Early United States History

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
a b t
Persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act
2.
v e r
The state of being under the control of another person
3.
t r e y
4.
s h y ' r l o n
5.
c n i t o n
Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
6.
e e r
One of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
7.
s e i
A meeting for execution of a group's functions
8.
d a l
A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
9.
t a f
A government tax on imports or exports
10.
g i a l a n
11.
u p e m r t
The highest federal ___ in the United States
12.
i n t s e
One of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States
13.
w j r s a n
14.
f e a s s
15.
o r t
16.
c m m i e
A middle way between two extremes
17.
i a l i s t s
18.
e r t
Commodities sold to a foreign country
19.
b l
An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered (plural)
20.
r a e d
Formally approved and invested with legal authority
21.
o g e s
The legislature of the United States government
22.
l g l v e
23.
m e n t s
The act of ___ or correcting (plural)
24.
c l e s
Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication (plural)