The Constitution was an improvement over the Articles of Confederation because it gave this type of government MORE power than the state governments
What is National
100
The Bill of Rights are the first ____ amendments
What is 10
100
Land surrounded by water on three sides is:
What is A peninsula
100
Being loyal to one part of the country (Hint: This developed in the North, South, and West in the 1800's)
What is Sectionalism
100
What was the battle called where Americans were defeated by Mexicans in Texas, but were also inspired to come back and win later? (Hint: Remember the ________)
What is Alamo
200
The Legislative Branch is made up of this type of legislature meaning 2-parts:
What is Bicameral
200
The President is in charge of this branch of Government
What is The Executive
200
The mountains that are on the eastern side of the United States
What is Appalachian Mountains
200
This told Europe to stay in the eastern hemisphere, and America would stay in the Western hemisphere
What is The Monroe Doctrine
200
Brigham Young led this group of people to the Great Salt Lake in Utah
What is Mormons
300
Every state has this number of senators, regardless of size
What is 2
300
Congress (House of Representatives and The Senate) is in charge of this branch of government
What is Legislative
300
The Mountains that are on the western side of the United States
What is Rocky Mountains
300
The belief in America spreading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny
300
The temperance movement tried to outlaw this
What is Alcohol
400
Every states has a number of representatives in the House based on its:
What is population
400
This is the vocab term meaning the federal government and state government split certain powers.
What is Federalism
400
The river that runs down the center of the United States
What is Mississippi
400
What was the territory that everyone wanted to go to because of fertile lands, plentiful rainfall, and a good climate in the 1840's?
What is Oregon
400
Dorthea Dix tried to reform these:
What is Mental Hospitals/Prisons
500
If a person is holding a group meeting, they are practicing the freedom of ___________
What is Assembly
500
To prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful, we have a system of Separation of Powers and _____________ and _______________
What is Checks and Balances
500
The large area of flat land to the east of the Rocky Mountains is:
What is The Great Plains
500
On the Oregon trail, many Americans traded fur with who?
What is Native Americans
500
Northerners didn't want to annex this territory because they feared it would spread slavery: