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The 9th Amendment.

What is "You have rights that aren’t in the Constitution or the amendments and they can’t be violated just because they aren’t listed"?

100

The main idea of the Missouri Compromise.

What was "U.S. Congress admitted Missouri to the Union as a state that allowed slavery, and Maine as a free state"?

100

The definition of a patriot.

What is someone who is a STRONG supporter of their country?

100

The definition of and the effect of the cotton gin.

What was a machine that cleaned cotton more efficiently and, therefore, increased the demand for slaves in the deep south?

100

The mascot for Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter books.

What is a badger?

200

You do NOT have to testify against yourself if you are charged with a crime.

What is the 5th Amendment?

200

The main idea of the Compromise of 1850.

What was: _____?

  • Permitted slavery in Washington, D.C., but outlawed the slave trade

  • Added California to the Union as a “free state”

  • Established Utah and New Mexico as territories that could decide via popular sovereignty if they would permit slavery

  • Defined new boundaries for the state of Texas following the Mexican-American War, removing its claims to parts of New Mexico but awarding the state $10 million in compensation

  • The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required citizens to assist in apprehending runaway slaves and denied enslaved people a right to trial by jury.

200

The definition of abolish.

What is to end a practice or policy?

200

The core principle of the Republican Party when it was founded.

What was being anti-slavery?

200

The highest rated Disney movie of all time (according to Rotten Tomatoes)?

What is Pinocchio?

300

The 4th Amendment.

What is "You need a warrant to search somebody’s property through “probable cause”"?

300

This was the name given to the route to reservations as a result of the Indian Removal Act.

What was the Trail of Tears?

300

The definition of manifest destiny.

What was the belief that Americans were destined, by God, to settle on all of North America?

300

One primary difference and one similarity between the northern and southern economies during the antebellum period.

What was the north focussing on manufacturing textiles, the south producing cotton, and each of them being reliant on each other for the cotton--->textile trade?

300

The four states that makeup the "Four Corners".

What are New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah?

400

The 10th Amendment.

What is "The Federal gov’t only have the powers listed in the Constitution; the states have all other power"?

400

The Kansas-Nebraska Act.

What was a decision to allow slavery in new territories based on popular sovereignty? 

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The definition of the temperance movement.

What was a movement that focussed on not drinking alcohol?

400

The cause of "Bleeding Kansas".

What was anti- and pro-slavery people moving to Kansas after popular sovereignty was established in new territories?

400

The four "countries" that make up the United Kingdom.

Who are England, Whales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland?

500

The 14th Amendment.

What is "Defines citizenship and legal rights for all people in the U.S."?

500

The Connecticut Compromise.

What was having a bicameral (two assemblies) legislature (House of Representatives: Based on population; Senate: Two senators for each state)?

500

An unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage.

What is a "spinster"?

500
One primary difference between Hamilton's Federalists and Jefferson's Democratic Republicans.

Hamilton:

  • Strong central gov’t led by an educated upper-class

  • Trade and industry drove economics

  • Fear of mob rule

  • Jefferson:

    • Strong state and local gov’t led by the participation of the population

    • Farming drove economics

    • Fear of absolute power by the President

500

The last five Super Bowl Champions (in order).

Who are the Chiefs, Rams, Buccaneers, Chiefs, Patriots?