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Chapter 4: The American Revolution
Chpater 5: Creating the Constitution
Chapter 6: The New Republic
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100
Name one of the two major events that occured in Boston that led to the Revolutionary War.
What is Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea Party?
100
The U.S. modeled its government after this country.
What is England?
100
This person became the first president of the U.S.
Who is George Washington?
100
The U.S. invaded this country in the War of 1812.
What is Canada?
200
This document officially claimed sovereignty and freedom for the United States.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Before the U.S. had the Constitution that we still have today this document was used to set up and maintain the country.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
This song was written during on of the battles of the War of 1812.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
200
Define war hawk.
What is someone who is much more apt to go to war than the average person?
300
Name two advantages for the British and two advantages for the colonies in the Revolutionary War.
What is the British strengths were that they were a world leader in manufacturing, had more ships and weapons, established government, experience fighting wars, full-time soldiers, supplies, etc. The colonies knew the land better, will to win, better leadership/generals, strategy, understood the conflict and its purpose.
300
Name three weaknesses of the document used to run and maintain our country from 1781 to 1789.
What is federal Congress could not establish a common currency, regulate interstate commerce (trade), levy taxes, amending the document was very difficult (13/13) as was passing a law (9/13), etc.
300
The Alien and Sedition Acts were very controversial. Explain one of these acts.
What is Alien Act authorized the President to arrest and deport immigrants who criticized the federal government. The Sedition Act made it a crime for citizens to publicly discredit the federal government.
300
This Supreme Court case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
400
Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" that explained his point of view in very straightforward, common language. What was his point of view?
What is that the colonies should declare indepence, form a republican form of government, and the colonies should form a union amongst themselves.
400
These two groups fought over the ratification of the new Constitution. What are some examples of how each group felt about the new Constitution?
What is Federalist's liked the new Constitution and wanted a strong central government, an economy based on manufacturing, and Alexander Hamilton was their leader. Anti-Federalist didn't like the new Constitution and wanted a weak central government, an economy based on farming, and Thomas Jefferson was their leader.
400
Thomas Jefferson believed in small government yet one of his biggest accomplishments was contradictory to his princliples. What was that accomplishment?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
This rebellion led to the U.S. created a new Constitution.
What is Shays Rebellion?
500
Explain two major and specific ways the Revolution impacted society.
What is women started to demand more rights (and got some more rights), the Loyalists in the U.S. moved to Canada or to England or were ridiculed in the colonies, and it led to the abolishment of slavery in the North.
500
Name and explain two major compromises that were agreed to at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the 3/5's compromise where 3/5's of every slave would be counted as part of a state's population (for voting and tax purposes) and the Connecticut compromise or the Great Compromise which was a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey plans which gave every state 2 senators but also made representation in the House of Representatives based on population.
500
Explain the XYZ affair.
What is the French were mad at the U.S. for signing a treaty with the British so they started seizing American merchant ships. The U.S. tried to negotiate a peace with France and sent peacemakers but the French officials (known as X, Y, and Z) demanded $250,000 in bribes before they would even speak to the U.S. officals. The U.S. then broke off negotiations, expanded their army and navy, and won some victories over French warships.
500
Name all three branches of government in the U.S.
What is executive, legislative, and judicial?