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| 1.) The beliefe that the people living in a region should decide key issues is? |
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| 2.) Which of the following terms describes the division of government into three branches? |
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| People who come to a country to settle are called? |
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| What idea of Eli Whitney transformed manufacturing by making each copy of a manufactured item exactly alike? |
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| What did Sequoya invent for the Cherokee people? |
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| Which branch of government has the power to pass laws? |
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| What practice became known as the "spoils system"? |
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| Elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs. |
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| A person who put the interests of his or her state o region ahead of what was best for the rest of thenation was demonstrating what attitude? |
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| What was the name for the journey made by the Cherokee after they were removed from their lands by force? |
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| Which document set up the federal court system? |
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| The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789. |
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| Citizans vote for their political representatives in government shaped by the political principle of... |
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| Why did Hamilton want to place tariffs (taxes) on foreign goods? |
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To ensure a stady flow of income
To encourage the growth of American Industry.
To encourage Americans to buy American goods
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| Which invention did Samuel F.B. Morse create, and what was its effect? |
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| Telegraph-allowed people to communicate over long distances. |
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| Which of the following is true about James Madison? |
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He succeeded Jefferson as president.
Was Democratic-Republican.
Was Jefferson's secretary of state. |
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| What was one Northern strategy for winning the Civil War? |
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| To cut off the south's imports and exports with a naval blockade. |
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| Who commanded the Texas forces at all the Battle of the Alamo? |
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| What impact did Sacagawea have on American history? |
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| She helped a U.S. expedition explore the Louisiana Territory. |
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| The idea of spreading political power to the people and ensuring majority rule was a characteristic of... |
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| For what period of time is a president's term of office? |
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| People who went to California during the gold rush were known as... |
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| The person who assassinated President Lincoln was... |
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| A state's representation in the House of Representatives is based on... |
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| The size of that states population. |
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| How did Congress finally agree to address George Washington, the first president? |
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| Who operated schools to educate former slaves? |
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| What group of Americans souoght religions freedom in the West? |
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| The fiftennth Amendment gave which of the following groups the right to vote? |
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| What were the "black codes"? |
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| Southern laws designed to limit the rights of African americans. |
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| What did South Carolina threaten to do because of the Tariff of Abominations? |
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| How are the members of the Supreme Court chosen? |
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| Appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. |
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| Which of the following has the power to make treaties with foreign governments provided 2/3 of the Senate approve? |
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| The Confederate States of America were... |
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| The slaveholding states that seceded from the Union. |
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| Who is president of the Senate but has no vote unless the Senate is equally divided? |
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| Appomattox Court House is important because it was the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. |
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| the site where Robert E. Lee surrendured to Ulysses S. Grant. |
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| What gave African-Americans full citizenship? |
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| A servere food shortage that results in widespread hunger and death is known as... |
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| Who was the first vie-president and the second president? |
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| What is the only situation in which the writ of habeas corpus may be suspended? |
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| cases of rebellion or invasion. |
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| Which of the following is true about the Supreme court's decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison? |
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| it established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. |
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| What did the Compromise of 1877 do? |
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| Which two groups make up the congress of the united states? |
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| The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was... |
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| For what is Nat Turner best known? |
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| leading an armed revolt of some 70 slaves. |
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| What was true of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment? |
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| they were a group of African-American soldiers who fought without pay, rather than accept less pay that white soldiers. They won fame for fighting bravely at Fort Wagner. And they increased the popularity and enlistment of AfricanAmerican soldiers in the Union army. |
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| How many members of Congress must vote to pass a bill after it has been vetoed? |
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| For what reason is Harriet Tubman famous |
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| She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. |
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| What event triggered the fighting between the North and the South? |
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| Southerners fired on Fort Sumter. |
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| What was George Washington's view of political parties? |
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| Political parties would split the nation. |
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| Who founded a relief agency that later became the Red Cross? |
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| Who saved important items before the British burned the White House? |
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| Who saved important items before the British burned the White House? |
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| Which of the following is an example of a radical? |
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| a person who takes an extreme position on a political issue. |
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