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History Chapter 23
History Chapter 23
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5th Grade
04/29/2013

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Term
A ________ is a set of rules explaining how a country will work.
Definition
Constitution
Term
A _______ government has the power to act for all of the states.
Definition
federal
Term
_______ is responsible for making laws for the United States of America. It is made up of two "houses" called the _______ and the _______.
Definition
Delegates, Senate, Representatives
Term
George Washington chose four men to help him run the country. These men became known as the President's ________.
Definition
Cabinet
Term
How many American colonies became states?
Definition
thirteen
Term
The different states disagreed overĀ  _______.
Definition
What type of money to use, foreign treaties, and how to pay back France for the money borrowed during the revolution.
Term
The Constitutional Convention took place in the city of _______.
Definition
Philadelphia
Term
The President belongs to the _______ branch of the government.
Definition
executive
Term
The Supreme Court belongs to the ______ branch of the government.
Definition
judicial
Term
Why did George Washington not want to be the first president?
Definition
He wanted to stay on his farm in Virginia.
Term
Washington was inaugurated as the first president in the city of ______.
Definition
New York
Term
_______, ________, ________, and ________ were positions created by George Washington to assist the president.
Definition
Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of War, Attorney General.
Term
The ________ has the power to veto any law.
Definition
President
Term
Washington convinced _____ and _____ to give up a little bit of land between them for the new capital city.
Definition
Virginia and Maryland
Term
Washington chose the titleĀ _____ for himself.
Definition
"Mr. President"
Term
What is the Bill of Rights?
Definition
It list powers that the government can never use against the people. It says that the government can never behave like a king towards the people.
Term
_____ states had to ratify, or accept, the Constitution before it became law.
Definition
seven
Term
George Washington served _____ terms as president of the United States.
Definition
two
Term
__________ was the first Vice-President.
Definition
John Adams
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