Constitution
This first constitution of the United States could not pay its bills.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government is in the charge of creating the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
The first amendment protects this.
This is the belief that the United States should expand to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The Mexicanos taught newcomers these skills.
What are cowboy skills?
This was an agreement between small and large states.
What is the Great Compromise?
This branch of government is in charge of carrying out the laws.
What is the executive branch?
The Bill of Rights protects this.
What are the rights of the people?
Thomas Jefferson originally wanted to buy this city to control this river.
What is New Orleans and the Mississippi River?
These are the three main reasons American moved to the west.
What are free/cheap land, religious freedom, and wealth/gold?
The number of members per state in this part of Congress is proportionate to the state's population.
What is the House of Representatives?
This branch of government interprets the laws and decides if they are constitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
The Quartering Act inspired this amendment.
What is the third amendment?
This government forbid anymore Americans from entering Texas.
What is the Mexican government?
This group of people moved to Utah for religious freedom.
Who are the Mormons?
The Preamble to the Constitution goes over this.
What is the purpose of the government?
Checks and balances are in place between the branches of government so that this happens.
The fourth amendment says that the police need one of these to search your property.
What is a warrant?
The United States won this piece of land in the Mexican War.
What is the Mexican Cession?
Families followed this path to free/cheap land, where they faced many challenges like disease and starvation.
What is the Oregon Trail?
He is the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
Who is Chief Justice John Roberts?
These amendments protect people accused of a crime.
What are the fifth and sixth amendment?
The Gadsden Purchase land includes this which made the land so valuable.
What is a pass through the mountains?
These people made the most money during the Gold Rush of 1849.
Who are the shopkeepers?