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OH NO MIDTERMS D;
THE TEST IN TOMORROW HOLY CRAP
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The London Company's "______" worked by encouraging aristocrats to move to Virginia by giving 50 acres of land per person to individuals and groups who paid their own way | head-right system |
| Many English _____ came to America in the 1600s to escape a kingdom that did not allow them to worship freely | Catholics |
| The slaves contributed to the economy of the _______ colonies by working in cities at skilled crafts | middle |
| The _____ crops that supported the middle colonies included wheat, barley, and oats. | staple |
| The social impact of the ___________ was unification of various groups of Americans who shared evangelical beliefs | Great Awakening |
| In 1753, the _____ fought the British over settlements in the Ohio River Valley | French |
| What kind of comments might have been made be colonists upset by Parliament's effort to tax them? | No taxation without representation |
| Parliament repealed almost all of the ________ Acts because it wanted to reduce the tension in the colonies | Townshed |
| The word furious best describes the response of _____'s Lord North to news of the Boston Tea Party | Britain |
| How was Massachusetts punished for the Boston Tea Party? | Charter cancelled; Boston Harbor Closed |
| The goal of the ________________ was to state the concerns of colonists to the king. | First Continental Congress |
| What delegate from Virginia encouraged colonists to fight for independence from Britain in support of the Patriot cause? | Patrick Henry |
| Among the list of the 10 resolutions included in the _________________, one was to insure the colonists' right to "life, liberty, and property" | Declaration of Rights |
| Which battle was considered the first of the Revolutionary War | The Battle At Lexington |
| As George Washington prepared to lead the colonists against the British, Congress attempted to make peace with King ________ | George III |
| Before the Battle of _______, many Patriot leaders favored a defensive war to their supplies would last longer. | Trenton |
| Why was winning the Battle of Trenton so important to George Washington and the Continental Army? | The contracts many of his soldiers were fighting under were die to expire, and he feared his soldiers would not enlist in a losing army. |
| The Battle of Trenton was different from the previous battles because the Patriots went on the _______. | offensive |
| The Battle of ________ was a turning point for the Patriots because they gained the support of France and Spain. | Saratoga |
| Why did the British set their sights on the South during the American Revolution? | Fighters in the northern colonies were giving the British unexpected difficulty; Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia had large populations of pro-British Loyalists, and slaves could easily turned against the colonies. |
| The purpose of the ________ was to require British royalty to obey the same laws as the British people | Magna Carta |
| Magna Carta inspired the founders of the _______ government to subject government officials to the rule of law. | American |
| The _______________________ was one of the earliest expressions of separation of church and state | Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom |
| The Northwest Territory was bounded on the south by the _____ River. | Ohio |
| The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall was to improve the ________________________ | Articles of Confederation |
| The ______________ resolved the debate over state representation in the federal government by deciding individually on the number of delegates each state would have. | Great Compromise |
| Each state would have an equal voice in a unicameral legislature as a part of the ___________ Plan presented at the Constitutional Convention | New Jersey |
| The nation's diversity would would have prevented any single group from gaining too much power was argued by James Madison in the _____________ | Federalist Papers |
| Some ________ opposed the idea of a bill of rights because they thought the Constitution was already a bill of rights | Federalists |
| An _______ to the Constitution is an official change | amendment |
| The two main goals of the ________'s framers were to protect citizen's rights and defend the country. | Constitution |
| A ______ system of government is designed to divide powers between the states and the national government | federal |
| Why is the federal government divided into separate branches? | To prevent any branch from becoming too powerful |
| Congress is the _______ branch, which makes the nations laws. | legislative |
| Te president can check the power of the ________ branch by vetoing a law | legislative |
| The _______ branch is responsible for interpreting the law | judicial |
| A federal court strike down a state or federal law on the grounds that the law is __________ | unconstitutional |
| The _____ Amendment protects freedom of religion, expression, and assembly | First |
| Colonists' being forced to have their belongings searched for illegal goods by British soldiers inspired the inclusion in the Bill of Rights of the ______ Amendment rule against "unreasonable searches and seizures" | Fourth |
| The function of the ______ and ______ Amendments id to protect rights not addressed by the first eight amendments | Ninth and Tenth |
| In order for a person to become a ______ citizen, they must move to the SU permanently and apply for citizenship | naturalized |
| How does the government enforce the idea that it is a citizen's duty to know the law? | By punishing law breakers who claim ignorance of the law |
| ___________________________ is an example of a duty of citizens that is encouraged, but not required | Voting in elections |
| In the opinion of the French observer of American democracy Alexis de Tocqueville, why should citizen's motivated to take political action become members of interest groups? | Political associations do more work that not even the largest government could accomplish on its own |
| Is the number of elections based on the size of the state? If not, what? | No, it is based on population |
| Many Americans wanted ____________ to be president because he was seen as an honest leader. | George Washington |
| The ________________ is a body of delegated from each state that casts the deciding votes for president. | electoral college |
| The ______________ Act of 1789 was passed by Congress to set up a system of federal courts because he believed that the stability and success of the national government depended on the interpretation and execution of its laws | Judiciary Act |
| In general, Congress created departments in the ________ branch to address national policy | executive |
| Taxing domestic goods and adding tariffs to foreign imports was a part of __________'s economic plan | Hamilton |
| A "___________________" adds a tax to the price of imported goods to protect domestic products from foreign competition | protective tariff |
