Colonial Regions
New England's economy was based on this type of industry because of its location near the ocean
What is fishing or ship building
Voting is a part of this type of government
What is representitive government?
The Louisiana Purchase did this to the size of the United States...
What is double the size of the U.S.?
The belief that the United States had the God-given right to expand westward
What is Manifest Destiny?
Eli Whitney created this with the intention of reducing slavery, only to end up increasing the demand for enslaved labor
What is the Cotton Gin?
A moderate growing season, trade, navigable rivers, and farming represent this colonial region...
What are the Middle Colonies?
The Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches represent this aspect of our government...
What is the separation of powers?
Marbury vs Madison established this
What is Judicial Review?
Land that was set aside for Native Americans after they were forcibly removed from their lands
What are reservations?
The North and the South were otherwise known as these nicknames during the Civil War
What are the Union and the Confederacy?
Southern colonies had large farms called this
What are plantations?
This is the separation of powers between national and state governments
What is Federalism?
American sailors were kidnapped, and forced to work for the British Royal Navy...
What is impressment?
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to this unfortunate event for Native Americans...
What is the Trail of Tears?
One of the causes of the civil war was the _____ of the Southern States
What is secession?
New England farms were usually small because of this reason
What is rocky soil or a short growing season?
This created a national government too weak to solve the nation's problems...
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Foreign policy that bans European countries from continuing to colonize the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
A Native American boy was made to cut his hair and change the way he dressed to resemble American values... this is called...
What is Assimilation?
Differences in ways of life and loyalty to where they are from led to this in the United States
What is sectionalism?
These were known as "cash crops" in Southern Colonies
What are Cotton, tobacco, and indigo?
The President can veto a law, but Congress can override a veto. The Supreme Court can say that a law is unconstitutional... these represent...
What is checks and balances?
This was how Thomas Jefferson justified the Louisiana Purchase
What is :
It was necessary and proper for the expansion of the U.S.
The Constitution did not say that he couldn't
Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and John Brown are all examples of
What is abolitionists?
This was an attempt to keep the sections of the United States in balance
What is the Missouri Compromise?