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34 Cards in this Set
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How many branches of government existed in the United States during the period of the Articles of Confederation?
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One
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The first official government of the United States of America was formed under...
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The Articles of Confederation
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The last to state to ratify the Articles of Confederation was
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Maryland
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The Oyster Wars took place between what two states?
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Maryland and Virginia
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The failure of the United States to respond to Shay's Rebellion was influential in what way?
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It was a major catalyst in getting the states to have a Constitutional Convention
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What type of Government did the United States have under the Articles of Confederation?
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Republic
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 took place in...
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Philadelphia
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The Great Compromise dealt with?
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Whether or not the number of representatives each state could send to Congress should be the same or based entirely on population.
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The name "Bill of Rights" refers to...
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The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution
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The term used to describe the sharing of power between the State Governments and the Federal Government under the Constitution is known as...
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Dual Sovereignty
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Under our present day Constitution, which of the following can a State Government not do?
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Make treaties with other nations
Levy import taxes on other states Coin and print money Declare war on other nations |
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In order for an Amendment to be ratified according to the Constitution, what must happen?
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Three-Fourths must sign the Amendment
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The Founder of the Federalist Party, who supported a stronger Federal Government, Industry, and Commerce, was...
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Alexander Hamilton
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When the Democratic-Republican Party split up in 1824, it eventually became two political parties. What were the two parties?
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Democrats and Whigs
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What issue did the Democrat Party split over in 1860?
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Popular Sovereignty
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Which of the following statements about the South prior to the Civil War is false?
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The South had more miles of railroads and canals than the North
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Which of the following statements about the Mexican War (1845-1848) is true?
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The United States gained possession of the Southwest (i.e., California, Arizona, ect.)
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Which of these modern day states did not come from the territory the United States gained as a result of the war with Mexico?
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Whigs
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What territory in North America was in dispute between the United States and Britain and was referred to by the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"?
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Oregon Territory
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Which of the following sequence of events is in the correct chronological order?
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Louisiana Purchase, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Which of the following sequence of events is in the correct chronological order?
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Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision
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Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War the we discussed in class?
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Women's Rights
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Makes laws for the United States
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Legislative Branch
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Interprets the law and applies it to Court Cases
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Judicial Branch
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Approve/Ratify Treaties
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Legislative Branch
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Makes Treaties
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Executive Branch
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Created the Federalist Party in the 1790s and was George Washington's Secretary of Treasury
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Alexander Hamilton
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Architect of the Missouri Compromise
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Henry Clay
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Was George Washington's Secretary of State and also the first Democratic-Republican President of the United States, elected in 1800
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Thomas Jefferson
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Won the Election of 1860, which then triggered the Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln
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Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Stephen Douglas
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This decision admitted Missouri into the United States as a slave state
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Missouri Compromise
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Was a rider to a bill that attempted to make slavery illegal in all territory taken from Mexico
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Wilmot Proviso
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Doubled the size of the United States in 1803
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Louisiana Purchase
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