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4th Six Weeks Review
review for 4th Six Weeks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| date of Declaration of Independence | 1776 |
| date of the ratification of the Constitution | 1787 |
| date of the founding of Jamestown | 1607 |
| date of the signing of the Mayflower compact | 1620 |
| date of the Louisiana Purchase | 1803 |
| leader of the Sons of Liberty | Sam Adams |
| Author of Common Sense | Thomas Paine |
| Author of the Declaration odf Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Commander and chief of the American Revolution army | George washington |
| first Secretary of the Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| leader of the Democratic/Republican Party | Thomas Jefferson |
| leader of the Quakers | William Penn |
| reason for the Louisiana Purchase | access to Port of New Orleans |
| group of poeple who settled in Georgia | debtors |
| group of people who settled in Pennsylvania | Quakers |
| group of people who settled in Massachusetts | Puritans |
| Which document included the idea of self-rule? | Mayflower Compact |
| Which document was a list of greivances against Great Britain? | Declaration of Independence |
| Which document was the first constitution? | Articles of Confederation |
| What very early document, written in 1215 was a foundation for our constiution? | Magna Carta |
| Who bought the Louisiana Purchase? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What did George Washington warn against in his farewell address? | political parties and getting involved in European problems |
| Which battle began the Revolutionary war? | Lexington and Concord |
| Which battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War? | Saratoga |
| After which battle did Cornwallis surrendar to Washington? | Yorktown |
| What treaty ended the revolutionary War? | Treaty of Paris |
| How was the slave issue resolved in the Constitution? | 3/5 compromise |
| How was the issue of representation resolved in the Consitution? | Great compromise----two houses--Senate and House of Representatives |
| What principle did the Marbury verses Madison case introduce? | Judicial review |
| mercantilism | a mother country's attempt to control the trade of her colonies |
| Federalsits | supported the Cosntitution |
| Anti-federalists | would not support the Constitution without a Bill of Rights |
| impressment | a major cause of the War of 1812 |
| Proclamation of 1763 | forbid colonists to cross the Appalachian Mountains |
| second amendment | the right to bare arms |
| 5th amendment | due process |
| first amendment | freedom of speech, religion,press, assembly, and petition |
| tenth amendment | states' rights |
| 8th amendment | no cruel and unusual punishment |
| 3rd amendment | abolish the quartering Act |
| separation of powers | each branch of government has separate and equal powers |
| checks and balances | each branch of government "checks" over the others to assure no one branch becomes too powerful |
| federalism | sharing power between Federal and state governments |
| limited government | the government has "limits" ---they may not take away anyone's Constitutional rights |
| republicanism | we choose a representative to make our decisions in Congress |
| 1861-65 | Civil War |
| Westward Expansion | Manifest Destiny |
| cotton gin inventor | Eli Whitney |
| interchangeable parts inventor | Eli whitney |
| bloodles revolution | industrial revolution |
| Abraham Lincoln | president during Civil War |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union general |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general |
| Jefferson Davis | Confederate president |
| Dorothea Dix | reformed mental health institutions |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | organized Senecca Falls Convention |
| Frederick Douglas | African American abolitionist |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Harriet Tubman | conductor of Underground Railroad |
| William Lloyd Garisson | wrote the Liberator |
| Horrace Mann | reformed public education |
| 13th amendment | abolished slavery |
| 14th amendment | gave citizenship to African Americans |
| 15th amendment | gave voting rights to African Americans |
| Dred Scott Case | repealed the Missouri Compromise |
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