This document was written by Thomas Jefferson and outlined the reasons America wanted to break from British rule
What is the Declaration of Independence
100
What was the only good part of the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787
100
Why are there checks and balances?
What is to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful
100
What did Jefferson purchase to increase the size of the United States?
What is the Louisiana Purchase
100
Why was the Constitution Convention called? What was decided at the convention?
What is to fix the problems of the weak Articles of Confederation. They were beyond repair and a new government was needed
200
Americans were angry with the British because they deprived them of these
What are natural rights
200
Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced?
What is because they gave the states too much power and left the national government too weak
200
How is the Constitution flexible?
What is it is able to be changed with the times. Amendments can be added as needed
200
What were some of Washington's successes as president?
What is the creation of the cabinet system, putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, setting basis for foreign policy and setting an example for future presidents
200
What did the United States gain in the Louisiana Purchase?
What is the Port of New Orleans, and it doubled the size of the United States
300
This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine. It urged Americans to support independence
What is Common Sense
300
What is the Great Compromise?
What is the agreement that there would be two houses in Congress. The Senate would have 2 representatives from each state and the House of Representatives would have a proportional representation for each state.
300
This document was added to the Constitution to ensure that the Anti-Federalists would support the Constitution. This document protects individual liberties
What is the Bill of Rights
300
Chief Justice John Marshall's decision in the case Marbury v Madison led to the Supreme Court gaining this power
What is judicial review
300
What was the purpose of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
What is it gave the rights to states to declare laws hat went beyond the powers of the Constitution null and void (direct response to Alien and Sedition Acts)
400
The idea for independence came from this period in European history, where thinkers like John Locke began to question the way people were treated
What is the Enlightenment
400
What is federalism?
What is the division of power between state and national government
400
What type of government does the Constitution create?
What is a democracy
400
Under John Adams, these laws were passed with the goal of making it more difficult for foreigners to enter the United States. They were passed as a result of the XYZ Affair
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts
400
What is sectionalism?
What is distinct differences between parts of the United States
500
Following American independence, this document was written as the first form of government
What is the Articles of Confederation
500
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
What is the agreement that 3/5ths of the slave population would be counted towards state populations
500
What does the First Amendment protect?
What are the freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
500
What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Acts?
What is to move Native Americans to lands in Oklahoma and open their lands to American settlement
500
What are the names of the two earliest attempts at self government in American history?
What is the Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses