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30 Cards in this Set
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Not All states have the same amount of natural resources or grow the same product. Which resource or product would be found in Georgia but NOT in Massuchtes
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Cotton
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Which group most often worked in the fields?
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slaves
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What man played an important role as a soldier during the American Revolution and also became the 1st president of the United States?
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George Washington
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How many states had to approve an amendment ot the Articles of Confederation?
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all of them
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Which leader of the Constitutional Convention is known as the Father of the Constitution
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James Madison
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According to the ______ Plan, a state's population would determine the number of representatives it had in the legislature?
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Virginia
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The Great compromise proposed that states would have equal representation in ________
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the Senate
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Which branch of governemnt established by the constitution is reponsible for implementing and enforcing laws?
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Executive
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The system where each branch of governemnet has the ability to limit the power of the other braches is known as_____.
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checks and balance
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The 1st 10 amendements of the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.Which of the amendment states that any powers not given to the national government and not denied to the states belong to the states of the people?
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Tenth
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Thw Louisiana Purchase covered lands between_____ and the ____and doubled the territory of the United States?
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Mississippi River and Rocky Mountain
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The Lewis and Clark expedition gave the United States a claim to what territory?
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Oregon
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The Republic of Texas achieved independence and voted in favor of annexation to the Unied States in 1836. In what year was it admitted to the Union?
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1845
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The route used by many pioneers to travel to the Pacific Northwest , crossing 2000 miles with a beginning point in Independence Missouri is known as the _____trail?
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Oregon trail
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What led to the population growth that allowed California to apply for statehood?
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The discovery of gold by James Marshall led to the Gold Rush.
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Which Native American settlements would you most likely have found in present day Arizona?
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Native Americans fo the Southwest
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Which Native American group often hunted buffalo for food?
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Native Americans of the Plains
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Which explorer was from France?
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Jacques Cartier
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Which explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
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Vasco Nunez do Balboa
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Colonists protested taxation by the British because_______.
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they felt the should only be taxed by their own representatives
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What is Mr. Bahun first name?
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Val
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Which of the following proposed that states have equal representation in the Senate?
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the Great Compromise
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How many amendments of the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights?
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ten
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The United States purchased Louisiana from_________?
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France
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A continous ridge that runs along the top of the Rocky Mountains and separtes the flow of water between the Pacific and Atlanta oceans?
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Contienental Divide
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the lowest hottest driest region in the US that is located in east-central California and parts of Nevada
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Death Valley
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bodies of water that surround the state of Michigan?
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Great Lakes
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a low plateau that runs between the eastern United States and the Appalachian Mountains
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Atlantic Coastal Plain
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an historic waterway located in New York State that connects Lake Erie with the Hudson River
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Erie Canal
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a desert region that covers most of Nevada and parts of California, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Oregon
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Great Basin
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