Constitution
Manifest Destiny
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100
Who was the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
100
What is a type of economy where people decide what to buy and sell?
Free Market Economy
100
Why were canals important?
The connected people and cities for trade and transportation.
100
Which hemispheres is Australia located?
Southern & Eastern.
200
Which branch of the government is associated with the Supreme Court?
Judicial
200
What does this picture represent?
Manifest Destiny
200
What was the name of the Poem written by Francis Scott Key that because our national anthem?
The Defense of Fort McHenry.
200
What is located at 0 degrees latitude
Prime Meridian
200
During the American Revolution, people who did not side with the British or those wanting independence are called, what?
Neutralists
300
Which branch of the government makes new laws?
Legislative
300
Who were the forty-niners?
People who moved to California in hopes of finding gold.
300
Give an example of a right, listed in the Bill of Rights (double points if you don't use the example from your notes)
answers may vary
300
If you wanted to go from Africa to Asia which way would you travel?
Northeast
300
"I traveled to the New World in search for gold for my king." Why did this person come to the New World for?
GOLD!
400
The president of the United States is part of what branch of the United States government?
Executive
400
What was the importance of President Jefferson asking Lewis & Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory?
It opened the west to further US settlement.
400
What was ONE reason the US declared war on Great Britain in 1812?
The British were interrupting trade by taking US ships and sailors.
400
What region is shaded on the Map?
The Great Plains
500
What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
To protect individuals.
500
Explain the Louisiana Purchase.
The land purchased by President Jefferson between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
500
What is one way that the United States Constitution can be changed?
By making a Constitutional Amendment.