Unit 2/3
Who does the President turn to for advice?
His Cabinet.
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the size of the United States?
It doubled it.
Under the idea of "Popular Sovereignty," the power comes from the ____________.
people (who have the right to vote)
What invention made cotton the most profitable cash crop in the South?
The cotton gin
How are members of Congress elected?
They are voted in by the people.
The Great Compromise created a _____ house Congress.
2
The Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court case gave more power to the _________ branch of government.
Judicial
Describe President Andrew Jackson's relationship with the Native Americans. What did he do to them?
He used the Indian Removal Act to force Native Americans to move west and leave their homelands.
In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, who was protected, slaves or slave owners?
Slave owners
What was the biggest accomplishment of the Jefferson administration?
The Louisiana Purchase
What did the Three-Fifths Compromise decide?
That slaves would be counted as 3/5s of a person (3/5s of the slave population would be counted)
Explain the Monroe Doctrine.
Possible Answer: America will not allow Europe to get involved in North/South American affairs and will not allow any more colonization.
Explain Manifest Destiny.
Possible Answer: The belief that America is meant to expand westward from coast-to-coast (given this destiny from God)
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
The forced journey of Native Americans from their lands to the western territory by President Andrew Jackson is known as the...
Trail of Tears
Name one problem/weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
Possible Answers: Congress can't tax, weak central government, states can print their own money, foreign nations take advantage
This group of people believed in a strong federal government, national bank, and an industrial, factory-based society.
The Federalist Party.
What caused the Mexican-American War to begin?
A dispute over the border of Texas
What did the 15th amendment do/change?
It allowed all male citizens to vote, regardless of race. This gave African American men the right to vote.
What is Sectionalism?
When a person is more loyal to their region/section of the country as opposed to the whole country.
(EX: People living in the South see themselves as Southerners before they see themselves as Americans.)
What is a similarity between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution? (the one discussed on the study guide)
Both had a legislative branch
What was a problem/obstacle that President Thomas Jefferson encountered when he was about to make the Louisiana Purchase?
Possible Answer: The Constitution does not specifically say that the President has the power to buy land
Name TWO issues that divided the North and South and eventually caused the Civil War.
Possible Answers: Slavery, States Rights
Explain King Cotton Diplomacy.
The Confederacy (South) thought they could create an alliance with Great Britain in the Civil War by providing them with cotton. Great Britain declined the offer.
Name TWO negative impacts of Manifest Destiny
Reduced buffalo population; conflict with Native Americans/removal