Great American West
World Religions
Ancient History
The Constitution
American Grab Bag
100
This was the idea that it was the fate of the United States to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
The Torah is the first five books of this other religious text.
What is the Bible?
100
Mesopotamia developed around these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
The power to interpret law was granted to this branch of government.
What is the judicial branch?
100
This doctrine said Europe should stay out of Latin American.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200
This was the true purpose of Lewis and Clark's expedition.
What is to find the Northwest Passage (water route to the Pacific)?
200
This was India's first major religion.
What is Hinduism?
200
The pharaoh was considered both king and this.
What is a god?
200
This system ensures that no single branch of government becomes too powerful.
What is checks-and-balance?
200
In this process, Jackson would give jobs to loyal political supporters.
What is the spoils systems?
300
The Cherokee Trail of Tears was a result of this Act.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
300
The Torah is the holy book of this religion.
What is Judaism?
300
Mesopotamia wrote in this ancient form.
What is Cuneiform?
300
The power to make law was granted to this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
300
Anti-Federalism were afraid that a strong executive branch might lead to this.
What is tyranny?
400
The physical size of the United States was doubled by this.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
In 1700 BC, a famine forced the Hebrews into enslavement in Ancient Egypt. They were led out of enslavement by this man.
Who is Moses?
400
Ancient Indian civilization began near this river.
What is the Indus River?
400
This terrific cooperation established a bicameral (two-house) legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
California entered the Union as free state in this political deal between parties.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
500
This was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763.
What is to prevent conflict between the colonists and Indians west of the Appalachians?
500
This religion stresses that everything in life should be in harmony with nature.
What is Taoism?
500
The Egyptians developed irrigation and other techniques to control this.
What are the Nile flood waters?
500
The Constitution tried to balance these two ideas.
What are the rights of the individual and power of government?
500
Most colonists felt that British tax laws were unfair due to this principle which led to Revolution.
What is taxation without representation?
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