Branch Basics
What is the Legislative Branch?
This branch makes laws
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The first constitution of the U.S.
What is France?
The U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase from this country
What is the Executive Branch?
This branch enforces the laws
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
This compromise counted enslaved people partially for representation
What is mapping and scientific exploration
Main goal of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
What is the Judicial Branch?
This branch declares laws unconstitutional
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is the Homestead Act?
Law giving free land to encourage westward expansion
What is 2?
The number of Senators each state has
What is no power to tax?
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is Manifest Destiny
Belief the U.S. was destined to expand westward
What is life?
The length of a Supreme Court Justice's term.
What is true?
The Constitutional Convention aimed to fix the Articles
What is connect east and west for faster travel/trade?
What the Transcontinental Railroad did for expansion