Word Origins
The New Republic
Division and Reform
The Constitution
What Remains
100
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution. These include having free speech, being able to own weapons, and being protected from unreasonable searches.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
This is the capital of the United States, built on land donated by Virginia and Maryland.
What is Washington, D. C. ?
100
Daily Double! This state joined the United States at the same time as Maine, under certain conditions regarding the regulation of slavery inside the state.
What is Missouri?
100
This compromise broke Congress into two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise?
100
He was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
200
Opposed to enumerated powers, which are specifically mentioned in the Constitution, these powers are not explicitly listed, but are necessary for the government to do it's job.
What are implied powers?
200
For $15 million dollars, President Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States in this event.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
Reform during the late 1700s included women's rights, education, prisons, abolition, and this moderate use of alcohol.
What is temperence?
200
Under this system, power in the government is divided between the national government and the state governments.
What is federalism?
200
During the Industrial Revolution, these groups attempted to gain better working conditions and member benefits for oppressed workers.
What are labor unions?
300
Beginning in the 1700s, this movement organized work-forces into factories and used complex machines to manufacture items in large numbers.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
300
The Supreme Court gained this power during the case of Marbury v. Madison, allowing the Court to strike down laws that were unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
300
This religious revival movement occurred at the same time as the Industrial Revolution. Hint: There was one that occurred 80 years earlier.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
300
This compromise stated that every 5 slaves would count as 3 free votes.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
300
This president came after John Quincy Adams.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
400
A group of presidential advisers.
What is the Cabinet?
400
The United States pressured Spain into signing the Adams-Onis Treaty, which gave the United States control of this southern state.
What is Florida?
400
President Andrew Jackson instituted this practice of appointing people to government jobs based on party loyalty and support.
What is the Spoils System?
400
There are three branches of government: Executive, Judicial, and this.
What is Legislative?
400
This political party held many of the same principles and ideas as the Republican Party that came later. Hint: Their name sounds just like a fake hair piece.
What is the Whig Party?
500
This amendment was created when Thomas Jefferson unexpected tied with Aaron Burr for the presidency. Now the president and the vice-president have seperate ballots for voting.
What is the 12th Amendment?
500
This proclamation, made in 1823, stated that the American continents would no longer be open to colonization by European countries.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
500
Daily Double! John C. Calhoun proposed this idea in 1828 to resist a new government tax. He argued that since the states had created the federal union, they could declare a law void, or not valid.
What is nullification?
500
These individuals wanted a large government to impose taxes and regulate the economy. They were supported by wealthy landowners and merchants.
Who are the Federalists?
500
This group of 4 laws severely restricted immigration to the United States in the 1800s. It took much longer to become a citizen of the United States, dangerous immigrants could be deported, and citizens could not say bad things about the government.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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