| Question |
Answer |
| The _________________ was signed on July 4, 1776. | Declaration of Independence |
| The ________________________ was written in 1787. | Constitution of the United States |
| President Thomas Jefferson purchased the _________________________ from France in 1803. | Louisiana Territory |
| The Civil War was fought from _______________. | 1861-1865 |
| An _______________ was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. | abolitionist |
| A ______ is a tax on goods brought into a country. | tariff |
| A _____________ is a tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry. | protective tariff |
| _______________ is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country. | Sectionalism |
| _________________________ is the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
| The _______________ was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol. | Temperance Movement |
| ______________________ is a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them. | Representative Government |
| A __________ is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them. | Republic |
| The Three Branches of Government are the ___________________. | Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, and the Executive branch. |
| _______________ is a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches. | Checks and Balances |
| ______________________ is the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation. | Free Enterprise |
| ____________ is the sharing of power between the states and the national government. | Federalism |
| _________________________ is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery. | Popular Sovereignty |
| ________ means to change. | Amend |
| _____________________ are rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are some of those rights. | Unalienable rights |
| A __________ is a form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power. | Democracy |
| __________ means to approve by vote | Ratify |
| __________ is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not. | Judicial review |
| __________ are the original records of an event. They include eyewitness reports, record created at the time of an event, speeches, and letters by people involved in the event, photographs, and artifacts. | Primary sources |
| __________ are the later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. Often they provide summaries of information found in primary sources, like in textbooks and articles. | Secondary sources |
| __________ was the era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place. | Industrial Revolution |
| The Declaration of Independence was a document written by __________, declaring the colonies' independence from England. | Thomas Jefferson |
| The __________ was the first American constitution. It was a very weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving states the final authority over all decisions. | Articles of Confederation |
| The __________ set out the laws and principles of the government of the United States. | Constitution of the United States |
| The __________ is the first ten amendments to the Constitution and detail the protection of individual liberties. | Bill of Rights |
| The __________ was a short speech by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered to be a profound statement of American ideals. | Gettysburg Address |
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