| Alexander Hamilton and _______________ agreed on removing the capitol. | Thomas Jefferson |
| Alexander Hamilton believed in a flexible interpretation of the constitution while Thomas Jefferson believed in a _________ construction | strict |
| "___________________" is best defined as the idea that the federal government can take reasonable actions in social cases as long as they are not specifically forbidden by the Constitution | Loose Construction |
| In his farewell address, _______________ warned against burdening future generations with debt. | George Washingon |
| What were George Washington's views in his farewell address? | He felt that any just and humane nation would practice neutrality. |
| According to George Washington in his Farewell Address, the key to national success, is _________ | political unity |
| The first political party division in the US was between ______________________ and ____________ | Democratic-Republicans and Federalists |
| The ______________ Acts were passed by the Federalists to protect the government from its critics | Alien and Sedition |
| ____________s' main criticism of the Alien and Sedition Acts was that they gave too much power to the government. | Republican |
| Proposed by Congress after the Election of 1800, the _________ Amendment created a separate ballot for president and vice president | Twelfth |
| _______________ is the power of the judiciary to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional/ | Judicial Review |
| ________________ is signifigant because it was established in the Supreme Court's power | Marbury v. Madison |
| The __________________ was significant to the US because it nearly doubled the size of the country | Louisiana Purchase |
| In a sense Lewis and Clark failed in their expedition in that they did not find a river route across the West to the ____________. | Pacific Ocean |
| General ___________ said "I have given England a rival who, sooner or later, will humble her pride " regarding to the signing of the ______________ | Napoléon; Louisiana Purchase |
| _____________'s expression helped outline the Louisiana Territory's western border with New Spain | Zebulon Pike |
| US officials were worried by _________'s actions because they feared he was backed up by the British | Tecumseh |
| _______ deceived to support Native Americans against the US mainly to reduce westward expansion in the United States | Britain |
| The War of 1812 strengthened ___________ among America | patriotism |
| After the War of 1812, the _________________ between the US and British Canada was signed to limit naval power on the Great Lakes | Rush Bagot Agreement |
| British Canada and the United States want control over _______ because both were interested in the region's valuable fur trade | Oregon |
| The _______________________ affected the boundaries of the US by establishing a border between the United States and Canada extending to the Rocky Mountains | Convention of 1818 |
| The United States would receive control of East Florida from Spain in return for US claims to what is now Texas as part of the ____________________ . | Adam-Onis Treaty |
| Raids of US settlements and aid for runaway slaves caused conflicts in the early 1800s between the US and the __________ Indian Tribe of Florida | Seminole |
| The _____________ affected US relations with Europe by preventing the US from interfering with any future conflicts or wars between European nations. | Monroe Doctrine |
| ________________ told the Americans what the US would view as a threat (any attempt on their part to extend their system..) | James Monroe |
| The primary goal of Henry Clay's ___________ was to make the US economically independent | American System |
| The _________ United States did not allow slavery in 1820 | Northern |
| An equal balance between free and slave states was maintained as a result of the __________________ | Missouri Compromise |
| During the 1820s, ___________ grew in the US. __________(same as 1st) is when politicians disagree over the interests of different religions | sectionalism |
| The Missouri Compromise contributed to the eventual abolition of slavery because it prohibited slavery in states and territories north of Missouri's ______________ border | southern |
| The writings of ____________ and James Fenimore Cooper inspired painters in the US to show the history and natural beauty of America in their work. | Washington Irving |
| The subjects of American paintings of the 1840s differ from those of the 1830s because they focused on combining _________ with scenes from daily life. | landscapes |
| Americans decided to model much of their architecture after the architecture of ancient _____ and _____ because these civilizations were based on some of the same political ideals as the new American nation. | Greek and Rome |
| _____________________ contributed to the expansion of democracy in the US in the 1820s by allowing people to become more active in politics | Nominating Conventions |
| Some states extended suffrage rights to more white males, which is an example of how ______ rights were expanded in the early1800s | voting |
| The "_______________" practiced by newly-elected president Andrew Jackson rewarded with giving them government jobs | spoils system |
| The quote, "But it was the people's day, and the people's President, and the people would rule" describes the presidential _____________ | inauguration |
| Northerners opposed the federal government's sale of public land at cheap prices in the early 1800s because it encouraged potential laborers in the North to migrate _______ | west |
| In the early 1800s, ____________ opposed tariffs because tariffs angered their European trading partners | Southerners |
| The ________________________ effected Andrew Jackson's America by fueling growing sectional differences within the country | Tariff of Abominations |
| In the early 1800s the Western _____________ lacked services such as roads and water transportation | Frontier |
| The _________________________ was a dispute over the power of the states to reject unconstitutional federal laws. | Nullification Crisis |
| ______________________'s position on states' rights was that the welfare of the nation should override the concerns of individual states | Daniel Webster |
| In ______________________ the Supreme Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional. | McCulloch v. Maryland |
| President ____________'s unsuccessful economic policies caused the severe economic depression of the Panic of 1837 | Jackson |
| American farmers, who gained millions of acres of land for settlement benefited most from Andrew Jackson's plan to remove ________ to the West | Indians |
| The ___________ people resisted removal to Indian Territory by adopting the contemporary culture of white Americans | Cherokee |
| The forced 800-mile march Cherokee Indians made in their removal to Georgia became known as the "___________" | Trail of Tears |
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