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| The belief that people living in a region should decide key issues is? |
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| Which of the following terms describes the division of the government into three branches? |
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| People who come to a countrey 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 the government has the power to pass laws? |
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| What practice became know as the spoils system |
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| Elected officials rewarding political bankers with government jobs |
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| A person that put the interests of his or her own state or region ahead of what was best for the rest of the nation was demonstraiting what attitude |
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| What was the name for the journey made by the Cherokee after they were moved 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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| Citizens vote for their political representatives in governments shaped by the political principle of |
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| Why did Hamilton want to place taxes on foriegn goods |
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| To ensure a steady flow of income |
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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 was a Democratic Republican |
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| What was one Northern strategy for winning the civil war |
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| To cut off the souths imports and exports with a nobile blockade |
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| Who committed the Texas forces at the battle of the Alamo |
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| What impact did Sacaqawea have on American History |
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| She helped a US expedition explore the Lousiana territory |
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| The idea of spreading political power to the people and ensuring majority rule was characteristic of |
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| For what period of time is a presidents term of office |
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| People who went to california during the gold rush were known as |
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| Ther person that assasinated President Lincoln was |
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| A states 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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| Southern laws designed to limit the rights of african american |
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| What did South Carolina threaten to do because of the tariff of aboninations |
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How are 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 govenments provided 2/3 of the senate approve |
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The confederate states of america were |
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| the slave holding states that seceded from the union |
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| Who is the 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 |
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| The site where Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant |
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| What group of americans fought religious freedom in the west |
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| The fifteenth amendment gave which of the following groups the right to vote |
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| What gave African Americans full citizenship |
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| A severe food shortage that results in wide spread hunger and death is known as |
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| Who was the first vice president and the second president |
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| What is the only situation in which the right of habeas corpus may be suspended |
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| Cases of rebelion or invasion |
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| Which of the following is true about the supreme court's decision in the case of Mayberry vs Madison |
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| It estabilshed the superem court's power of judicial review |
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| What did the compromise of 1877 do |
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| It allowed women to enter congress |
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| Which 2 groups make up the congress of the united states |
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| The author of Uncle Toms Cabin was |
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| For what is Nat Turner be known |
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| Leading an armed revolt of some 70 slaves |
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| What was true of the 54th Massuchetts regiment |
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| How many memebers of congress must vote to pass a bill after it has been vetoed |
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| For what reason is Harret Tubman famous |
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| She was a conductor on the underground railroad |
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| What event trigered the fighting between the North and the South |
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| Southerners fired on Fort Sumpter |
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| What was George Washington's view on 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 brittish burned down the white house |
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| Which of the following is an example of a radical |
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| A person that takes and extreme position on a political issue |
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| How did the war of 1812 incourage the growth of US manufacturing |
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| Americans had to make their own products because a brittish blockade kept Europen products out of the United States |
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| Which of the following actions is required of the president to stop a new bill |
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| Which battle was considered the turning point of the civil war |
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| What did the 15th amendement do |
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| It gave woment the right to vote |
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| Which battle resulted in the bloodiest day in all american history with neither side having gained any ground |
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| What did the supreme court rule in the case of Gibbons vs Ogden |
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| A state had the right to controll its own commerce |
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| What is the only amendment to be repealed and which ammendment repealed it |
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| The 18th ammendent was repealed by the 21st ammendment |
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| What roles do both houses of congress play in the introduction of a new bill |
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| They may vote to pass a vetoed bill |
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| What did the Adams Onis treaty of 1819 accomplish |
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| Set the boundery between Canada and United States |
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| The purpose of the 13th ammendement to the constitution was |
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| To end slavery in the United States |
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What is the name given to the first ten ammendments to the constitution which guarentee certan individual rights |
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| To whom did Washington turn for help in solving the challenges facing the new nation |
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| The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by |
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| What was the Missouri Compromise |
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| A plan to allow slavery to spread into some areas but not others |
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| The power of the supreme court to declare laws unconstitutional is an example of which of the following principles |
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| The songs in which enslaved people of the south express their religions beliefs or past coded messages |
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| The author of the poem that in 1931 became the national anthem of the United States was |
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| The Kansas Nebraska act called for |
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| Land in Kansas and Nebrask to be given to excaped slaves |
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| The president of the confederace was |
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| Who has the power to declare war |
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