Colonies
This was the total amount of colonies that became America
13
Any time you see Marbury vs Madison, what do you need to remember.
Judicial Review
This was the emergency type of government that the country started as. (Loose association of states)
Confederacy
First US President
George Washington
This branch of government enforces laws and is led by the President.
Executive
The idea that America should expand as much as possible.
Manifest Destiny
The country who fought against America in the War of 1812
England
The extreme pride or love for the country after the War of 1812 in America
Nationalism
America was a colony of which country
England
This court case involves the national bank being placed in Maryland. It talks about the Necessary and Proper clause or the elastic clause
McCulloch vs MD
This rebellion showed that the government could not work as it could not tax and have a national army.
Shays Rebellion
A group of advisors for the President
The Cabinet
This branch of government is led by Congress and they write the laws.
Legislative
The two travelers that helped explore the new territory.
Lewis and Clark
The colony owned by a different country that America unsuccessfully invaded.
Canada
Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole is known as
Sectionalism
Before becoming a country, the colonies fought in this war against a native population and a European power. What was the name of the war?
French and Indian War
The awful court case decision said that Black people could not become citizens.
Dred Scott (vs Sandford)
This group of people which included Alexander Hamilton wanted a Constitution.
Federalists
John Adams passed these two acts which targeted French immigrants and people who disagreed with him.
Alien and Sedition Acts
This branch of government is led by the Supreme Court and they decide if laws (or executive orders) are constitutional.
Judicial
To annex something means what?
To add (to the country).
The Native Chief who United many tribes to fight the Americans to defend their land.
Tecumseh
As a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act, states could decide for themselves if they wanted to allow or forbid slavery. This is called
Popular Sovereignty
After the war, colonists were outraged when they were told they couldn't settle past the Appalachian Mountains. What was this called?
Proclamation of 1763
This awful court case legalized segregation by saying "separate but equal"
Plessy vs Ferguson
This group of people only agreed to the Constitution if there was a Bill of Rights added.
Anti-Federalists
This President doubled the size of the US by buying the Louisiana Territory from France, even though the Constitution didn't say whether they could or not.
Thomas Jefferson
Each branch has power over the other branches which makes sure no one branch has too much power. What is this called?
Checks and Balances
In NY this man made waterway allowed for easier, faster, cheaper, and safer travel than going by horseback.
Erie Canal or canal
Many warhawks or people who wanted to declare war used this reason.
Impressment
A main contribution to the War of 1812, when British sailors forced Americans to join the British Navy
Impressment
The colonists who were fed up with the King joined this group which was famous for protests, boycotts, and the homespun movement where they would make their own clothes instead of buying British ones.
Sons/Daughters of Liberty
This court case said that Lincoln messed up when he allowed the army to arrest people without reason. (Habeas Corpus)
Ex Parte Merryman
This scandal involved three French agents who demanded a bribe for American leaders to speak to a French leader.
XYZ Affair
This President removed Native Americans despite being told that they had a right to stay in Worcester vs Georgia
Andrew Jackson
This principle of government is the 10th Amendment and it says that the Federal and State governments share power. (It starts with the letter F)
Federalism
This invention which predates a telephone allowed for communication to happen almost instantly with Morse code or a system of dots and dashes to deliver messages.
Telegraph
There are five of these bodies of water that separate America and Canada and because America got access to these bodies of water, they won the War of 1812
Not good but....
Great Lakes
Jim Crow laws was a synonym for
Segregation