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31 Cards in this Set
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Republic
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a government in which power
rests with the people, who elect representatives to make and enforce laws |
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Federalist
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person who supported the
new Constitution |
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Anti Federalist
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person who does not supported the
new Constitution |
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Articles of Confederation
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adopted in
1781, set up a system of government that divided power between the national government and the state governments |
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Bill of Rights
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first ten constitutional
amendments, which guarantee freedom of speech, press, religion, and other rights |
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Electors
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delegates also decided how the president would be chosen.
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Legislative Branch
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Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create, amend and ratify laws. The laws created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law.
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Executive Branch
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the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
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Judical Branch
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the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice
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Louisiana Purchase
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territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
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War Hawk
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any Western leader who
wanted to go to war against Britain to stop British aid to Native Americans and to force British out of Canada |
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Embargo Act of 1807
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American ships were forbidden to sail to foreign
ports, and American ports were closed to British ships. |
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Impressments
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kidnapping,
of American sailors to work on British ships |
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Treaty of Ghenty
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the documentl signed at the end the war of 1812
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1. The terms agreed upon in the Great Compromise were
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the representation of the State was decided on their population
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2.The states that didn't approve the Constitution were
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North C. and Rhode Island
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3a. The three branches of the government with in the federal system are the following:
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3a:Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch
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3b. they protect the government from gaining too much power bythe following ways:
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3b: having three different braches and they all have powers that make then Equal
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4a. one amendment that protects a individual within the legal system is
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4a. the search and seizure act
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4b.described this amendment
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4b. this amendment makes it so government has to have a warrant to go in their house to search or take anything
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4c. basic rights the amendment is protecting
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4c. privacy
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5a. The three right-to-vote amendments
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5a.
1-age 2-race 3-gender |
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5b. What changed in each of them
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5b.
1- the age went from 21 to 18 2- you could be any race 3- ladies could vote too |
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6a. Goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition:
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6a. to map out the west and to reach the Pacifc Ocean
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6b. Goals of the Pike expedition:
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6b. to map out and describe the east of the Louisiana Purchase
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7a. people that were important to the Lewis and Clark expedition
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7a. Sacawgawea
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7b. the reasons they were important.
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7b. helped them talk to Indians, showed then what food is good to eat, and helped them go the right way
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8. Causes of the War of 1812
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8. the cuase of the war of 1812 is that the Birtsh did not leave the USA, trade issue, and impressments
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9a. The definition of prohibition is
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9a. you could not have alcohol
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9b. which amendment appealed prohibition
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9b.
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10. The president who limited presidential terms to two terms is
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10. Franklin Roosevelt
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