System in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two?
Checks & Balances
An 1803 acquisition of land (from France) west of the Mississippi River that doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
Introduces the Constitution and states its general purposes.
Preamble
The first 10 amendments in the Constitution that gives Americans guaranteed freedoms
Bill of Rights
States no longer having the right to print their own money was a direct result of:
Federalism
This group believed that the US Constitution gave the national government too much power at the expense of states' rights:
Anti-federalists
Which of the following concerning the difference between the North and the South before the Civil War is true:
Most of the newer factories were in the North, which promoted urban growth and made the North the most populous region in the nation
Supreme Court ruling stating that slaves were not citizens, Congress had no jurisdiction over slaves in the territories.
Dred Scott v Sanford
Congressmen who advocated full citizenship rights for African Americans along with a harsh Reconstruction policy towards the South
Ulysses S Grant
Commander of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War
Ulysses S Grant
Located in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
Fort Sumter
Leader of the Confederate forces at the end of the Civil War
Robert E Lee
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Decree by President Lincoln that freed enslaved people living in Confederate states still in rebellion
Emancipation Proclamation
Principle in which the people are the only source of government power
Popular Sovereignty
Government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States and fought against the Union in the Civil War
Confederate States of America
To separate, as did the confederacy separated from the union
Secede
Which of the "freedom amendments" guaranteed full citizenship to every person born in the United States, including African Americans:
14th
Which of the "freedom amendments" ended slavery:
13th
Which of the "freedom amendments" guaranteed that no male citizen could be denied the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude:
15th
The time period immediately following the Civil War that was an attempt to put the nation back together was known as:
Reconstruction
What was the initial reason behind the secession of the South?
states' rights
Which of the following was NOT an advantage held by the North at the beginning of the Civil War:
Soldiers more highly committed to fight
Which of the following WAS an advantage held by the South at the beginning of the war:
superior generals
Think about four major debates during unit 1: Slavery, Dred Scott vs Sandford, the Temperance Movement, and Womens' Rights from 1800-1850. Describe at least one group of people that were on each side of those debates and mention at least two reasons why t
slavery-north-, south+
dred scott-
temperance movement-women+, men-
women's rights-women+, men-
Provide specific examples of how the ideas of government, individual rights and the general welfare are explained within the US Constitution
the US constitution helped to explain the gov. by telling how they were going to help. It explains how they will come together as a union. It also says it will help the general welfare