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JFK US History # 6
JFK US History Test 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Unwritten Constitution | • Practices based on traditions • Cabinet • Judicial Review • Political Parties |
| Political Parties | • Unwritten Constitution • Began with disagreement between Jefferson & Hamilton |
| Federalist Papers | • Essays convincing people to ratify the Constitution • Written by James Madison |
| Bill of Rights | • Protects individual freedoms • Wanted by the Anti-Federalists • First 10 Amendments |
| Supreme Court | • Interprets the constitution |
| Federalism | • Limits power of government • Splits power between National & State gov’t |
| Amendments | • Allows for changing societies • 22nd—Prohibits 3 terms for Presidents • 19th—Women’s Right to vote |
| Louisiana Purchase | • Gave U.S. a port (New Orleans) to sell agriculture (farm) goods • Doubled size of U.S. |
| Checks & Balances | • Prevents one branch of gov’t from getting too strong |
| Manifest Destiny | • Control entire continent • Forced sectional conflict because of slavery expansion issue • Annexation of Texas • Mexican Cession |
| Southern States (previously Colonies) | • Plantation system • Near Coastline • Good Climate for growing food • In favor of slavery expanding |
| Abolitionists | • Against slavery • Feared expansion of slavery in new territories • William Lloyd Garrison • Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) • Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad) |
| Civil War | • Fought over States Rights and expansion of Slavery • North won because of good railroads/transportation |
| Popular Sovereignty | • New states could decide whether to be a Slave or Free state |
| Seneca Falls Convention | • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Fought for equal rights for women • Woman’s right to vote (suffrage) |
| Andrew Jackson | • Forcibly removed Native American Indians |
| Compromise of 1850 | • Decided whether or not to let slavery expand into new territories • Popular Sovereignty • Fugitive Slave Act |
| John Marshall | • Expanded Federal Supremacy clause (gave Fed. Gov’t more power) • Marbury v. Madison • Judicial Review (constitutionality of laws) |
| California | • Gold Rush |
| Sectional Conflict | • “Bleeding Kansas” • Election 1860 • Dred Scott Case • “House Divided” speech by Lincoln |
| Emancipation Proclamation | • Freed Southern Slaves • Helped North win Civil War |
| George Washington | • Neutrality • Use of cabinet (advisors) |
| President Abraham Lincoln | • Wanted to preserve the union • “House Divided” speech about effects of slavery |
| Elastic Clause | • Allows for Constitutional Change • “all laws necessary and proper” |
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