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26 Cards in this Set
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What are the reasons to study history?
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History makes us better thinkers
History makes us develop empathy History is never finished History is interesting History helps us avoid errors of the past |
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What are the causes and effects between the Explorers and the Natives?
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Explorers were greedy-Forced natives off of land/made natives work.
Explorers brought disease-Many Natives died. There were cultural differences-Made natives convert or if they refused, they were killed. Language barriers-Explorers got interpreters. |
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Compare and Contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?
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How did the Americans defeat the British despite all odds?
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The americans had something worth fighting for.
It took 5-6 months for new supplies to come in from Britain. The Americans were fighting on their own turf. The Americans used a new tactic of warfare called Guerilla Warfare. |
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How did the weakness of the Articles of Confederation lead to the writing of the constitution?
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-Couldn't tax
-Couldn't enforce a peace treaty -Couldn't enforce laws -Couldn't create trade between states -Couldn't have an army |
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What were the strengths of the Articles of Confederation?
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What were some of the problems the Founding Fathers faced at the Constitutional Convention?
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-Of the 74 chosen to attend, only 55 were present
-They had to deal with the press, weather, and issues -They had to make an oath of secrecy |
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Checks and Balances flow chart?
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Look at other window
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Describe the lawmaking process?
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-Idea from representative
-Gets other representatives to support it -It is proposed -It is introduced to a house -sent off to committee -Bill is reported -It is debated by a house -It is voted on -Sent to other house -It is voted on -Sent to the president -veto or passed |
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What are the differences between delegated, reserved and concurrent powers? Students must be able to identify and provide examples
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Delegated-Gave the power to someone else
Reserved-You kept a piece of the power for yourself Concurrent-You share the power with at least one other person |
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Bill of Rights: Students will match the Bill of Rights with the example.
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Westward expansion map
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Essay Question: Did the Westward Movement open opportunities to all?
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Look at paper
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Describe the differences between the North and the South that lead to the Civil War
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Anti-slavery v.s Slavery
Different religion Number of slave free states Slave to population ratio South thought the North thought that they were better than them Rural v.s City Demand for manufacturing |
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Was the civil war inevitable?
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The civil war was inevitable because even if they didn't fight over the fact that the North doesn't like slavery and it's part of the South's daily routine, they would've found something else to fight over soon enough.
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Missouri Compromise
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An agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories
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Sectionalism
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It is loyalty towards the interests of one's own region or section of the country
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Popular Sovereignty
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The belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people
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Compromise of 1850
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A package of five bills, passed in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War.
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Fugitive Slave Law
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It heightened Northern fears of a 'slave power conspiracy.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
Dred Scott Decision-a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves were not protected by the Constitution. |
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John Brown's Raid
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An attempt by white abolitionist, John Brown, to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859.
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Factions
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A group of people connected by a shared belief.
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Secession
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The act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity.
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Fort Sumter
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Where the beginning of the American Civil War first started.
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