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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| A constitution written during the Revolution to estabilish the powers of the new national government was called: |
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| What were the basic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? |
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*Provided for a weak national government
*Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states
* Provided for no common currency
* Gave each state one vote regardless of size
* Provided for no executive or judicial branch |
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| What kind of system of government did the Constitution establish? |
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| A federal system of government(government based on power shared between the national and state governments) |
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| What is a federal system of government? |
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| A system that divides powers between the national government and the governments of the states |
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| What are some of the basic principals of our government? |
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Separation of powers
Checks and balances |
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| The structure of the new national government was based on james Madison's _____ ______ which called for threeseparate branches of government. |
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| What are the three separate branches of government? |
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-Legislative Branch
-Judicial Branch
-Executive Branch |
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| What is the job of the Legislative Branch? |
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| What is the job of the Executive Branch? |
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| What is the job of the Judicial Branch? |
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| to determine if laws are constitutional |
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| The legislative branch of the federal government is |
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| Congress is a two-house legislature consisting of: |
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| the Senate and the House of Representative |
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| All states are represented equally in the: |
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| How many Senators are there per state in the Senate? |
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| In the House of Representatives, the number of each state's representatives is based on: |
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| Which branch of government is the Supreme Court part of? |
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| The head of the Executive Branch is: |
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| What is the branch of the government that determines if laws made by Congress are constitutional and if laws are being broken? |
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| Which branch of government carries out laws? |
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| The structure of the new national government was basedon James Madison's "Virginia Plan." What idea did the Virginia Plan contribute? |
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| The idea of 3 separate branched of government |
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| Who wrote the Virginia Plan? |
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| Another principal of our new government was: |
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| What are "checks and balances"? |
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*Each branch of government can check the power of the other.
* These checks keep any one branch from gaining too much power. |
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| Why did Samuel Adamsand Paul Revere lead patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party? |
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| The first ten amendments to the Constitution is the: |
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| Who was the author of the Bill of Rights? |
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| What does the Bill of Rights do? |
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| It provides a written guarantee of individual rights |
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| What aresome of the individual rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights? |
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| freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion |
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| The disagreement between these two men ont he role of the national government resulted in the creation of two political parties. |
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| Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson |
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| Alexander Hamilton became the leader of the: |
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| Thomas Jefferson became leader of this party. |
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Which party?
-Favored strong national government
-Favored limits on states' powers
-Favored development of industry on a national scale
-Favored a national bank |
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| The Federalist Party (led by Hamilton) |
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Which party?
-Favored a weak national government
-Supported states' powers
-Favored small business and farmers
-Opposed a national bank |
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| The Democratic Republican Party (led by Jefferson) |
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| Which party wanted a weak national government and more power with the states? |
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| The Democratic Republicans |
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| Which party favored big business and industry, rather than small business and farmers? |
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| Which party opposed a national bank? |
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| The Democratic Republicans |
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| Who were the first five presidents? |
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| George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Monroe |
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| All of the first five presidents were Virginians except: |
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| What were some of George Washington's accomplishments |
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*Federal court system was established.
*Political parties grew out of the disagreements between Hamiliton and Jefferson over the proper role of the national government
*The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.
*Plans were initiated for development of the national capital in Washington, D.C. |
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| Who was an African American astronomer and surveyor that helped complete the design for Washington, D.C.? |
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| A two-party system emerged during the presidency of: |
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| What were some of the accomplishments of Jefferson's presidency? |
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*He bought Louisiana from France (Louisiana Purchase).
*Lewis and Clark explored this new land west of the Mississippi River. |
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| During whose presidency did the War of 1812 caused European nations to gain respect for the United States? |
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| One of Monroe's accomplishments was the: |
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| What does the Monroe Doctrine do? |
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| It warns European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere |
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| 1801 and 1861 was a period of: |
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| vast territorial expansion and settlement |
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| What new territories were added to the United States between 1801 and 1861? |
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Louisiana Purchase
Florida
Texas
Oregon
California |
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| The land Jefferson bought from France ______ the size of the United States. |
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| Where did Lewis and Clark explore? |
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| The Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |
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| What did Spain give to the United States through a treaty? |
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| What was added to the U.S. after it became an independent republic? |
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| What territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain? |
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| After the War with Mexico, what was added to the U.S.? |
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| California and the southwest territory |
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| What general factors influenced westward migration? |
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| Geography and economic opportunity |
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| What specific factors influenced westward migration? |
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*Population growth in the east
*availability of cheap, fertile land
*economic opportunities
*freedom for runaway slaves
*cheaper and faster transportation
*knowledge of overland trails
*belief in Manifest Destiny |
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| What were examples of economic opportunities in the west? |
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California Gold Rush
Logging
Farming
Freedom for runaway slaves |
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| What made transportation cheaper and faster? |
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Erie Canal
Steamboats
Steam Locomotives |
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| What trail would take people northwest? |
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| What trail would take people southwest? |
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| What is Manifest Destiny? |
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| The idea that expansion was for the good and right of our country |
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| Prior to the Civil War, where did most industrialization in the U.S. take place? |
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| What area in the U.S. did the equipment that was produced in the North have the most impact? |
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| Name four inventions that affected the lives of Americans at this time. |
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Cotton Gin
Reaper
Steamboat
Steam Locomotive |
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| What was the result of the invention of the cotton gin? |
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| It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton. |
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| Who invented the cotton gin? |
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| What was the result of the invention of the reaper? |
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| The reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer. |
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| Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick |
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| What was the result of the steamboat? |
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| It provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries. |
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| Who improved the invention of the steamboat? |
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| What was the result of the invention of the steam locomotive? |
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| The steam locomotive provided faster land transportation. |
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| What were people working to end slavery called? |
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| What did the suffrage movement help women to gain? |
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| Equal rights including the right to vote |
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| What did abolitionists believe about slavery? |
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*slavery was morally wrong
*slavery was cruel and inhumane
*slavery was a violation of the principles of democracy |
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| Name three famous abolitionist leaders. |
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Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass |
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| What were the main ideas expressed during the suffrage movement? |
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*women were deprived of the basic rights such as the right to vote
*women were denied educational opportunities, especially higher education
*women were denied equal opportunities in business
*women had limited rights to own property |
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| Name three leaders of the suffrage movement. |
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*Isabel Sojourner Truth
*Susan B. Anthony
*Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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