Vocabulary
What does the word veto mean
The right to Decline or approve a law
Who was fighting in the Civil war?
The union and the confederates (north and south)
What are the first ten amendments called.
The bill of rights
what are the 4 cardinal directions
North South East West
Who are forty niners?
they are gold seeking immigrants wanting money
Where was the beginning of the war?
the firing of fort sumter in april of 1861
who made the constitution
55 delegates known as the "Framers,"
What are the oceans?
Pacific, atlantic, souther,Indien, Arctic
what is the great awakening
a time in the 1700 that spread the bible study.
Who was the person who killed Abraham linkion and what happened to him?
John Booth and he died when a fire engulfed a barn with him dangling.
This branch is responsible for interpreting the laws and ensuring they are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
What are the 5 themes
Location, Place,Region, movement, Human-Environment interaction
what does the legislative branch do
Proposing all of the laws
Why did the civil war start?
election of Lincoln, slaves,and expansion of slaves, temperance (drinking)
This power allows the President to reject a bill passed by Congress
What is a Veto
What is the line of latitude that divides the Earth into equal Northern and Southern halves?
Equator
what is the federalist papers
an essay that supports the constitution.
what was the compromise of 1877
it was a unwritten deal that resolved the 1876 election and the bright troops to the south and stopped the reconstruction era.
This system ensures that no one branch of government gains too much power over the others
What is Checks and Balances
what are physical maps and political maps
physical maps tell us what land looks like while political maps tells us the borders of all the states