Constitution
What are the first 10 Amendments in the Constitution? (Only need one answer)
1st - Freedom of Speech
2nd - Right to Bear arms
3rd - Quartering Troops
4th - No unreasonable search or seizure
5th - Double Jeopardy
6th - Speedy Trial
7th - The right to a Jury in trial
8th - No cruel or unusual punishment
9th - Listing states right the Constitution doesn't
10th - Reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Prohibit colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the effect of the War of 1812?
It increased U.S. Manufacturing.
What was Manifest destiny?
The belief that the U.S. should own land from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
That runaway slaves and free blacks were at risk of being captured by slave hunters.
What were the Bill of Rights inspired by?
The English Bill of Rights
What is Consent in Government?
The belief British should have colonists' permission to pass taxes.
What tool increased the need of agricultural labor in the South?
The Cotton Gin.
The U.S. - Mexican War
What was the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Allowed Kansas settlers to vote weather or not to permit slavery in territory.
What are Citizens responsibilities?
Serve on juries, vote in elections, stay informed, and obey laws
He proceeded the Intolerable Acts.
What led to mass production?
Interchangeable Parts
What land acquired after the U.S. - Mexican war?
The Mexican Cession.
Textile Mills, trade, factories, immigrant labor, some-trade-related slave labor.
What Ordinance was the process for admitting states with a population of 60,000?
Northwest Ordinance
What document was sent to King George III with a list of Grievances?
The Declaration of Independence,
What made faster ways of transport?
Steamboats and railroads.
What was the affect of the California Gold Rush?
Population increased: Chinese immigrants came to the U.S. and later worked on the Transcontinental Railroad.
How was the Southern economy like?
Plantation system, slave labor; cotton produced and sent to Northern factories.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The agreement over how slaves would be counted for representation and taxation purposes.
What was the turning point of the war, and the last major battle?
Battle of Sera toga, and the Battle of Yorktown.
What was the Missouri Compromise about?
Temporarily relieved sectional differences by maintaining the balance between the number of free and slave states in the Union.
What was the Oregon Territory?
Land divided between U.S. and Britain in the Treaty of Guadalupe.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
North and South agreed; California became a free state; strict fugitive slave law was passed.