Branches of Gov't
This branch of government enforces the laws.
Executive Branch
This was the first state to secede from the Union after the election of Lincoln to the presidency in 1860.
South Carolina
Together these routes that perpetuated slavery in the Americas were called.
Triangular Trade
This inventor of the cotton gin also developed interchangeable parts.
Eli Whitney
The first ten amendments of the US Constitution.
Bill of Rights
The legislative branch _____________ the laws.
Creates
Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in this colony.
Massachusetts
Name all 13 original colonies.
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, & Rhode Island
Samuel Morse developed this system that allowed for instant communication using wire and electricity.
Morse Code
The principle of government that divides governmental authority among three distinct branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial.
Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances
These make sure that no branch of government has more control than the others.
Checks and Balances
The first successful settlement in the colonies was established in this city and future state.
Jamestown, Virginia
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Deleware, also known as "the Breadbasket," made up this region of the 13 Colonies.
The Middle Colonies
This weapon is named after the spiraled groove that allowed
RIFLING
Name the 5 rights guaranteed in the first amendment.
Speech/Press/Assembly/Petition/Religion
A president can do this to a law if he or she does not want it to pass.
Veto
This concept justified westward expansion, saying Americans deserved the lands all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
This incidence of violence between British soldiers and American colonists was one of the main causes of the Revolutionary War.
Boston Massacre
This advancement in transportation allowed people and products to be moved more quickly and cheaply.
RAILROADS
This significant Supreme Court case established judicial review.
Marbury v Madison
The Supreme Court is associated with this branch of government.
Judicial
This U.S. law passed in 1820, addressing the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territories.
Missouri Compromise
Many colonists used this phrase to express their frustration with British laws to justify going to war for independence.
"No taxation without representation!"
Boiling water is used to generate power.
STEAM POWER
The year the US Consitution was ratified by all 13 states.
1790