Which Colonial Region is best characterized by plantations & a colony for debtors?
Southern
100
This first Constitution of the U.S. stunk because it created a federal government that was too weak.
Articles of Confederation
100
Which court case established the Supreme Court had the power of Judicial Review?
Marbury v. Madison
100
Which President is responsible for the items below...
1) Trial of Tears
2) Killing the National Bank
3) Gaining huge levels of support from the "Common Man"
Andrew Jackson
100
Lincoln's primary goal upon becoming President was to...
preserve/restore the union
200
The American colonist were angry at British taxation. Who did they feel had the right to tax them?
Themselves (the colonists/colonial legislatures or assemblies)
200
Which compromise at the Constitution Convention offered to settle the question of representation in the National Legislature by created a House and Senate?
Great or Connecticut Compromise
200
Which early political party held the beliefs that:
- the Constitution should be interpreted literally
- America's future was in agriculture
- America should ally with the French
Democratic-Republicans
200
The term that means American's belief that we had a God-given right to all the lands of the North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
200
Which amendment officially ended slavery in the U.S.?
13th
300
Which Colonial Regions is best characterized by grain & oat farms ("The Breadbasket") and a tolerant religious outlook?
Middle Colonies
300
In which great American document would their be an argument that "all men are created equal" and have God given "unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and that any government who denies these rights should be "altered or abolished"?
Declaration of Independence
300
The Sedition Acts as signed into law by President John Adams were a clear violation of the ____ Amendment.
1st (Freedom of Speech)
300
Which territorial acquisition of the U.S. was once an independent country that had broken apart from Mexico?
Texas
300
What is the name of the place where Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War?
Appomattox Courthouse
400
What was the British policy after they abandoned the strict mercantilist control of the American colonies in favor of allowing the colonies to run themselves?
Salutary Neglect
400
One of the main causes of the American Revolution was the debt incurred by the British after defending the American colonists in which war?
French & Indian War
400
What do the two events below have in common...
1) Alexander Hamilton helps create a National Bank.
2) Thomas Jefferson sees through the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
Both required "Loose" interpretation/constructionist of the Constitution
400
In the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions and the South Carolina Articles of Nullification Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John C. Calhoun argued that __________ have the power to interpret the Constitution and whether federal law violates the Constitution.
individual States
400
What is required of the government in the 14th Amendment?
All be treated equally under the law or by the government.
500
The Virginia House of Burgesses & New England Town Hall Meetings are both examples of limited & representative governments in the colonies. Name 2 English documents that laid the foundations of limited/representative government?
Magna Carta (1215)
English Bill of Rights (1688)
- Works of John Locke
500
Which term means that our government powers are divided amongst different levels including the National, State, and Local levels, each having some power over the people?
Federalism or "Federal System of Government"
500
Which part of the U.S. government was the only part directly elected by the American voters in the original constitution? (That's why all tax bill start here--no taxation without representation ;)
House of Representatives
500
Which "Section" of the United States in the Antebellum period was pro-tariff & pro-national bank?
The North
500
Name 2 Supreme Court cases we've studied that limit the rights of blacks in the U.S.?
the Dred Scott Case (declared blacks were property, not citizens)
Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal, segregation)