What is this event helped Americans recognize the need for a government that could maintain order?
100
All states having equal representation because of this plan
What is the New Jersey Plan?
100
Two members of the ___________________ represent each state
What is Senate?
100
If the President commits a crime, he can.....
What is be impeached?
100
Describe the Oregon Trail
What is a trail that led more than 2,000 miles west,
crosses the Rocky Mountains to Oregon Country, and one of the main routes of western settlement?
200
The Articles of Confedration
What is the first constitution of the United States
200
How to count slaves for representation in Congress was solved with this compromise
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
200
A member of the House of Representatives is elected to a term of
What is 6 years?
200
The highest level of the Federal Court System is the
What is the Supreme Court?
200
Define Manifest Destiny
What is the belief to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean?
300
By establishing a representative democracy, Americans agreed that their laws would be made by
Who are their chosen representatives?
300
No one branch of government will gain too much power because of this concept
What is checks and balances?
300
The most important task of the Executive Branch is
What is enforce and carry out federal laws?
300
The Electoral College is
What is the group established by the Constitution to elect the President and the Vice-President?
300
This is why President Jefferson supported the purchase of the Louisiana Purchase?
What is he believed that the United States would benefit from the purchase?
400
Divided powers between the states and the federal government are this system of governing
What is the federal system?
400
The Legislative Branch of the U.S. Federal government consists of the House of Representatives and the
What is the Senate?
400
The head of the Executive Branch of U.S. Federal government
Who is the President?
400
The first ten Amendments of the U.S. Constitution are called
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
Which of these reasons was not true about The Louisiana Purchase?
It roughly doubled the size of the United States
It was purchased by Great Britain
It allowed for future western settlement
It allowed for future economic growth
What is it was purchased from Great Britain?
500
States with more population will get more representatives with this plan
What is the Virginia Plan?
500
The main job of the Legislative Branch is to
What is make laws for the country?
500
A President’s ability to veto bills passed by Congress is an example of
What is checks and balances?
500
The U.S. Constitution has survived for more than 200 years because
What it is a living document that is flexible?
500
This was a success because they learned a great deal about the western lands