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100

Georgia was founded as colony for what purpose?

Convicts and Indebtors
100

Alexander Hamilton was a leader of this "party"

The Federalist Party

100

What are the three branches of the government?

Judicial Branch

Executive Branch 

Legislative Branch 


100

act that required citizens to return runaway slaves

Fugitive Slave Act

100

Which part of the legislative branch has population based on representation?

House of Representatives

100

a decree by Pres. Lincoln that freed all slaves living in the Confederate states and territories still in rebellion against the Union on January 1st, 1863

Emancipation Proclamation

100

President Washington was a General in this war

The Revolutionary War

100

The number of original colonies

13

200

name 2 of the 3 cash crops in the South

indigo, cotton, tobacco

200

First President of the United States 

George Washington 

200

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

the Bill or Rights

200

2 houses of the Legislative branch

Senate and House of Representatives

200

Explorers of Louisiana Territory

Lewis and Clark

200

Which branch of government interprets the laws?

Judicial Branch

200
The Anti-Federalists insisted on this before signing the Constitution

Bill of Rights

200

The Virginia Plan wanted representation in Congress to be based on this

Population

500

Who was the wealthy friend of the king who wanted a safe place for the Quakers to live. he set up the colony of Pennsylvania.

William Penn

500

The Constitution was written to replace this document

The Articles of Confederation

500

This man was is considered the "drafter" of the Constitution

James Madison

500

America's second president

John Adams

500

the Union plan to surround and squeeze the Confederacy into surrendering

Anaconda Plan

500

Nickname for the Middle Colonies because they produced so much food

"Breadbasket" colonies

500

Which treaty ended the American Revolution?

Treaty of Paris 1783

500

taxes placed on farmers caused this rebellion which then led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention

Shay's Rebellion

600

First document in the America's that encouraged self-government among the colonists

Mayflower Compact 

600

Established the nation's first cabinet

George Washington

600

The Great Compromise created what?

Our bicameral system of government

600

This amendment guarantees the right to protest

1st Amendment

600

a party that supported the common people and favored a small, limited government

Anti-Federalists

600

author of Uncle Tom's Cabin - when Pres. Lincoln met this lady he said, "So this is the little lady who started this great war."

Harriet Beecher Stowe

600

What was the name of the meeting where the Constitution was drafted?

Constitutional Convention

600

2 prominent generals from the Confederacy

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

10000

Document that incited the American Revolution

Declaration of Independence 

10000

the first secretary of the treasury

Alexander Hamiltion

10000

the war in which the British and the American colonies fought the French and Native Americans

French and Indian War

10000

President Jackson forced the Native Americans to leave their land

Indian Removal Act or Trail of Tears

10000

a party that supported industry, a growing centralized government, and rule by property owners

Federalist

10000

what court case established the principles of Judicial Review?

Marbury Vs. Madison

10000

man who sued his owner for his freedom because his owner had taken him to a free state

Dred Scott

10000

black regiment that fought in the Civil War

54th Massachusetts Regiment