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U.S. History 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the Bill of Rights? | the first 10 amendments of the Constitution |
| What is the electoral college? | a group of people who formally elect the president and the vice president for the United States |
| Who was Aaron Burr? | an American politician who served as Thomas Jefferson's vice president |
| What was the War of 1812? | a war fought between Britain and the United States from 1812 to 1815 |
| Who was James Monroe? | the fifth president of the United States, he was elected in 1817 and served two terms |
| What was the Monroe Doctrine? | a policy introduced by James Monroe in 1823, it warned the European countries to stay out of affairs in the Americas and promised that the United States would stay out of affairs in Europe or European colonies |
| What was the judicial review? | the power of the Supreme Court to look over the acts of the government to see if those acts are constitutional or not |
| What was Marbury vs. Madison? | a Supreme Court decision in 1803 in which the Court gave itself the power to review the acts of the government and determine whether those acts were constitutional |
| What are delegated powers? | powers that are clearly given to the federal government by the Constitution |
| What was McCulloch vs. Maryland? | a Supreme Court decision in 1819 in which the Court used the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution to settle a conflict about Maryland banking law |
| What are implied powers? | implied powers are powers of the federal government that are not expressly stated, but rather suggested or alluded to by the Constitution in the necessary and proper clause |
| Who was John Marshal? | an American judge who served on the Supreme Court for over 30 years, he made the Court a powerful branch of the federal government |
| What was the Missouri Compromise? | an agreement passed in Congress in 1820 that allowed slavery in the new state of Missouri but would not permit it north of the line that formed Missouri's southern border |
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