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| explain what ideas a federalist would most likely have supported |
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| national bank, strong central gov, protective tarrifs, use of northern interests |
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| hamilton proposed moving the nation's cap from NYC why? |
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| to south, in order to help gain support for his national debt plan. |
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| in what way did the outcome of the whiskey rebellion helped to establish the power of the fed gov |
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| enforce fed laws w/in a state |
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| the sedition act allowed the national gov to jail ppl for wht crime |
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| making negative statements about the gov |
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| the shawnee chief tecumseh attempted to create what |
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| for 15 mill$ the us was able to purchase the louisianna territory from what country |
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| the supreme court's ruling in marbury vs. madison affirmed what constitutional powers. |
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| the right of the supreme court to declare an act of congress unconstitutional; the power of the supreme court are sewt by the constitution |
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| why did the us go to war against brit in 1812 |
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| brit was interferring w/ us foreign trade |
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| purpose of the lewis and clark expedition |
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| collects scientific info about unknown plants and animals en route to the pacific and to learn asmuch as possible about the native am tribes along the way |
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| the placing of interests of one's own region ahead of the interest of the nation as a whole |
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| who was the 1st secretary of the treasury |
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| a us senator serves a term of |
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| the H.O.R is elected to a term of |
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| the last group to whom the constitution granted the right to vote |
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| president elected to a term of |
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| supreme law of the land is |
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| 3 main branches of us gov |
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| executive, legislative, judicial |
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| what must happen for congress to override a presidential veto of a bill |
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| 2/3 of the congress has to vote in favor of the bills after the veto |
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| a person must be a US citizen by birth to hold the office of |
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| the president of the senate votes only in what conditions |
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| new states may be admitted to the us only if they are approved by who |
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| article 1, the longest article in the constittuion explains the powers of |
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| the commander in chief of the army and navy is |
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| the 8th amendment protects |
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| accused of crime; limits on fines & punishments |
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| powers neither granted to congress nor denied to the states are considered to belong to |
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| how can a president to be elected depsite receiving fewer ppl votes than an oppenent |
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| what does the preamble of the constitution describe |
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| the purpose of the constitution |
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| allows the legislative to expand its powers as needed to execute the powers specifically listed in the consitution |
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| purpose of the bill of rights |
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| give americans their freedoms |
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| what led to the formation of 2 parties, the nationalists and the federalists |
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| confrentation over central or state gov should be stronger |
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| example of checks and balances |
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| summarize the first amendment |
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| guarantees the rights of citizens to freedom of rel, speech, the press, and pol activity |
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| what amendments to the constitution were repealed by other amendments |
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| protest by farmers who faced problems from debts they owed to creditors |
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| the great compromise was an agreement about |
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| how to determine a states representation in congress |
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| the sys of that maintains the seperation of powers among the branches of the fed gov |
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| the anti federalists in general strongly supported the idea of |
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| what document establishes the office of president of the us |
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| during which eveent did the first fighting btwn redcotas and minutemen occur |
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| who wrote a pamphlet called common sense |
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| which european country supported the am colonies during the revolutionary war |
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| which event confirmed am independence and set the boundaries of the new nation |
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| in which incident did crispus attucks play a significant role |
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| how did the colonists react to the intolerable acts |
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| hated them and establsihed 1st continental congress from the committees of correspondance |
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| the document tht was crucial in changing the public opinion to support independence |
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| the continental army scored its 1st and much needed victory where |
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| the low pt of the revolutionary war for continetal army was |
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| winter of 1777-1778 @ valley forge |
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| in the colonies in 1776, patriots made up what part of thne pop |
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| a country has favorable balance of trade when the value of exports is greater than the value of imports |
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| purpose of navigation acts |
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| englands policy of salutary neglect resulted in what action by the colonists |
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| trade law enacted by parliament in 1764 in an attempted to reduce smuggling in the brit colonies in north am |
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| with the proclamation of 1763, the brit gov attempted to |
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| stop settlement west of apps |
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| what was the main reason tht there were more enslaved ppl in the south |
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| the s. economy depended on a larger # of field laborers |
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| what was the main purpose of the navigation acts passed by parliament in 1651 |
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| restrict colonial trade so foreign trade wasnt a threat |
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| the spanish sys that forced native workers to farm,ranch,or mine for landlords is known as |
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| explorer, easter, founded florida, named it after easter called pascua florida or feast of flowers in spanish |
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| describe the 1st am settlement |
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| jamestown, focused o looking for gold, not farming |
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| separatists who escaped persecution in eng and founded the plymouth colony |
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| what is the city of brotherly love |
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| the colony that was founded on principles of social equality and religious tolernace |
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| the puritans views and attitudes led them to promote the idea of |
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| hardwork and common goals |
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| jamestowns most serious prob during its first yr were caused by |
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| the settlers attitudes and impracticality |
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| the 1st eng colonies in north am were set up in the hope of acheiving |
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| financial gain for investors |
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| why did the spanish first move into the northern am sw |
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| the northern am colonies in the 1600s were all similar in what regard |
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| need to attract settlers in order to prosper |
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| what resulted from the atlantic slave trade |
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| the exportation of slaves from africa the establishment of sugar-plantation colonies, damage to many african societies |
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| the model of using west african slaves as the labor force on plantations was developed by |
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| the development of complex socities in the ams was first mae possible by the development of what |
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| what led to the differences in native am ppls lifestyles |
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| enviroment/location and resources |
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| the transfer beginning with columbus' first voyage of plants animals and diseases btwn the w. hemisphere and the e. hemisphere, euro, af, am |
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| the 1st euro nation to estalbish colonies in am was |
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| after the first euros arrived in the carribean what disease cause the death of countless native americans |
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| measels, mumps, smallpox, chicken pox, typhus |
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