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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the impact of the Telegraph? | Became a major method of long-distance communication for people. Samuel Morse created it. |
| What was the primary reason for the Women's Movement? | For suffrage (right to vote). |
| Why were Federalists FOR the Constitution? | They believed that it made a strong federal government. |
| Why were Anti-Federalists AGAINST the Constitution? | They wanted a Bill of Rights to help protect people from a strong federal government. |
| Why did the French colonize in North America? | They established a fur trade. Fur was expensive and popular in fashion. |
| Where did women work during the Industrial Revolution? | They worked in factories. Most factories were in the Northeast. |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | It was like a Social Contract between settlers, promising to follow the laws that are made for them. |
| What is the principle of Federalism? | Federalism means the sharing of government powers between the Federal government and State government. 10th Amendment |
| How do we AMEND, or add to the Constitution? | 2/3 of both houses of Congress must PROPOSE an amendment. 3/4 of State Governments must RATIFY an amendment. |
| What is Judicial Review? | The Supreme Court has the ability to rule if a law is constitutional or not. Thomas Jefferson felt this made the Judicial Branch too powerful. |
| What is the difference between MERCANTILISM and FREE ENTERPRISE economies? | Mercantilism was to benefit the "Mother Country" and heavily controlled by government. Free Enterprise was to benefit individual businesses and very little control by government. |
| What is the 2nd Great Awakening | A spiritual movement in the early 1800s that inspired people to help change society for the better. |
| What is the "National Anthem"? | It was first a poem made by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 that CELEBRATED a patriotic act during the war. |
| Why did colonists oppose (went against) laws made by Parliament (British government)? | Colonists didn't have a voice in making laws, especially for taxes. |
| What was the Northwest Ordinance? | An orderly process for adding states to the U.S.. Territories must have 60,000 people living there and some sort of government. |
| What was the main problem during the Nullification Crisis? | It was trying to find the answer to "do states have the RIGHT to declare a federal law UNCONSTITUTIONAL?" |
| What grievance with Britain did the 6th amendment address? | The right to have a criminal trial by jury for citizens. |
| According to President Polk, how did the Mexican-American War begin? | Mexico attacked the army on AMERICAN LAND! |
| What did the Monroe Doctrine do? | It was written to tell European Countries to stop colonizing and interfering with South American countries. |
| Political parties were started over the POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Who were the 2 historical figures that became the leaders of each party? | Thomas Jefferson (Democrat-Republicans) Alexander Hamilton (Federalists) |
| What did the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender of British General Cornwallis lead to? | It led to Britain signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783, ending the war. |
| What 2 major factors helped start the Industrialization of America? | Cities growing and having a large labor force and new forms of transportation (steamboat, railroad) |
| Why did the population increase so quickly in California? | Settlers moving west to find gold in California. |
| What was one problem with the Embargo Act of 1807? | The New England fishing economy suffered due to no trade with other countries. |
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