document that sets out the laws and principles of a government
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Document that sets out the laws
and principles of a government
constitution
What is the main part of the
Legislative Branch?
Congress
What are the 3 branches of
government?
Legislative, Judicial and Executive
Branch of government which
makes the laws
Legislative branch
Document that lists freedoms the
government promises to
protect
bill of rights
What was our first Constitution called?
Articles of Confederation
Who is the main person in the
Executive Branch?
President
Who had the most power under the
Articles of Confederation?
states
The Articles of Confederation
formed a __?___ alliance of states.
The Articles of Confederation formed a loose
alliance of states.
What was the main problem of the Articles
of Confederation?
Congress was too weak
Power of the Supreme Court to decide
whether laws passed by Congress are Constitutional
Judicial review
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
Revise the Articles of Confederation
What is the main group in the Judicial Branch?
Supreme Court
In what year did the Constitutional
Convention take place?
1787
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
Make sure the laws are constitutional.
The __?__ Compromise called for a bicameral
legislature and 3 branches of government.
Great
What was the compromise regarding
slavery at the Constitutional Convention?
3/5ths Compromise
What were the people who supported the Constitution called?
Federalists
What do we call the leader of the House of
Representatives?
Speaker of the House
What was the name of the group against the
Constitution?
Antifederalists
Formal written change (to the Constitution)
amendment
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton
and John Jay were part of which group during
the ratification debate?
Federalists
What group wanted a bill of rights added to
the Constitution?
Antifederalists
Patrick Henry was a leader of which group during the ratification
debate?
Antifederalists
System of government in which
voters elect representatives to
make laws for them
Representative government
How long do Supreme Court
justices serve for?
life
What did the Bill of Rights protect?
Individual rights
Where is the principle of
popular sovereignty
found?
The Preamble
What does popular sovereignty mean?
The power of the government
comes from the people.
What is the job of the Legislative
Branch?
Make the laws
Branch of government which
carries out the laws
Executive branch
Settlement in which each side gives up
some of its demands in order to reach an
agreement
compromise
System is which the power of the
government is divided among
separate branches
Separation of powers
Division of power between the states
and national government
federalism
System set up by the constitution in which each
branch of the federal government has the power to control the actions of the other
branches
Checks and balances
reject
veto
What allows Congress to
increase its power in times of
emergency?
The elastic clause
What are similarities each state had with their government
during the Revolution?
1. Constitutions2. Bill of rights
3. Elected legislature
Overrule. Congress can override a
President’s veto if two thirds of both houses
vote to do so.
override
Bring formal charges against an
elected official
impeach
change
amend
Right of every citizen to the same
fair rules in all cases brought to
trial
Due process
approve
ratify
national
federal
reject
veto
Not permitted by the Constitution
unconstitutional
Example set for later people to
follow
precedent
Congress is a bicameral or two
house legislature. What two houses
make up Congress?
Senate and the House of
Representatives.
Proposed law
bill
What word means to bring an elected official
to trial?
impeachment
What is the head of the Supreme Court called?
Chief Justice
Who fought on the British side in the War of 1812. He was able to get lots of Native Americans to help
fight the Americans.
Tecumseh
Who was the American General who won a great victory at
New Orleans & Horseshoe Bend?
ANDREW JACKSON
What were the MAIN causes of the war of
1812?
• impressment of American sailors by the British
• War Hawks
What do we call people from the South and West who wanted the War of 1812?
WAR HAWKS
What were the results of the War
of 1812?
Nothing…..things returned to what they were before the war
began.
*Called the Wasted War
What were 3 precedents set by
George Washington?
• CABINET
• 2 TERMS
• ACTED LIKE ROYALTY
What region of the country favored
protective tariffs?
North - it protected their factories
What was the name for the statement
Washington made which warned the U.S. to not take sides in the war between France and
Britain?
Neutrality Proclamation
Why was the Louisiana Purchase
necessary?
NEW ORLEANS WAS NEEDED AS
A PORT FOR WESTERN FARMERS.
Who was President when we did the
Louisiana Purchase?
JEFFERSON
What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the
U.S.?
DOUBLED THE SIZE OF IT
What country did we purchase
Louisiana from?
FRANCE
What year did we purchase
Louisiana?
1803
Who were the 2 people sent to
explore Louisiana?
LEWIS AND CLARK
Who led the Democratic Republicans
(Republicans)?
THOMAS JEFFERSON
What political party was Pro British, Pro National
Bank, had a loose interpetation of the “C”
and were wealthy & well educated?
FEDERALISTS
What political party was for strong state governments, strict interpretation of the“C”, for the common people and Pro French?
REPUBLICANS
What do we call a tax on foreign goods brought into a country?
TARIFF
What is a tax placed on
imported goods to protectprotect factories
from foreign competition?
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
What term means to cancel?
NULLIFY
What word means taking men from a ship or village and
forcing them to serve in the navy?
IMPRESSMENT
What word means pride or devotion in
one’s country or nation?
NATIONALISM
What was the age of prosperity when
Monroe was President called?
Era of Good Feelings
Who was the spokesperson for
the South in the first half of the 1800’s?
John C. Calhoun
Who was the spokesperson for
the North in the first half of the 1800’s?
Daniel Webster
Who was the spokesperson for
the West in the first half of the 1800’s?
