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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Federal Judiciary Act? | An act to establish the judicial courts of the U.S (Set up the federal court system) |
| What is the cabinet in the U.S. government? | The body that advises the president |
| What is a tariff? | A tax paid on a particular class of imports/exports |
| What is the federalist party? | They favored the adoption of the U.S. constitution, they wanted a strong national government, they were for a national bank, their economy was based on manufacturing and trade, most supporters were wealthy, Alexander Hamilton's party. |
| What is foreign policy? | A policy that is dealing with other nation(s)- example: the French Revolution ( Hamilton's policy) |
| What is a political party? | An organized group of people with at least roughly similar political aims |
| Who was George Washington? | First president of the U.S., One of the founding fathers, and the commander-in-chief of the continental army |
| What is the anti-federalist party? | Opposed the ratification of the constitution |
| Who was Alexander Hamilton? | A founding father, Started the Federalist party |
| Who was Thomas Jefferson? | The author of the Declaration of Independence,3rd president, organized the Louisiana purchase (1803), started the democratic-republican party |
| Who was John Adams? | A Federalist, the 2nd president |
| What was the first political parties? | Federalist v. Anti-federalist |
| What did Washington say in his farewell address? | Discouraged political parties and don't get in forge in disputes |
| What is the significance of the Marbury v Madison? | Established Judicial review; Supreme court's right to determine if laws are constitutional |
| What is Judicial review? | It's the supreme court's right to determine if laws are constitutional |
| Define Unconstitutional: | Not in accordance to the constitution |
| What was the Louisiana Purchase? | Thomas Jefferson purchased it fro.om France 1803 and doubled the size of the U.S. |
| Who was William Clark? | Was on the Lewis Clark expedition |
| Who was Francis Scott Key? | He wrote the star spangled banner |
| What is impressment? | Impressment, colloquially, "the press" or the "press gang", refers to the act of taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice. |
| Who was Sacagawea? | The translator and one of the explorers on the Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Who was James Madison? | The 4th President of the U.S. |
| What was the Judiciary act of 1801? | An attempt to fill the government with federalists |
| What were the causes and effects of the war of 1812? | Causes: British impressment of US soldiers, Interfering with US shipping, and supporting Native American resistance Effects: Increased American patriotism, weakened Native American resistance, and increased US manufacturing |
| What was the 1st amendment? | Freedom of religion, press, assembly, and petition |
| What was the 2nd Amendment? | Right to bear and own arms |
| What was the 3rd Amendment? | No quartering soldiers |
| What was the 4th amendment? | Freedom of unreasonable searches and seizure |
| What was the 5th amendment? | Right to due process of law |
| What was the 6th amendment? | Right to speedy trial |
| What was the 7th amendment? | Right to trial by jury |
| What was the 8th amendment? | Freedom of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment |
| What was the 9th amendment? | (Other rights not listed) |
| What was the 10th amendment? | Power to the states |
| What was the 13th amendment? | Freed slaves |
| What was the 14th amendment? | African Americans can be citizens |
| What was the 15th amendment? | African Americans can vote |
| What was the 19th amendment? | Women can vote |
| What was the cotton gin? | Invented by Eli Whitney, removed the cotton seeds from the cotton- INCREASED THE DEMAND FOR SLAVES |
| What is the American system? | Created just after the war of 1812- basically promoted american goods over forge in goods |
| What was the Missouri Compromise? | Missouri= slave state, Maine= free state, a line drawn- above= free, below= slave |
| Who was Robert Fulton? | Invented steamboat |
| Who was Henry Clay? | "The Great compromise" and helped create the compromise of 1850 |
| What was the Erie Canal? | Navigatable route from New york to the Atlantic |
| What was the spoils system? | practice of giving government jobs to political supporters |
| Who was John C. Calhoun? | Jacksons vice pres |
| Who was Andrew Jackson? | 7th pres |
| What was the indian Removal act? | Jackson's vice press, fought against TOA, created the doctrine of nullification |
| What was the Doctrine of nullification? | said that the states could decide if a law is unconstitutional |
| Who was John Quincy Adams? | 6th pres |
| What was the Trail of tears? | the harsh journey for Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory |
| What is Manifest Destiny? | The belief americans need to move west to the ocean |
| What was the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? | A treaty of peace and settlement from mexico (claimed Mexican session) |
| Who was Joseph Smith? | Founder of Mormonism |
| Who was James Polk? | 11th pres |
| What is the labor Union? | a group of workers who band together and help working conditions |
| Who was Horace Mann? | father of public education |
| Who was Sojourner Truth? | former slave that fought for women's rights and abolitionist movement |
| Who was Dorothea Dix? | helped improve mental hospitals and prisons |
| Who was Harriet Tubman? | former slave and conducted of underground railroad |
| Who was Fredrick Douglass? | Abolitionist that wrote the north star |
| Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton? | Women's rights activist |
| What was the Wilmot Proviso? | banned slavery in territory acquired from the mexican war |
| What was the fugitive slave act? | required to return runaway slaves |
| What was Dred Scott v Sanford Case? | African americans are not citizens |
| Who was Stephan Douglas? | designer of kansas nebraska act |
| What was the Compromise of 1850? | California is free,NM and TX border dispute solved, slave trade banned in washington |
| What is Popular sovereignty? | The people rule |
| Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe? | American Abolitionist |
| What was the Kansa Nebraska Act? | allowed kansas and nebraska to chose if they wanted slaves |
| What is the battle of ft. Sumter? | First battle of the civil war |
| What is the 1st battle of bull run? | confederate victory fought at railroad junction |
| What is the battle of Antietam? | single bloodiest battle in american history |
| What is the battle of Gettysburg? | turning point of the civil war |
| What is the significance of the Appomattox court house? | where Lee surrendered to Grant |
| What was the Emancipation Proclamation? | Freed slaves but only union listened |
| Who was Robert E Lee? | confederate soldier |
| Who was William T Sherman? | union soldier |
| What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment? | volunteer infantry for union |
| What is the Siege of Vicksburg? | Union got control of the mississippi |
| What is the significance of Jamestown? | 1607 |
| What is the significance of Plymouth? | 1620 |
| What is the significance of Roanoke? | unsuccessful colony |
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