Colonial America
New England farmers practiced subsistence farming because ____
What is long winters and poor soil
Colonists who saw no reason to break with Britain were called ___
What is a Loyalist
The main function of the executive branch is to ___.
What is carry out the nation's laws
Britain would capture American ships and force the crews to fight with the British navy. This practice was known as ___.
What is Impressment
Why did President Jackson devise the spoils systems?
What is to give jobs to his supporters
The Enlightenment emphasized knowledge, reason, and ___
What is science
Some militias were known as ___ because they would be ready to fight quickly.
What is a Minutemen
The ___ branch includes both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Legislative Branch
Which case established the principle of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison
President Andrew Jackson supported white settlers’ demand for ___.
What is taking Native American land for themselves
The Proclamation of 1763 ___
The first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought at ___.
What is Lexington and Concord
Federalism means that the federal government ___.
What is shares power with state governments
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
What is he needed money for his war against Britain
What was the result of the Missouri Compromise?
What is Missouri was admitted as a slave state
Parliament authorized writs of assistance that ___
What is allowed officials to search for smuggled goods
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, ___, urged colonists to fight for independence.
What is Common Sense
The ___ was a collection of essays arguing in favor of ratification of the Constitution.
What is The Federalist Papers
The ___ believed that only the educated, wealthy men should hold public office.
What is The Federalists
What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about?
What is a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights
The First Great Awakening was ___.
What is a return to a strong religious faith
The ___, which was signed in September, 1783, was the final agreement to end the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris
How many Senators are in the United States Senate?
What is 100
In the case of ___, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress has powers that may be implied, or not directly stated, in the Constitution.
What is McCulloch v. Madison
The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to ___.
What is Present-day Oklahoma