Bill of Rights
This Amendment protects the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
Define the "Presidential Cabinet." Give an example.
The President's top level advisors who run the departments of government. Ex. "The Secretary of the Treasury."
Define "Sectionalism."
Sectionalism is when the country is divided into pieces (sections), and each piece is looking out for its own interests instead of the national interest.
Define "Manifest Destiny."
The idea that it was America's "destiny" to conquer the West (Sea to shining sea).
Define "Secession."
When a state attempts to leave the United States and become its own country.
This Amendment protects the Freedoms of Speech, Religion, the Press, Assembly, and Petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
How do we refer to the time period of Monroe's Presidency? Why?
Monroe's Presidency is called the "Era of Good Feelings" due to the political unity behind the Dem-Reps and economic growth.
Define the "Temperance Movement" and explain which parts of society supported it.
Temperance was the movement against alcohol consumption. It was supported by women, religious people, and factory owners.
Define "Nullification."
When a State refuses to follow a Federal Law.
Explain why the Southern States seceded after the Election of 1860.
The Republican, Lincoln, won the election without a single Southern vote. The Southerners were worried this meant slavery would be eliminated.
This Amendment protects against Excessive Bail, Excessive Fines, and Cruel and Unusual Punishment for crimes.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Describe why Jefferson felt conflicted about the Louisiana Purchase.
He believed in strict Constitutionalism, and the Constitution does not give the government the power to buy land from other countries, but France was offering a GREAT deal.
Explain why Missouri trying to join the Union caused a crisis.
It would unbalance the number of Free and Slave states in the Union, thus unbalancing the Senate.
Explain why Jackson hated the National Bank, and what the consequence of destroying it was.
Jackson saw the National Bank as corrupt. Destroying it created a decade long economic depression (Panic of 1837).
Explain why Reconstruction ended.
Reconstruction ended because the Republicans shifted priorities after 1876 away from protecting minority rights due to the expenses of occupying the South.
This Amendment protects the right to a Grand Jury indictment, to remain silent, to due process of law, and bans double jeopardy.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Define "Impressment", and explain why it made Americans upset.
Impressment was the British practice of kidnapping American sailors to work for the British Navy. Americans were upset that their own citizens were being literally kidnapped.
Explain the one overarching idea that connects Romanticism, Transcendentalism, and the 2nd Great Awakening.
The idea of individualism and personal experience.
Describe the events which led up to the Mexican-American War.
Annexation of Texas, Zachary Taylor taking US army into the disputed territory.
Explain what the Gettysburg Address was, and what Lincoln's main point with it was.
It was a speech given by Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg. It redefined the point of the Civil War to be about freedom, democracy, and equality.
This Amendment protects the Rights to a speedy and public trial by jury, to be told what you are being charged with, to be shown the evidence and witnesses against you, and to have a lawyer for your defense.
What is the 6th Amendment?
Describe the 3 views on Britain and France during the Washington & Adams administrations and who held each view.
Pro-Britain - Hamilton (Most Federalists)
Pro-France - Jefferson (Dem-Reps)
Pro-Neutrality - Washington & Adams
Define "Abolitionism" and explain how it was different from being "Anti-Slavery."
Abolitionism was the position that all slaves in the US should be freed immediately and given equal rights.
Anti-Slavery advocates wanted slavery to be contained to the South and banned gradually, and generally did not support equal rights.
Pick any one of the items on the list on the board after the Compromise of 1850. Explain what it was and how it contributed to the Civil War.
Any number of answers.
Explain what the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments do.
13th - End slavery (except as punishment for crime)
14th - Grants birthright citizenship regardless of race
15th - Grants the right to vote regardless of race