Writing the Constitution
What is the first document that outlined the government of the US?
Articles of Confederation
TWO ANSWERS!: What is the level of government and the branch of government of the NC General Assembly?
State Level
Legislative Branch
The Mexican American War was
the event that made the US border all the way to the Pacific Ocean and North of the current Mexico border.
What was the Underground Railroad?
An unofficial network of black and white Americans who helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North. Free & enslaved black Americans, white Quakers, many women, were main populations involved.
The US fought for independence in the Revolutionary War because the colonists no longer wanted to be ruled by which form of government?
Monarchy
Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison, he outlined it and wrote many of the Federalist papers along with Hamilton
TWO ANSWERS!: What is the level of government and the branch of government of the Vice President?
Federal Government
Executive Branch
The Transcontinental Railroad was primarily built by
Chinese and and free black laborers.
The First Women's Rights Convention led to the publishing of
First 10 amendments
The Bill of Rights
The Connecticut Compromise led to more equal representation because
it left the number of representatives in the Senate equal for each state, and based the number of representatives in the House on population.
TWO ANSWERS!: What is the level of government and the branch of government of the city council?
Municipal Government
Legislative Branch
The Indian Removal Act passed Congress
by only one vote; it was a very contentious vote and many Americans were against it.
The idea of "Popular Sovereignty" means
that states can make their own laws, especially in regards to slavery at this time.
Imagine a public school basketball game and the cheerleaders run out at halftime waving a flag with a cross on it and dance to a Christian rock song. Is that protected by the first amendment?
No, because a public institution cannot promote any religion.
What was the compromise on how to choose a president of the executive branch?
Voters technically elect electors, who vote in the electoral college.
A compromise to create the Constitution was the establishment of a bicameral congress. What is that?
The 2 houses in the legislative branch: Senate & House of Representatives
The Missouri Compromise
allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and broke the free state of Massachusetts into two states, Maine being the second, so there was still a balance of power between slave and free states in Congress.
A Free Soiler meant
where slavery existed it could remain, but all new states and the land claimed from Mexico should not allow slavery.
When my buddy was pulled over for speeding and the officer said he was going to search his car, my buddy said no unless the officer provided a warrant. What right was my buddy asserting?
4th Amendment - no search/seizure without a warrant
What was Alexander Hamilton's role in the Constitutional Convention?
He was a delegate from NY who pushed for a stronger central government and wrote the majority of the Federalist Papers in support of the new constitution.
The following is an example of what? The legislative branch can pass a law then the president can veto or sign it and then someone can file a suit with the judicial branch to declare if that law is constitutional or not.
Checks and Balances between the 3 branches of government
What was the turning point for northerners to create the Republican party?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was the goal of John Brown's Raid?
To gather an army of slaves and black soldiers to make a stand against slavery.
How many electoral college votes does each state receive? Why does it matter?
Candidate must win electoral college to win the presidency; if he/she wins popular vote and not electoral college, they lose