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| Who were the first five presidents in order |
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1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe |
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| What were important characteristics of the Presidential Administration of George Washington? |
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established the Federal Court System
- 2 different political parties were formed (Federalists & Democratic Republicans)
- The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution
- plans began to build the national capital in Washington, D.C. (Benjamin Bannekar, an African American astronomer and surveyor, helped design the plans) |
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| What were important characteristics of the Presidential Administration of John Adams? |
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| a 2-party system began during his administration |
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| What were important characteristics of the Presidential Administration of Thomas Jefferson? |
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- he bought Louisiana from France (the Louisiana Purchase)
- Lewis and Clark explored this new land west of the Mississippi River |
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| What were important characteristics of the Presidential Administration of James Madison? |
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| - The War of 1812 caused European nations to gain respect for the United States |
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| What were important characteristics of the Presidential Administration of James Monroe? |
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| - he introduced the Monroe Doctrine warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere |
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| Under which president was the Federal court system established? |
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| While 2 different political parties were formed (Federalists & Democratic Republicans)under the previous president, which president had a 2-party system begin during his administration |
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| Which President bought The Lousiana Purchase? |
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| Under which president did the War of 1812 caused European nations to gain respect for the United States |
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| Who introduced the Monroe Doctrine warning European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere |
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| Who explored the Louisiana Purchase? |
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| Lewis and Clark explored this new land west of the Mississippi River |
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| Where was The LouisianaPurchase located? |
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| It was located west of the Mississippi River |
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| What warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere? |
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| Which early political party favored a strong national government, favored limits on the powers of the states, favored development of industry on a national scale, favored a national bank, and was led by Alexander Hamilton? |
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| Which early political party favored a weak national government, wanted the states to have power, favored small businesses and farmers, opposed a national bank, was led by Thomas Jefferson? |
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| The Democratic Republicans |
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| Describe The Democratic Republicans. |
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| The early political party favored a weak national government, wanted the states to have power, favored small businesses and farmers, opposed a national bank. |
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| Describe The Federalists. |
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| The early political party favored a strong national government, favored limits on the powers of the states, favored development of industry on a national scale, favored a national bank, |
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| Even though the national government of the United States of America was beginning to take shape, it doesn't mean there weren't conflicts. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had very different views on the role of the national government. As a result, 2 different political parties were created, what were they? |
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| The Democratic Republicans and The Federalists |
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| Even though the national government of the United States of America was beginning to take shape, it doesn't mean there weren't conflicts. As a result, 2 different political parties were created with very different views on the role of the national government. Who led these two parties? |
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| Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson |
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| What are the three branches of the United States Government? |
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| The Legislative (Congress), the Judicial (Supreme Court) and the Executive (President). |
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| What is part of the legislative branch? |
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| What is part the Executive branch? |
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| What is part the Judicial branch? |
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| Which Branch has the power to make the laws, it is a 2-house legislature consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, allows all states to be represented equally (there are 2 senators for every state and the number of state's representatives is based on the state's population) |
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| Which part of congress has two members for every state? |
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| Which part of congress has representatives based on the population of each state? |
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| the House of Representatives |
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| In the Senate, one of two houses in congress part of the legislative branch, the number of representatives is based on what? |
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| There are two representatives for each state. |
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| In the House of Representatives, one of two houses in congress part of the legislative branch, the number of representatives is based on what? |
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| The number of representatives for each state is based on that state's population. |
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| What are the two houses of Congress |
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| The Senate and the House of Representatives |
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| Which branch of government has the power to determine if laws made by Congress are constitutional? |
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| Which branch of government has the power to carry out the laws? |
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| What power does the Executive Branch have? |
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| The power to carry out the laws |
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| What power does the Judicial Branch have? |
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| The power to determine if laws made by Congress are constitutional |
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| What power does the Legislative Branch have? |
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| The power to make the laws |
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| Who was the author of the Bill of Rights? |
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| After the constitution was ratified, it was ammended or changed, what were these changes called? |
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| What does the Bill of rights do? |
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| They provide a written guarantee of an person's rights, such as the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion |
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| What are checks and balances? |
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| Each branch can check the power of the other. These checks keep any one branch from gaining too much power. |
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| Our Government has three branches, each has the ability to keep any one branch from gaining too much power, what is this called? |
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| What was the first constitution written during the American Revolution to establish the new nation's powers. |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| What was The Articles of Confederation? |
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| It was the first constitution written during the American Revolution to establish the new nation's powers. |
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| What were the weakness' of the Articles of Confederation? |
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1) They provided for a weak national government
2) They gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states
3) The Articles of Confederation did not provide a national currency (money)
4) They gave each state only 1 vote in Congress no matter how big the state was
5) They did not provide for an Executive or Judicial Branch of Government |
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| the Articles of Confederation had many weakness', what happened as a result? |
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| Representatives from 5 states got together and decided that the country needed a stronger national government. This meant that the Articles of Confederation had to be changed. They worked hard to develop a new set of rules-- the Constitution of the United States of America |
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| What is the Constitution of the United States of America? |
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| The Constitution established a federal system of government that made the state and national governments share the power. The national government was separated in order to divide the power equally between the three branches of government. |
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