"The Birth of a Nation" (Early Republic & Constitution)
The "Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
The country we bought the Louisiana Territory from in 1803.
What is France?
A tax placed on imported goods.
What are Tariffs?
This line of latitude at 0° circles the Earth's "waist.
What is the Equator?
This "Reconstruction Amendment" abolished slavery in the entire United States.
What is the 13th Amendment ?
The compromise that settled representation for large and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
The belief that the U.S. was meant to spread to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny ?
When one company controls an entire industry.
What is Monopoly?
This type of map shows borders, capitals, and city names rather than mountains and rivers
What is a Political Map ?
This 19th-century movement fought to ban the consumption of alcohol.
What is the Temperance Movement ?
The amendment that protects you from self-incrimination
what is the 5th Amendment ?
The invention that led to the growth of slavery in the South.
What is the Cotton Gin?
An economic system where the government makes all decisions.
What is Command Economy ?
This term describes the movement of people from rural farms to crowded cities.
what is Urbanization ?
This term refers to the right to vote, which the Seneca Falls Convention fought for.
What is Suffrage ?
This clause allows Congress to expand its power to meet new needs.
what is the Elastic Clause?
The Supreme Court case that established Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison ?
The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year.
What is GDP ?
This mountain range served as the western boundary for the 13 colonies before the Revolution.
What are the Appalachian Mountains ?
hese three amendments (13, 14, and 15) are collectively known as this.
What is Reconstruction Amendments ?
The name for practices like the Cabinet and political parties not written in the Constitution.
What is the The Unwritten Constitution ?
The specific document that freed enslaved people only in states in rebellion.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The term for countries relying on each other for resources.
What is Global Interdependence ?
These lines on a topographic map are used to show changes in elevation and steepness
What are Contour Lines ?
This Enlightenment philosopher came up with the idea of "Natural Rights" (Life, Liberty, Property)
Who is John Locke ?