TEST FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 30Focus is on the document called the Constitution, signed by 40 men in Philadelphia in

1787.

This document is the law of our land. It has 7 articles. It has 27 Amendments.

It works because of a system of checks and balances. It uses a system called federalism, a division of power between the central government and the state governments.

Study this PowerPoint, and the Packet , and the corrected work I will give you in class during the test.

• 1803- Marbury v. Madison– John Marshall is the judge. • 1820 – Missouri Compromise– A law that allows slavery in the South, but hot in

the North territories.• 1857- Dred Scott v. Sandford declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. This is example of judicial review working to protect slavery.• 1954- Thurgood Marshall , who will later become a Supreme Court Justice. Is a

lawyer in Brown v. Board of Ed. This is another example of judicial review. This time it is used to end segregation

From Constitution to Civil War

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of1787 adopted the Great Compromise to settledifferences over(1) slavery(2) representation in Congress(3) interstate trade(4) taxation

• The Critical Period• The Articles of Confederation did not work

out.• Shays’ Rebellion and the Newburgh

Conspiracy proved its weaknesses..

The Key Document for MASH 323

• The writers of the United States Constitution created

• a federal form of government primarily to• (1) limit the powers of the Senate• (2) develop a criminal justice system• (3) provide for civilian control over the military• (4) divide power between levels of government

The Hero of the Federalist Era

• Alexander Hamilton urged Congress to pass a• protective tariff to encourage the growth of• (1) labor unions (3) agriculture• (2) manufacturing (4) slavery

Another Hero

The decision of the United States Supreme Courtin Marbury v. Madison (1803) established thepower of the(1) House of Representatives to impeach thepresident(2) Congress to override a presidential veto(3) president to veto congressional legislation(4) Supreme Court to determine the

constitutionality of laws

Geography

The Louisiana Purchase had great geographicsignificance for the United States because it(1) reduced British control of North America(2) focused the United States on westwardexpansion(3) extended United States control over Mexico(4) decreased tensions with Native AmericanIndians

Manifest DestinyThe phrase “by military conquest, treaty, and purchase” best describes

the

1. steps in the growth of American industry

2. methods used to expand the territory of the United States

3. major parts of President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

4. causes of the United States entry into the Korean War

Sectionalism Leads to WarWhich statement best describes the economicdifferences between the North and South justprior to the Civil War?(1) The Northern economy was primarily agricultural,while the Southern economy was based on manufacturing.(2) Jobs on plantations attracted more Europeanimmigrants to the South than to the North.(3) Transportation systems were more developedin the North than in the South.(4) The Southern economy was more diversifiedthan the Northern economy.

Compromises Try to Save America Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri To Enter Union" (1820)

"California Admitted to Union as Free State" (1850)"Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty" (1854)

Which issue is reflected in these headlines?

1. enactment of protective tariffs

2. extension of slavery

3. voting rights for minorities

4. universal public education

Narrow v. Broad InterpretationsWhen President Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana

Territory from France, he demonstrated that he had modified his belief that

1. the Constitution should be strictly interpreted

2. the federal government should limit individual rights

3. adding territory would lead to regional rivalries

4. commercial development was the main goal of the federal government

Who has the Power?Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was

proposed as a means of

1. allowing states to secede from the Union

2. permitting voters to nullify federal laws

3. deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state

4. overturning unpopular decisions of the Supreme Court

It all boils down to one question.• As the United States acquired more land between 1803 and

1850, controversy over these territories focused on the

1. need for schools and colleges

2. failure to conserve natural resources

3. expansion of slavery

4. construction of transcontinental railroads