Henry Clay
What statement told Europe to stay out
of the Western Hemisphere?
(watchdog policy)
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
What word means that all people are
equal? (this favored common people)
democratic
Who were the 2 most democratic presidents at this
time?
Jefferson and Jackson (remember DJ –
democratic Jackson and democratic
Jefferson)
Who was the famous Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court in the first
half of the 1800’s?
John Marshall
What principle of the Constitution says that
the Supreme Court can declare acts of Congress illegal?
Judicial review
What court case established judicial
review?
Marbury vs. Madison (1803)
Who was the guide for Lewis and Clark?
Sacajawea
Who was the leading War Hawk?
Henry Clay
Who was the President during the
War of 1812?
James Madison
What was the name of the battle which
was fought after the war was over?
New Orleans
Who became president as a result
of the ”corrupt bargain?”
John Quincy Adams
What canal linked Buffalo (and the Great Lakes) to
Albany (and New York City)?
Erie Canal
In what year was the Erie Canal built?
1825
What do we call traders from New
England?
Yankee Traders
What was the name of the political party led by Jefferson? It
favored the common people.
Democratic- Republicans
(commonly referred to as the
Republicans)
What was the name for the party of the
common people when Jackson was
President?
Democrats
What was the political party called which favored the rich and business
people?
Federalists
What was the name for the change in the ways goods were made and
produced?
Industrial Revolution
What were some of the changes during
the Industrial Revolution?
1. Cities grew2. Machines
replaced hand tools3. New sources of
power
What invention made growing
cotton profitable, changing the way of
life of the South?
Cotton gin
Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
Eli Whitney
Who brought the ideas for factories
from Britain?
Samuel Slater
What is the name given to machine made parts that
were exactly alike?
Interchangeable parts
Who came up with the idea of interchangeable
parts, allowing assembly lines to
revolutionize factories?
Eli Whitney
What are channels dug by men and filled with water
called?
canals
During Jackson’s Presidency the
former Federalists became known as
the...
Whigs (these were previously called the Federalists)
FeW
What was Jackson’s political party?
Democrat (these were people who
would have belonged to the
original Republican Party) ReD
What do we call it when supporters
are rewarded with government jobs?
Spoils system
What do we call the advisors that
Jackson actually listened to?
Kitchen cabinet
After the Bank War Jackson put
government money into banks owned
by his friends called
Pet banks
Congress passed a high protective tariff in 1828. What did the South call this
tariff?
The tariff of Abominations.
Calhoun said that states could declare a federal law illegal. What is this called?
nullification
Calhoun believed that states had the power to limit the power of
the national government. What is
this called?
States’ rights
What did South Carolina threaten to
do in the nullification crisis?
Secede or withdraw from the United
States
What tribe used legal means to keep
their land?
Cherokee
Did the Supreme Court led by John
Marshall support the Cherokee? (1828)
yes
What act forced Native Americans to
move West of the Mississippi?
Indian Removal Act (1830)
What was it called when the Cherokees
were forced to move west at
gunpoint?
Trail of Tears
What Native American War took
place in Florida between 1835 and
1842?
Seminole War
What do we call the idea that the United States should stretch from sea to shining
sea?
Manifest Destiny
What was the name of the area that both
Britain and the United States controlled in the first half of the
1800’s?
Oregon (Oregon Country)
What was the name of the missionaries who
went to Oregon to convert Native Americans to Christianity?
Narcissa and Marcus Whitman
What was the name of the battle the people
of Texas lost that became a rallying cry
for the Texans.
The Alamo
How did Texas become a state?
It was annexed or added on.
Who won the election of 1844 on the slogan of “Fifty-four forty or
fight!”
James K. Polk
How was Oregon acquired?
By an agreement with Britain.
What were prospectors who
moved to California during the gold rush
called?
49ers
What was the name of the religious group who moved to Utah from upstate New
York?
Mormons
What immigrant group came to work on the
transcontinental railroad and ended up staying in California?
Chinese
What culture group was found in all lands gained by the United
States during Manifest Destiny?
Native Americans
Does the North or South Have more
industry?
North
Does the North or South Have more
slaves?
South
Is the population of the North or South more spread out?
South
Does the North or South Have more
abolitionists?
North
Does the North or South have a more
agricultural economy?
South
Does the North or South Have more
railroads?
North
Does the North or South have more
immigrants settling in its cities?
North
Does the North or South have a
greater population?
North
What were laws called which were designed to keep
slaves under control?
Slave codes
What region of the country was famous
for its traders?
North
Where did Northern factories get their
cotton?
South
Who did the South get manufactured
goods from?
The North and Britain.
What was the rich ruling class of the South sometimes
known as?
The cottonocracy
What do we call people who worked
to correct the problems of society?
reformers
What was the slavery reform
movement called?
abolition
What was the alcohol reform
movement called?
temperance
Who was the best known African-
American abolitionist?
Frederick Douglass
What was the name of Frederick Douglass’s newspaper?
North Star
What was the name of the network of abolitionists who
helped slaves escape to freedom?
Underground railroad
What escaped slave woman made 19 trips to help slaves escape on the underground
railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the abolitionist who published the Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was the women’s rights
advocate who later had her picture on a
dollar coin?
Susan B. Anthony
What was the name of the convention
designed to bring attention to the
problems women faced?
Seneca Falls Convention of 1848