Apush Listing Questions

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*5 important things in Magna Carta:

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1. Due process of law

2. No one is above the law

3. English common law

4. Right to trial/ jury

5. No tax without consent of parliament

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*Who did Washington appoint for his cabinet?

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1. Thomas Jefferson (secretary)

2. Alexander Hamilton (treasury)

3. Henry Knox (war)

4. Edmund Randolph (attorney general)

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*7 causes of the war of 1812

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1. Impressment of American soldiers

2. The violation of rights of neutral at sea

3. The harassment of fishing rights

4. Reimbursed loyalists to build forts on American soil

5. British armed and encouraged Indians to attack farmers

6. War hawks (people who pushed for war)

7. Wanted to take over Canada

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*5 ways Americans resisted to pay taxes

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1. Boycott

2. Violence

3. Organized committee

4. Petition

5. Increase of self production

Front 5

*4 weaknesses of the article of confederation

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1. No rights to tax = no money (bad economy)

2. No executive branch (lack of courts)

3. Couldn’t control trade between states

4. Need unanimous voting

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*What were the cornerstones of American foreign policy?:

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1. Washinton’s farewell address

2. Monroe Doctrine

3. Rights of Neutrals at sea

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*What are the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments:

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1. 13th amendment: abolish slavery

2. 14th amendment: declared that all people born in the U.S. were citizens, equal protections of the laws, due process of law, obligated states to respect the rights of U.S. citizens

3. 15th amendment: allow the African Americans to vote

4. 16th : income taxes

5. 17th: direct elections of senators

6. 18th: prohibition (alcohol)

7. 19th: women’s suffrage

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*What was the compromise of 1850:

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1. Admit CA as free state

2. Divide Mexico into two and allow the majority to decide slavery

3. Give the land to the new territories in return for the Texas public debt

4. Ban the slave trade in District of Columbia but allow whites to hold as before

5. Adopt a new Fugitive Slave Law

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*What was the Compromise of 1876?:

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1. Union troops removed from South

2. North never meddled with south social affairs

3. Paid railroad

4. Southerners to Hayes Cabinet

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*What is the proposition made of?:

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1. Initiative

2. Referendum

3. Recall