Because of a fertile land and a long growing season plantations in the thirteen colonies developed in the
What is the South
100
The power of Judicial Review allows the Supreme Court
What is determine the constitutionality of a law?
100
How did George Washington react to the conflict between France and England?
Declared the neutrality of the US
100
Name the term that Americans used to describe the idea that the United States should possess the entire continent
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Name an Antebellum reform
What is temperance, abolition, school and prison reform, womens rights
200
Thomas Paine wrote common sense because he opposed this British economic policy of controlling the trade and natural resources
What is mercantilism?
200
The development of political parties and the use of the committee systems are examples of
What is the Unwritten Constitution?
200
A loose interpretation of the Constitution was applied when
What is Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory?
200
Name the system Andrew Jackson used to reward his supporters with government jobs
The spoils sytem
200
Why did people rush to California in 1849
What is for gold and silver?
300
A major argument for American independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British
What is deprived Americans of their natural rights?
300
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by
What is the ratification of the 13th Amendment?
300
Name one important reason why Hamilton proposed a national bank
What is improve the economic position of the United States government?
300
Why did abolitionists opposed annexation of the new western territory
They feared the admission of new slave states to the union
300
As a result of President Andrew Jacksons, Indian Removal Act, what location of the country were the Native Americans forced?
What is west of the Mississippi River?
400
Why did the founders first create a government based upon the Article of Confederation?
wanted a weak central government, afraid of a monarchy
400
Name the five freedoms in the first amendment
What is freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, right to sign a petition, and right to assemble or protest
400
Name the first five presidents in order
Who are Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe?
400
Name an abolitionist.
Who are the Gimke girls, William Lloyd Garrison or Frederick Douglass.
400
Why was the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 held?
For a Woman's rights movement- fighting for suffrage rights and equality for women
500
Explain the differences of the Federalist and Antifederalists at the Constitutional Convention
Federalists wrote the Federalist papers wanted a stronger federal government did not like the Articles of Confederation
Antifederalist wanted the states to have the power, fought for a bill of rights to be included in the Constitution
500
Define Federalism and give an example
What is division of power between the states laws and federal laws of government?
500
One reason why James Madison and Thomas Jefferson objected to Alexander Hamilton's financial policies are that they believed
The establishment of a national bank was unconstitutional
500
Why were the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas- Nebraska Act all enacted
What is settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories.
500
From 1820 to 1865 the debates over nullification, protective tariffs, and the spread of slavery into the new territories concerned the constitutional issue of ?? Name it
What is Federalism- balance of power between the federal and state governments