Chapters 4-6 (US History)

Question 1

duty

Answer 1

import tax

Question 2

Sugar Act 1764

Answer 2

placed a tax on sugar and molasses

Question 3

Stamp Act 1765

Answer 3

placed a tax on anything that was printed

Question 4

Writs of assistance

Answer 4

search warrants

Question 5

Sons of Liberty

Answer 5

secret committee was was formed to protest the Stamp Act

Question 6

Townshend Acts 1776

Answer 6

tax on common items (tea, lead, glass, dyes)

Question 7

Boston Massacre

Answer 7

a group a soldiers fired at colonists who were gathered in front of a customs house

Question 8

shot heard around the world

Answer 8

began the revolutionary war

Question 9

patriots

Answer 9

colonists who supported independence from Britian

Question 10

Boston Tea Party

Answer 10

a group of colonists who was protesting the Tea Act by dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor

Question 11

First Continental Congress

Answer 11

colonial delegates that gathered to discuss grievances against Parliment

Question 12

Common Sense

Answer 12

written by Thomas Pain, stirred up public support for the revolution

Question 13

Loyalists/Tories

Answer 13

colonists who sided with the British

Question 14

Declaration of Independance

Answer 14

document declaring the US to be free of Great Britian

Question 15

John Locke

Answer 15

said that all people are born with natural rights

Question 16

natural rights

Answer 16

life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Question 17

Articles of Confederation

Answer 17

document creating an association of states guaranteeing each state sovereignty, freedom, and independence

Question 18

separation of powers

Answer 18

sharing of power among the branches of government so one branch cannot become too powerful

Question 19

checks and balances

Answer 19

sharing of power among the branches of government so one branch cannot become too powerful

Question 20

reserved powers

Answer 20

powers retained by the state government

Question 21

delegated powers

Answer 21

powers granted to the federal government

Question 22

elastic clause

Answer 22

aka a necessary and proper clause, allows congress to adapt to changing times

Question 23

veto

Answer 23

rejection, to say no

Question 24

override

Answer 24

overriding a presidential veto with a 2/3 vote by Congress

Question 25

concurrent powers

Answer 25

powers that are shared by federal and state governments

Question 26

strict construction

Answer 26

when the government can only do what the Constitution specifically allows

Question 27

loose construction

Answer 27

when the government can do anything the Constitution does not specifically forbid

Question 28

Bill of Rights

Answer 28

the first 10 amendments in the Constitution

Question 29

1st amendment

Answer 29

freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly

Question 30

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 30

won by Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812

Question 31

Bank of the United States

Answer 31

national bank that was created to support the US economy

Question 32

hessians

Answer 32

mercenaries of the British

Question 33

mercenaries

Answer 33

someone who fights for money

Question 34

Battle of Trenton

Answer 34

American victory that raised moral for the troops

Question 35

Saratoga

Answer 35

the turning point for Americans in the Revolutionary War

Question 36

Baron von Steuben and Marquis de Layfette

Answer 36

military leaders who helped Washington

Question 37

guerrilla warfare

Answer 37

hit and run tactics

Question 38

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 38

when the French cut General Cornwallis off

Question 39

who did the American victory inspire ?

Answer 39

The French and the South Americans

Question 40

impress

Answer 40

to kidnap a ship, men, contents and to force the captured men into their army

Question 41

Britain's violation of the Treaty of Paris (3)

Answer 41

1) providing Native Americans with arms 2)engaged in fur trading 3)remained on American soil

Question 42

sectionalism

Answer 42

loyalty to a particular part of a country

Question 43

what did sectionalism lead to ?

Answer 43

the creation of two political parties

Question 44

federalist

Answer 44

led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. made up of rich, wealthy, merchants/lawyers

Question 45

democratic-republicans

Answer 45

led by Thomas Jefferson. made up of the middle class, farmers/artisans/tradespeople

Question 46

similarities between political parties

Answer 46

they both were for the french, state's rights, and individual liberties

Question 47

differences between political parties

Answer 47

federalists were for loose construction while democratic-republicans were for strict construction

Question 48

positives of the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 48

doubled the size of US, removed the French from US soil, opened up more land to go West, promoted national identity

Question 49

negatives of the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 49

extended slavery and many Americans ignore the Native American's rights

Question 50

Federalist Papers

Answer 50

written by Hamilton, Jay, and Maddison. a collection of 85 essays to promote the ratification of the Constitution

Question 51

undeclared war between US and France

Answer 51

Quasi War

Question 52

people who supported the War of 1812

Answer 52

hawks

Question 53

wrote the Star Spangled Banner

Answer 53

Francis Scott Key

Question 54

sold Louisiana to the US

Answer 54

Napoleon

Question 55

led the Federalist

Answer 55

Hamilton

Question 56

in 1800s, Americans are moving ....

Answer 56

West

Question 57

US declared freedom from him

Answer 57

King George III

Question 58

Louisiana purchase ____ the size of the US

Answer 58

doubled

Question 59

unalienable rights

Answer 59

rights that cannot be taken away

Question 60

XYZ Affair

Answer 60

bribery by 3 French men to US representatives

Question 61

effects of War of 1812

Answer 61

nationalism and only one party in control

Question 62

what US hoped to get by getting Louisiana

Answer 62

new markets