The earliest civilizations as well as the colonies all settled near...
What is rivers & harbors or water?
100
At the constitutional convention the colonist wanted to fix the problems associated with the articles of confederation. List the number 1 problem that was fixed.
What is it to give more power to the federal government, or an equal power to the state and national gov't
100
This president passed the Indian Removal Act also known as the...
Name the President and the act was often nicknamed the...
Who is Jackson and the Trail of Tears?
100
Several compromises were made in the years leading up to the Civil War to avoid conflict between the North & South. Name the compromise that made California a free state and passed the runaway slave act at the same time.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
100
Define a monopoly?
What is when a business eliminates all of his competitors and then drives up the prices?
200
The Mayflower Compact, New England Town meetings and the House of Burgesses were all early forms of...
What is self government?
200
One of the things that makes our government so democratic is that we elect our house of representatives every...
What is 2 years?
200
This famous court case established the principal of judicial review.
What is the Marbury v Madison case?
200
What was Lincoln's main goal both during and after the war?
What was to preserve the union?
200
This is a person who gives back to the community in some way?
What is a philanthropist?
300
In a _______________ consent comes from those who are governed and is derived from the people. What form of government is being described here?
What is a democracy?
300
The anti-federalist refused to ratify or sign the constitution until this was added to the constitution...
What is The Bill of Rights?
300
What invention helped promote manifest destiny?
What is the transcontinental railroad or the Erie Canal?
300
After slavery ended, many former slaves had trouble finding work in the south and were forced to work as...
What is sharecroppers?
300
List another word for a monopoly.
What is a trust, robber baron or capitalist?
400
List at least 3 of the 5 components of the 1st amendment.
What is freedom of speech,
press,
religion,
right to assemble,
right to petition our government
400
Because of the Writs of Assistance, when the British searched the colonists houses this Amendment was passed.
What is the 4th Amendment?
400
Lewis & Clark helped explore the new piece of territory that Jefferson bought. What was this territory called and what 4 geographic features did Lewis & Clark discover?
What is the Louisiana Purchase & the Mississippi R, the Port of New Orleans, The Gulf of Mexico and the Great Plains.
400
The mass exodus of former slaves to the North in search of factory jobs was called...
What is the Great Migration?
400
List 2 reasons monopolies felt entitled to keep their money and have their business unregulated by the gov't.
What is social darwinism & laizze faire capitalism?
500
Describe the soil and climate of the New England Colonies and Southern colonies.
What is rocky soil, natural harbors and short growing seasons- New Eng.
and fertile soil and long growing seasons-Southern
500
When the president signs or vetoes a bill he is acting as...
Hint which hat is he wearing!
What is Chief Executive?
500
ALL PLAY!
1st one finished wins!
Put these events in order:
a. formation of labor unions
b. increased demand for natural resources
c. federal regulation of business trust
d. growth of industry
What is DACB?
500
Two acts or laws the Nativists passed to prevent immigration were...
Who came during the second wave of immigration?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act and the National Origins Act....
Eastern Europeans & Asians
500
Who was nicknamed the "trustbuster" and why?
Who is Teddy Roosevelt b/c he passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?