61

What happen at the Boston Massacre

Answer 61

The first blood was shed between British so.diners and an American Mon

Question 62

What was the Virginia Plan

Answer 62

Each state would be represented by a number of representatives based on its population

Question 63

How did the American Revolution impact other countries

Answer 63

It encouraged other countries that wanted to be free like Haiti

Question 64

What was a name for supporters of the Constitution

Answer 64

Federalists

Question 65

Why did France come into conflict w/ Great Britain in the early 1700s

Answer 65

French settlers claimed land that the British believed they claimed

Question 66

How did the state governments develop after the colonies gained independence

Answer 66

Each state developed its own government w/ its own Constitution

Question 67

What happened to slaves as a result of the Revolutionary War

Answer 67

Some slaves were freed by the British

Question 68

What allowed the colonies to become more financially independent from Great Britain

Answer 68

Extensive smuggling networks

Question 69

How did the national capital move to Washington DC

Answer 69

It was a part of a political compromise