Exploration / Colonization
Bill Of Rights
U.S.
Constitution
Constitution
Principle of U.S. Constitution
American Revolution
Presidents/Events
Early Republic
Civil War
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What were the three countries that explored the New World?
Spain, France, and England
100
What is the most controversial amendment in the Bill of Rights?
The Second Amendment, the right to bare arms
100
Who was the ultimate authority under the Constitution?
The People
100
What is a Limited Government?
The government has only the power the Constitution gives it.
100
Who was the general of the American military during the revolution?
George Washington
100
What territories did America add to itself out of the Adams Onis treaty's?
Oregon Country and Florida
100
Which president did we receive the Louisiana purchase under?
Thomas Jefferson
100
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The battle of Fort Sumter
200
What was the first colony in the New World?
Jamestown
200
What are Individual Rights?
Personal freedoms or liberties guaranteed by the first ten amendments
200
What does it mean to ratify the Constitution?
To accept or approve
200
what is it called, To prevent the abuse of power, each government has the right to check the other branch
Checks and balance
200
What was the turning points were (France join) the American Revolution?
Battle of Saratoga
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He is known as “The father of the Constitution” and he proposed the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention.
James Madison
200
Who created the Bank of the United States
Alexander Hamilton
200
Who was the first date to Ceced?
South Carolina
300
Why did France, Spain, and England come to the Americas?
France came over for Beaver fur.
Spain came over for God, gold, and glory.
England came over because of religious freedoms and to separate from the church of English
300
Who were the two sides that argued over the constitution?
Federalist and anti-federalist
300
These essays were written to explain the Constitution as well as discuss the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Federalist papers
300
Individual Rights are guaranteed to the people because of unalienable rights which is what?
Life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
300
How did the Treaty of Paris (1783) end the American Revolution?
Officially Recognized American Independence
300
What landmark case was over a state tax on a national bank?
McCulloch v Maryland
300
What did the Whiskey Rebellion prove?
The new government was strong enough to handle the issues facing the nation
300
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
400
How did they make money in all three colonial regions?
New England colonies rely on shipbuilding, trade, lumber, and fishing
The Middle Colonies rely on wheat and grains
Southern colonies on cash crops
400
What amendment says you have the right not to incriminate (Tell) yourself
The fifth amendment
400
Who are the heads of all three federal branches?
The president of the United States, the speaker of the House, and the Supreme Court justices
400
What is popular sovereignty?
The people have the power
400
What are the Coercive Acts
One law closed Boston harbor until the colonists paid for the tea they ruined
400
Washington wanted America to remain ___________ when dealing with other countries?
neutral
400
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts
It made deporting immigrants easier and an attack on free speech
400
What was the result of the events shown on the map above?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant
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What is the first tax put on the colonists by Great Britain?
The sugar act
500
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
James Maddison
500
How many votes do you need to override a veto by the president?
2/3 of Congress must agree
500
what says the government gets its right to rule from the consent of the people
Popular sovereignty
500
What was the first constitution the United States used?
The articles of confederation
500
What war happened because
The British continued seizing ships and
impressing [kidnapping] American sailors.
The war of 1812
500
What is the Embargo Act
When America's stop trading with France and England
500
Which human geographic factor helped the Union win the Civil War?
A network of railroads in the North allowed Union soldiers to be moved quickly over long distances
600
What are the three colonial regions?
New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies
600
Those who would not ratify the Constitution without a bill of rights were called what?
Anti-federalist
600
What were the three things George Washington warned about in his farewell address?
growth of “factions” and political parties.
He warned against growing sectional tensions between the North and South
He restated his desire for neutrality by warning against entangling alliances
600
What is Republicanism?
The people use their power to elect representatives to be their voice
600
The main purpose of writing the Declaration of Independence was to
state the colonists' reasons for separating from Great Britain
600
What President stop European countries from colonizing the Americas?
James Monroe
600
The Monroe Doctrine
When America warned European nations that the U.S. would protect the Western Hemisphere and would not interfere in Europe.
600
What was the effect of the Missouri Compromise?
The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senat
700
It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.
Mayflower Compact
700
What amendment says The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
10th Amendment
700
"The powers not delegated to the United States… are reserved to the States respectively…"
Federalism
700
Dividing power between the Federal government and the state government is known as what principle?
Federalism
700
What was the main purpose of Mercantilism?
To make the mother country wealthy by controlling colonial trade.
700
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains and banned settlements there
700
The organization of the first U.S. political parties resulted in large part from disagreements over which issue?
The establishment of the first national bank
700
Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum period?
Both groups were denied citizenship rights
800
What major impact did the Triangular slave trade have on the Southern colonies in the Americas?
It increased crop production through the use of enslaved labor
800
What historic document is the Bill of Rights a part of?
The US Constitution
800
What are some weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
1. Couldn't raise an army
2. Couldn't not Tax
3. Need the majority of the State to pass anything.
800
What was the purpose of this amendment?
To limit the authority of the federal government
800
What was the colonists’ main complaint about British taxation?
No Taxation without Representation
800
The event forced delegates to come together and change the Articles of Confederation
Shay's rebellion
800
“History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican government.... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances.
Washington's Farewell Address
800
How did the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increase sectionalism?
It allowed slavery to expand into the territories