Geography
The Union army is from this part of the country...
The Confederate army is from this part of the country..
(Double Jeopardy)
What is the North?
What is the South?
When State governments and the Federal government share power it is called...
This branch of government enforces the laws...
What is the Executive Branch?
This is the reason the Louisiana Purchase was significant to the U.S...
What is doubling the size of the U.S?
Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman are individuals who worked to abolish slavery. They are also known by this term...
What is an abolitionist?
This theory is widely believed to be the route for human migration to North America
What is Land Bridge Theory?
The reason the Articles of Confederation was replaced...
What is- it was weak? - no taxing, no executive, all states powers etc
A change or amendment to the Constitution does not become official until it is ratified, which also means to
What is approve?
This is one of the major causes of the United States involvement in the War of 1812...
What is impressment?
Eli Whitney was important to the early Industrial Revolution in the United States because he...
What is, Invented the Cotton Gin?
This Colonial Region is characterized by rocky soil, short growing season, fishing economy...
What are the New England Colonies?
The U.S. government having 3 branches that each have their own powers is called...
What is the separation of powers?
What aspect of our government keeps any one branch from becoming too powerful?
What is Checks and Balances?
The Indian Removal Act of 1830, singed into law by President Andrew led to which event...
What is the Trail of Tears?
This cause of the Civil War - when country splitting into distinct sections with their own ways of life is called...
What is sectionalism?
This Colonial region is characterized by plantation economy, long growing season, and few cities...
What are the southern colonies?
This is the branch that writes the laws...
What is the Legislative Branch?
This Landmark court decision established Judicial Review...
What is Mabury vs Madison?
Random - Double Jeopardy
This is the war the U.S. fought with Britain for our independence...
People who fought for independence were called...
What is the American Revolution / Revolutionary War?
What are Patriots?
One of the causes of the American Civil War was the __________________ of Southern states from the Union - meaning that the Southern states wanted to break away from the rest of the country...
What is secession?
This colonial region is characterized by having navigable rivers, large farms, and a moderate growing season...
What are the Middle Colonies?
This branch interprets the laws...
What is the Judicial Branch?
The power of the Judicial Branch to determine if a law is Constitutional or not...
What is the Judicial Review?
The "God Given" right for Americans to expand West, from the Atlantic to the Pacific...
What is Manifest Destiny
The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in these states...
What are the Confederate States?