Chapter 14 Social Studies Alive

The _______is the branch of government that interprets the laws.

• judicial
• executive
• legislative
• tree

An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants is call a(n) ______

• treaty
• compromise
• win win
• contract

Congress can vote to________, or accuse a government official, for committing a crime.

• dismiss
• remove
• fire
• impeach

The group of advisors that help the president are call the ________.

• leaders
• advisory board
• cabinet
• senate

The ___is the branch of government that carries out laws.

• judicial
• executive
• legislative
• twig

Whose main job is it to make laws?

• congress
• president
• governor
• Supreme Court

Which delegate from Virginia had a plan for a strong central government?

• George Washington
• Gouverneur Morris
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Madison

The men in Shays' Rebellion were fighting to

• free the slaves
• keep their homes
• get out of the army
• unite the slaves

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the central government .

• could not make war
• was too strong
• could not pay its bills
• took power from the states

Why did the states calla Constitutional Convention?

• to break away from Great Britain
• to organize political parties
• to write state constitutions
• to improve the articles of confederation