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American Revolution
Branches of Government
Constitution
Civil War
Early Presidents
100
1770: When 5 colonists were killed in a Boston skirmish
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
the President
What is the Executive Branch?
100
the group that promoted the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention
What are the Federalists?
100
the president during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Creator of the National Bank; first Secretary of Treasury
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
People that were loyal to Britain and the King
Who were Loyalists?
200
Congress
What is the Legislative Branch?
200
Principle that describes the division of powers between state and national government
What is federalism?
200
the era after the Civil War ends
What is Reconstruction?
200
Third President; first Secretary of State
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
an advantage/strength of the Continental Army and a disadvantage/weakness for the British Army
What is homefield advantage?
300
determines whether laws are constitutional or not (judicial review)
What is the Supreme Court?
300
the principle that describes rule by the people
What is popular sovereignty?
300
the government of the southern states that seceded from the Union
What is the Confederacy?
300
US bought land from France that doubled the size of the US
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
the turning point of the war
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
branch of Congress that approves presidential appointments and holds impeachment trials
What is the Senate?
400
the first three articles describe this
What are the three branches of government?
400
the document that freed slaves in states of rebellion
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Father of the Constitution; 4th president of the US; oversaw the War of 1812
Who is James Madison?
500
The French general that aided Washington and the Americans during the Revolution
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
500
Government principle that makes sure no branch becomes more powerful than the others
What are checks and balances?
500
the first ten amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
The generals of the Union Army and the Confederate Army
Who are Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee
500
Political party supported by farmers and against a strong national government
Who were the Democratic-Republicans?