Colonies Review
Revolution Review
Vocabulary
Government Structure
Court Cases
100

During the Middle Ages Europe was isolated then...over a few hundred years, what small exposed soldiers, and therefore others in Europe to the outside world?

Crusades

100

What was the main complaint of the colonists against Great Britain and parliament?

Taxation without Representation

100

To ask to be heard again:  The TLO case was _____ 3 times until it reached the Supreme Court.

Appeal(ed)

100

Article Two establishes what branch of the federal government?

Executive

LEJ - 123

100

What court case established the precedent regarding students' political and religious speech at school?

Tinker (Tinker vs. Des Moines, Iowa School District)

200

During the Renaissance & Age of Discovery, Europe set sail & The Age of Imperialism (use & abuse) began. Columbus sailed west and brought which European country to the American continents?

About 100 years after Columbus, what country established Jamestown?  Need both. Indicate which is which.

Spain - Columbus

England - Jamestown

200

The American colonists were taxed without a vote following what war over North America, between France and Great Britain?

French and Indian (Seven Years' War is what it was called in Europe)

200

An example to follow - The Supreme Court establishes ______ with Judicial Review.

precedent

200

Who is known as the Father of the Constitution because it was his plan that made the big and small states happy in the Great Compromise (Legislative Branch)?  Last name fine.

James Madison

200

DAILY DOUBLE:

TLO claimed that the school did not have _____  _____ to search her bag.

Probable Cause

300

Europe was going through a lot of political and religious changes in the 16th century which ends up sending pilgrims (religious travelers) to the New World. Who started the Protestant Reformation by writing the 95 Theses, and breaking away from the Catholic Church?

2 Bonus Points: What two European countries broke away from the Catholic Church to become Protestant?

Martin Luther

Germany

England (King Henry the 8th challenged the Pope's authority over whether or not he could divorce Queen Mary, which begins problems between Spain and England for many years)

300

DAILY DOUBLE:

The battles at Lexington and Concord, between the American colonies and its Mother Country changed everything because showed that colonists could rebel. These battles are known as what?

Shot Heard Around the World

300

DAILY DOUBLE!

Word that means freedom / sovereignty / independence

autonomy

300

He was a Federalist (wrote some of the Federalist Papers), the first Secretary of the Treasury, and President Washington's "right hand man."

Alexander Hamilton

300

What court case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson and separate but equal?

Brown vs. Board of Education

400

Europe was going through a lot of political and religious changes in the 16th century which resulted in many English religious travelers coming to the New World. What were these travelers called, what colony did they accidentally land in.  Need both.

Bonus point for the following: What continent(s) are/is the New World, and which continent is the Old World. Need both answers & indicate which is which.

Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts Colony

New World = Americas (North/South)

Old World = Europe

400

He served as president of the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence first and larger than the other delegates.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Need both.  Last names fine. Indicated which is which.

John Hancock - President of Continental Congress

Thomas Jefferson - main author


400

The Electoral College was set up in order to do what?

Elect the president

400

Without the Federalists, John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton writing the Federalist Papers, what document may not have been ratified?

Constitution

400

The Miranda Rights are a combination of what 2 amendments, based on the Miranda and Gideon Supreme Court Cases?

5 and 6 (right to remain silent & right to an attorney)

500

New England had poor soil so it used the forests to build ships and traded on its harbors, the Middle Colonies grew wheat, and because of its hot, humid climate, the Southern Colonies grew tobacco.  These are all examples of what concept?

Geography Affects Economics

500

What pamphlet convinced ordinary Americans to support sovereignty from the British AND who wrote it. Last name fine.  Need both.

Common Sense written by Thomas Paine

500

What does the word "ratify" mean?

approve / say yes

500

What are the 4 parts of the Constitution?

Yep, list all 4 in order.

Preamble

Articles 1-7

Bill of Rights - amendments 1-10

Amendments 11-27

500

What court case established the Supreme's Court power of judicial review?

Marbury vs. Madison