U.S. History Bench 1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What type of economy led to the introduction of slavery in to the New World? | Agriculture |
What religious movement swept through the colonies in the mid- 1700's? | Great Awakening |
What religious group settled in Massachusetts? | Purtains |
What European import probably had the greatest impact on Native Americans? | Disease |
The movement of slaves from Africa to the Americas was called? | Middle Passage |
What was the system under which the colonies were to provide the parent country with raw materials and markets? | Mercantilism |
What were the actions of the British after the French and Indian War which alienated the colonists? | Taxation |
What was the main idea of John Locke's social contract? | People have the right to rebel when their rights are not protected |
What was the name of the colonists who supported independence from Britain? | Patriots |
What was the name of the document which justified the colonists move for independence? | Declaration of Independance |
Name the provisions of the Great Compromise | Part of the New Jersey Plan- The Senate equal representation. The Virginia Plan-The House of Representatives representation based on the population of the state |
What was the purpose of limiting the power of the three branches of the federal government? | Prevent the development of Tyranny |
Describe the division of power under the Articles of Confederation. | The power of the states greatly exceeded the power of the federal government. |
What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | did not have enough power to rule effectively. |
What foreign nation helped the colonies with independence? | France |
Presidential veto is an example of... | Checks and Balances |
Describe Federalism | Division of powers between the state and federal governments. |
What did the federalist papers do? | Helped persuade some states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. |
What did Marbury v. Madison establish? | Judicial Review |
Economy of fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, small subsistence farming. | New England Colonies |
Why did the American colonists rebel against Britain? | The Colonists desired the right to control their own economy. |
This provides justice before the law. | The Bill of Rights |
What was the reason for the development of political parties? | Differences arose over political and economic issues. |
President Washington sent foederal troops inton western Pennsylvania to deal with an uprising. This showed the strength of the federal government under the Constitution. What was the event? | Whiskey Rebellion |
The goverment may exercise only those powers specifically given to it by the governed | Philosophy of Alexander Hamilton |
Jefferesons strict adherence to the intepretation of the Constitution would have prevented this event. | The Loisiana Purchase |
Interference with American shipping by the British and French led Jefferson to take this action. | Embargo Act |
Its main goal was to keep Europe out of Latin America | Monroe Doctrine. |
Who wrote the words to our national anthem? | Francis Scott Key |
Armed revolt against Mexican rule? | The Alamo |
Period from 100 to 1865, the issue of states rights, the tariff, and slavery led to this. | Sectionalism |
Expansion of the United States westward to the Pacific Ocean. | Manifest Destiny |
Misunderstanding of this groups culture and values | Native Americans |
Increased the development of western lands | Homestead Act of 1862 |
Lincoln's goal | Preserve the Union |
It was intended to maintain balance of slave and free states | The Missouri Compromise |
Wanted an immedate end to slavery | Abolitionists |
Example of Popular Sovereignty | Kansas and Nebraska deciding the issue of slavery themselves |
Probably kept the British from helping the South,, freed all slaves in the Union and the Confederacy | Emancipation Proclomation |
Spark of the Civil War | Election of Abraham Lincoln |
He Tried to capture arms at Harpers Ferry to provide to slaves for rebellion. | John Brown |
Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah | Total War |
Overturned the Missouri Compromise and opened more land to slavery. | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony | All Active in Womens Suffrage |
Who did Lee surrender to ? | Ulysses Grant |
Which amendment ended slavery? | 13th |
Who was in charge of Reconstruction in the South? | Radicial Republicans |
When African Americans were denied civil rights as a result of changes in state laws and state constitutions | Jim Crow Laws |
Court case that legalized separate but equal facilities? | Plessy v. Ferguson |
When did Reconstruction end? | Withdrawal of federal troops from the South |
Demanded equality among racial groups immediately. | W.E.B. DuBois |
Andrew Johnson was _____________ because of arguments over Reconstruction. | Impeached |
Southerners who had little money to buy land. | Sharecroppers |
Captains of industry | Robber Barons |
Invented the Phonograph. | Thomas Edison |
To gain complete control over a business, industry, etc. | Monopoly |
Organized to help industrial workers improve working conditions. | Labor Unions |
They wrote about the social, politicalm, and industrial problems. | Muckrakers |
What is Tammany Hall an example of? | Political Machine |
Worked to improve social and political conditions in the late 1800's and early 1900's. | Progressives |
What was the 19th amendment for? | Gave women the right ot vote. |
The Declaration of Independence refers to rights that cannot be taken away from you as | Unalienable rights |
Farmers founded what political party? | Populist Party |
What was the name of the document in Plymouth Colony that established the principle that government gets its powers from the people? | Mayflower Compact |
What did the Social Gospel movement focus on ? | Solving society's problems using christian principles. |
Separation of church and state is the idea that | tax dollars should not be used to support or finance a church. |
What does federalism do? | Divides the power of government between one national government and several regional governments. |
Who increased local government in an effort to clean up the cities? | Progressives |
The Compromise of 1877 withdrew any remaining troops from the south thus ending | Reconstruction |
Plessy v. Ferguson established | separate but equal |
The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to | Protect the personal liberties of the people |
Marbury v. Madison established | Judicial Review |
Judicial Review is the | Supreme Courts ability to review the Constitutionality of a state or federal law |
Who was the chief justice in Marbury v. Madison? | John Marshal |
John Locke identified the following natural rights | life, liberty and property |
Thomas Jefferson identified the following natural rights | life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
What does the term urbanization mean? | the growth of cities |
Who wrote Common Sense? | Thomas Paine |
What happened at the Triangle shirtwaist factory? | 146 women died in a fire |
Common Sense encouraged | Colonists to support the Declaration of Independence and a revolution against Great Britain |
Political Machines often | Bought votes and illegally stuffed ballot boxes |
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