History 1750 to 1900
What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4th, 1776.
The Transcontinental Railroad was built between what TWO years?
1863 and 1869
What amendment guarantees freedom of expression?
1st Amendment
What are the three branches of government?
Executive, Legislative and Judicial.
The R in a R.A.C.E. paragraph stands for...
Restate
The demographic shift in large populations from rural to urban locations is known as...
Urbanization
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed the horrors of what industrial industry?
The meat packing industry.
What amendment outlaws illegal searches and seizures by police?
4th Amendment
What branch creates the nations amendments?
Legislative Branch
What is the difference between a verb and an adjective?
A verb is an action, an adjective describes a noun.
What renowned Federalist wrote Federalist 10 and Federalist 51?
James Madison
What Supreme Court case outlawed segregation in public schools in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Education
What amendment granted Women's suffrage?
19th Amendment
What can the president issue that skips the bill to law process?
Executive Order
What is one example of a transition word leading into the second body paragraph?
Furthermore, Next, Second, or Also.
How did the Federalists resolve the Anti-Federalist concern about a lack of protected freedom under the Constitution?
The creation of the Bill of Rights, containing 10 amendments.
Prohibition directly caused a spike in what due to it's banning of alcohol?
Organized crime, the mob.
What amendment establishes the direct election of senators?
17th Amendment
What power did the Supreme Court give itself in the Marbury v. Madison decision?
Judicial Review
True / False: You can leave questions blank on the state test.
False - even if you run out of time, you have a 25% chance of getting it right!
How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 increase tensions between slaveholding and non-slaveholding states?
It made slavery illegal across the Northwest Territory.
What legislation allowed the FBI and CIA to intercept private communications to fight terrorism post 9/11?
USA Patriot Act of 2001
What amendment limits congressional salary raises to election cycles?
27th Amendment
Senatorial terms are __ years while House of Rep terms are __ years.
6 and 2
The Explain sentence of a RACE paragraph is when you…
explain why the quote supports your answer.