US History Review 1
the department heads who advise the president
cabinet
First President of the United States
George Washington
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill or Rights
Bill of Rights
Explorers of Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
Which Supreme Court Case did Native Americans win to keep their land?
Worcester v. Georgia
What is free enterprise?
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Georgia was founded as colony for what purpose?
the first head of the Department of State
Thomas Jefferson
What are the three branches of the government?
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
The Federalist strongly supported a
strong centralized government
What was the Fifteenth Amendment?
The right to vote for all freedmen
America's refusal to take sides in the war between Britain and France
Proclamation of Neutrality
What did Washington warn against in his "Farewell Address"?
foreign alliances
What was Manifest Destiny?
First document in the America's that encouraged self-government
Mayflower Compact
Established the nation's first cabinet
George Washington
What are the Principles of the Constitution?
Federalism
Limited Government
Individual Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
What was impressment?
after sailors were captured and forced to serve in a foreign navy
a party that supported the common people and favored a small, limited government
Republican
The Sedition Act granted the president the power to
prohibit "treasonous" speech
Civil War
What were Radical Republicans?
Republicans who favored extreme approach to Reconstruction
Document that incited the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
third president of the US
Thomas Jefferson
name 3 Anti- Federalists
George Mason
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
The Alien Acts granted the president the power to
expel or imprison immigrants
a party that supported industry, the constitution, national bank
Federalist
Who fought for women's suffrage in the 19th century?
Susan B. Anthony
Whose argument resulted in the creation of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists?
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
Why did Forty-niners and others rush to California?
what 7 principle and bill of right both apply to state powers?
7 principle- Federalism
Bill of Right- 10th amendment
What issue first opened a debate over constitutional interpretation?
creation of a national bank
Who was the main author of the Constitution?
James Madison
America's second president
John Adams
What was the 2nd revival of religious feeling in the United States?
Second Great Awakening
What invention increased slavery in the South?
Cotton Gin
Which treaty ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris 1783
What doctrine prohibited Europe from entering in affairs in the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine