Under a Painted Sky 1
Vocabulary
The Constitution
3 Branches of Government
Misc.
100

What is the name of Samantha's violin

Lady Tin Yin

100

The hungry, weary travelers saw the _____________ of an oasis in the middle of the desert.

mirage

100

The ______________ was the first document that preceded the Constitution. It was the first set of laws that gave the national government very little power and thus did not work well.

The Articles of Confederation

100

The branch of government that includes the president, vice-president, and cabinet

The executive branch

100

Our 3 branches of government was designed to provide a system of c______ and b_______.

checks and balances

200

____________ was the evil landlord that Samantha accidentally killed when he sexually assaulted her.

Ty Yorkshire

200

A bold and violent criminal

desperado

200

The ____ was written in 1179 and stated that the colonies would separate from England and form their own country

Declaration of Independence

200

This branch includes law makers. It's a bicameral chamber made of the Senate and House of Representatives.

the legislative branch

200

The Legislative branch is made up of 2 chambers (or groups of people who represent the citizens), the  ______ and _______

House of Representatives and Senate

300

Samantha is lucky (or is it fate?) to meet ____________, a slave girl who also wants to run away to freedom west of the Missouri River.

Annamea

300

to set value on, estimate

appraise

300

During the drafting of the Constitution, the _________ wanted stronger state power 

Anti-federalists

300

The type of government the US has

Democracy (or representative democracy)

300
Annamea, Samantha, Peety, Cay, and West are traveling along the ______

Oregon Trail

400

____, _____, and _____ are the 3 men that meet Samantha and Annamea on the trail. They are a unique bunch hoping to cattle ranch on their way to California to search for gold.

Cay, West, Peety

400

A wily subterfuge, trick or distraction

ruse

400

When drafting the constitution  the ___________ wanted stronger national government power.

Federalists

400

The Supreme Court makes up the _____ branch

judicial

400

Ms. Gaino is from what previously Northwest Territory state?

Ohio

500
Samantha's father was a wise man with poignant advice. When she was struggling with a musically piece, he told her.... "....."

"Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right"

500

Failure to exercise sufficient care

negligence

500

Federalists usually lived in urban areas and wanted more power in the national government.

Anti-Federalists usually lived in rural areas and wanted the states to have more power.

Federalists is to Anti Federalists as... 

Democrate is to Republican

500

In order to pass a bill it needs at least _____ votes from the House of Representatives and ____ votes from the Senate.

218 (out of 430) and 51 (out of 100)

500

The president is commander in chief of the military, but _________ has the power to declare war.

Congress

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