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This branch of government MAKES the laws
What is the Legislative Branch
People in favor of a stronger central government and in favor of the constitution.
What is Federalists
This man wrote the Star Spangled Banner
Who was Francis Scott Key
This is the concept of owning all land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny
to withdraw from an organization, company, state, country, etc.
Secede
This branch of government ENFORCES the laws
What is the Executive Branch
The Southern States wanted this type of an economy
What is an economy based on agriculture
At this meeting, the United States decided on the name of the country and the three branches of the government
What is the Constitutional Convention
A form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
What is Sit-Ins
a policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world
What is Imperialism
This branch of government INTERPRETS the laws
What is the Judicial Branch
This person was the President of the Union States of America
Who is Abraham Lincoln
In this speech Washington urged the United States to remain neutral in its relations with other Nations
What is Washington's Farewell Address
The right to vote in public elections
Suffrage
that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
This person is head of the Supreme Court AND swears in the President
Who is the Chief Justice
The first 10 amendments to the constitution that protect individual freedoms
What is the Bill of Rights
Drafted by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 to break away from Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
a formal system of segregation in the American South after the Civil War
What is Jim Crow Laws
is a change or addition to the Constitution.
What is Amendment
How many members are in the Supreme Court and how long can they serve?
What is 9 members and life terms
The articles that stated the National Government after the DOI. It eventually failed and was replaced by the constitution. It had an idea of a weak central government.
Articles of Confederation
Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
Boycotts
The legisltative branch overseeing and voting on appointments to the Supreme Court is an example of this government system
What are checks and balances