Founders' Beliefs
Which group believed the United States needed a strong central government to make the states work together?
Federalists
Which word means that one person (or group of people) have all the power and abuse it?
Tyranny
What is the system included in the Constitution that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Checks & Balances
What year was the Louisiana Purchase completed?
1803
Which man was president during the Mexican-American war?
James Polk
Which group believed the central government of the United States should be small and the states should have the most power?
Anti-Federalists
Which word means the power of the president to reject laws passed by the legislative branch?
Veto
Which branch of the government is being checked by the power to veto a bill?
Legislative Branch
Which president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
What year did the US get land through the Mexican Cession?
1848
James Madison suggested a compound government that balances the power of the states and the central government. What do we call that compound government today?
Federalism
What is the name for the belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
Which branch of the government is being checked by the presidential power to appoint Supreme Court Justices?
Judicial Branch
What were the names of the explorers who led the Corps of Discovery through the newly purchased Louisiana Territory?
Lewis and Clark
What do we call the land that the US got from Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexican Cession
In George Washington's Farewell Address, he warned against "factions". What does he mean when he says "factions"?
Political Parties
What was it called when we more than doubled the size of the US by purchasing land from France for $15 million?
Louisiana Purchase
Which branch of the government is being checked by Congress's power to approve treaties?
Executive Branch
Which president signed the Indian Removal Act, leading to the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson
What did the US do that forced Mexico to surrender and ultimately caused America to win the war?
Captured control of Mexico City
Which of the following was NOT something George Washington warned the country about during his Farewell Address? (Election interference, Foreign alliances, Factions, Sectionalism)
Election interference
What was the law that moved Indians from their homes onto reservations?
Indian Removal Act
List 2 ways the constitution guards against tyranny.
Checks & Balances, Separation of Powers, Federalism, bi-cameral legislature (two houses), etc.
List three things Sacagawea did to help the Corps of Discovery on their journey.
Translate Native American language, Show them what foods were safe to eat, Rescued their journals when their boats tipped over
List two ways life would have been different if we lost the Mexican-American War.
Different food, different culture, different religion, different langugae, Nevada, California and much of West would be a part of Mexico...