US History Review 1
Georgia was founded as colony for what purpose?
Alexander Hamilton was a leader of this "party"
The Federalist Party
What are the three branches of the government?
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
act that required citizens to return runaway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
Which part of the legislative branch has population based on representation?
House of Representatives
a decree by Pres. Lincoln that freed all slaves living in the Confederate states and territories still in rebellion against the Union on January 1st, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
President Washington was a General in this war
The Revolutionary War
The number of original colonies
13
name 2 of the 3 cash crops in the South
indigo, cotton, tobacco
First President of the United States
George Washington
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill or Rights
2 houses of the Legislative branch
Senate and House of Representatives
Explorers of Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark (and Sacagawea)
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
Judicial Branch
Bill of Rights
Which two states entered the US because of the Compromise of 1820? What was their relationship with slavery?
Missouri-slavery allowed
Maine--free state
What is the 36' and 30 line?
The dividing line created by the Missouri Compromise. States entering above the line would be free, states below would be slave.
The Constitution was written to replace this document
The Articles of Confederation
This man was is considered the "drafter" of the Constitution
James Madison
America's second president
John Adams
the Union plan to surround and squeeze the Confederacy into surrendering
Anaconda Plan
How many times has the Constitution been amended?
27
What is manifest destiny?
It is America's destiny to expand to both sides of the continent
Describe how the South was different from the North.
(answers will vary)
First document in the America's that encouraged self-government among the colonists
Mayflower Compact
Established the nation's first cabinet
George Washington
Explain the Three-Fifths Compromise.
Enslaved people were counted as 3/5 of a person in terms of population which increased the amount of representation Southern states had in Congress.
This amendment guarantees the right to protest
1st Amendment
a party that supported the common people and favored a small, limited government
Anti-Federalists
author of Uncle Tom's Cabin - when Pres. Lincoln met this lady he said, "So this is the little lady who started this great war."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What is the Compromise of 1850?
attempt to keep the balance of power in the Senate, included a harsh Fugitive Slave law and California coming in as a free state.
2 prominent generals from the Civil War
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant
Document that incited the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
the first secretary of the treasury
Alexander Hamiltion
the war in which the British and the American colonies fought the French and Native Americans
French and Indian War
President Jackson forced the Native Americans to leave their land
Indian Removal Act or Trail of Tears
a party that supported industry, a growing centralized government, and rule by property owners
Federalist
what court case established the principles of Judicial Review?
Marbury Vs. Madison
man who sued his owner for his freedom because his owner had taken him to a free state
Dred Scott
This law said slaves who escaped to free states had to be returned to their owners in the South
Fugitive Slave Law