Those who supported Great Britain during the Revolution were called?
What is loyalists
100
Those who opposed ratification were called
What is the Anti-Federalists
100
Nullification was argued on behalf of
What is promoting state rights
100
What tribe was forcibly removed on the Trail of Tears
What is the Cherokee
100
What branch declares war?
What is the Executive
200
The Declaration of Independence ended by saying
What is the colonists are free and independent of England
200
The Constitution has a system that is supposed to keep power even in the government. This is called
What is checks and balances
200
What is the spoils system
What is giving away government jobs for favors
200
Define Manifest destiny
What is Americans belief that they are destined to settle all of North America.
200
What branch can pardon criminals
What is the Executive
300
John locke believed in what three natural rights?
What is life, liberty, and property
300
States do not have the power to do what
What is enter into treaties with other countries
300
Who did John Quncy Adams defeat in the election of 1824
What is Andrew Jackson
300
Why did Americans settle in Mexico (texas)
What is cheap land
300
Start the impeachment process
What is Legislative
400
Why did the colonists dislike the Stamp Act?
What is they were taxed without representation
400
what was the goal of Lewis and Clark?
What is to gain information about natural resources West of the Mississippi
400
What is Andrew Jackson's administration referred to as
What is the kitchen cabinet
400
What is The Lone Star State refer to
What is the Texas Republic in 1836
400
What branch can collect taxes
What is Legislative
500
What did the first continental congress acomplish?
What is wrote to King George about their concerns from the intolerable acts.
500
The Monroe Doctrine stated that
What is Europe should not interfere with America's affairs.
500
What is the Missouri Compromise
What is it kept the slave and free states equal, admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, and outlawed slavery north of the 36* 30''
500
Why did the Senate not want to annex Texas to the US
What is it would disrupt the balance between free and slave states
500
What are the powers of the Judicial Branch
What is 1. decide conflicts btwn states, 2. declare laws unconstitutional, 3. hear cases on appeal