Grade 8 Social Studies Midterm Prep: Essential Topics and
Review
Federalists - correct answer ✔✔a supporter of a strong federal government
Antifederalists - correct answer ✔✔An opponent of a strong federal government
Dictatorship - correct answer ✔✔A government in which one person or a small group holds complete
authority
Compromise - correct answer ✔✔A settlement or peaceful solution in which each side gives up some of
its demands in order to reach an agreement or peaceful solution
Constitution - correct answer ✔✔A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and
processes of a government.
Bill of Rights - correct answer ✔✔The first ten amendments to the United States constitution
Ratify - correct answer ✔✔to approve
Amend - correct answer ✔✔To change
Veto - correct answer ✔✔To reject, as when the President rejects a law passed by congress.
Impeach - correct answer ✔✔To bring charges of serious wrongdoing against a public official.
English Bill of Rights - correct answer ✔✔A 1689 document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens
3/5 compromise - correct answer ✔✔an agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count a slave as
three-fifths of the enslaved residents in any sate be counted in its population.
Review
Federalists - correct answer ✔✔a supporter of a strong federal government
Antifederalists - correct answer ✔✔An opponent of a strong federal government
Dictatorship - correct answer ✔✔A government in which one person or a small group holds complete
authority
Compromise - correct answer ✔✔A settlement or peaceful solution in which each side gives up some of
its demands in order to reach an agreement or peaceful solution
Constitution - correct answer ✔✔A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and
processes of a government.
Bill of Rights - correct answer ✔✔The first ten amendments to the United States constitution
Ratify - correct answer ✔✔to approve
Amend - correct answer ✔✔To change
Veto - correct answer ✔✔To reject, as when the President rejects a law passed by congress.
Impeach - correct answer ✔✔To bring charges of serious wrongdoing against a public official.
English Bill of Rights - correct answer ✔✔A 1689 document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens
3/5 compromise - correct answer ✔✔an agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count a slave as
three-fifths of the enslaved residents in any sate be counted in its population.
