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George Washington and Executive Branch
Adams, Madison, Judiciary
Madison-Jackson
Jackson to Manifest Destiny
Civil War
100
The party with the most members in the House and/or Senate. They control the decision making process.
What is the majority party?
100
A written statement by an attorney that summarizes a case and the laws and rulings that support it.
What is a brief?
100
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
100
A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
What is the spoils system?
100
The northern army during the American Civil War.
What is the Union Army?
200
Party that does not control majority of the House and/or Senate.
What is the minority party?
200
Requirement that a case can only be heard by the Supreme Court if four out of nine justices vote to hear the case.
What is the Rule of Four?
200
7th President of the U.S. He was referred to by some as King and by others as Satan.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
Signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830, this law permitted the negotiation of treaties to obtain the Indians lands in exchange for their relocation to what would become Oklahoma. This was basically all done without the Indians permission/approval.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
200
The southern army during the American Civil War.
What is the Confederate Army?
300
In this branch of the US government, the elected members serve a term of six years; are elected by state Legislature; Must be a U.S. citizen for at least 9 years; Must be at least 30 years old.
What is the Senate?
300
Number of Jurors needed to find a defended guilty in a criminal case to convict the defendant.
What is 12?
300
Compromise of 1820 over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided that Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
A section of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered, through which ships pass.
What is the Lock System?
300
16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth (1809-1865)
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
A city named Washington D.C. which was located in the south and was made up of parts of Maryland and Virginia.
What is the Federal City?
400
Order by the Supreme Court directing a lower court to send up the records of a case for review.
What is Writ of Certiorari?
400
1814 agreement that ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
400
The Supreme Court decided Georgia had no jurisdiction over the Cherokee reservations and their land. Georgia refused to enforce decision and President Jackson didn't support the Court. This was completely illegal but no one was powerful enough to override Jackson's power.
What is Worchester v. Georgia?
400
Order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union, took effect January 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
500
It was also called the "necessary and proper clause". It is the lifeblood of the Constitution. Another way of explaining this term is that "Congress has the power to make all laws necessary and proper".
What is the Elastic Clause?
500
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.
What is nationalism?
500
Different parts of the country developing unique and separate cultures (as the North, South and West). This can lead to conflict.
What is Sectionalism?
500
A belief that there should be a limited central government. This was a form of government where the elitist and top leaders were more disliked and the common man was more popular. Andrew Jackson preached these ideals during his presidency and spread this concept across America.
What are Jeffersonian ideals?
500
15th President of the United States of America.
Who is James Buchanan?