Vocab for the Mid - Term

Question 1

Democratic Republic

Answer 1

A government that is run through elected officials.

Question 2

Judicial Review

Answer 2

Doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the Judiciary.

Question 3

Lobbying

Answer 3

The act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in a government.

Question 4

Political Parties

Answer 4

Republican and Democratic parties.

Question 5

Anti-Federalist

Answer 5

The movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government

Question 6

Federalists

Answer 6

Supporters of the constitution

Question 7

Patronage

Answer 7

The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.

Question 8

Spoils System

Answer 8

Practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters

Question 9

Federalist Papers

Answer 9

written by Hamilton, John Jay, and Madison promoting the Ratification of the Constitution

Question 10

Manifest Destiny

Answer 10

Period of expansion in the US that helped fuel western settlement.

Question 11

civil disobediance

Answer 11

refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government

Question 12

Sectionalism

Answer 12

Loyalty to the interests of one’s own region or section of the country

Question 13

Nationalism

Answer 13

Pride in ones nation.

Question 14

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 14

Stated that any further eu colonization will result in war.

Question 15

Habeus Corpus

Answer 15

detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment.

Question 16

Salutary Neglect

Answer 16

British avoided strict enforcement of parliamentary laws