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History Exam Flashcards

0
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Who has four year terms?

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President

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Shared powers between federal and state governments:

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1) set taxes

2) maintain courts and prisons

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2
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Number of representatives each state gets based on population

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House of Representatives

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3
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Who has two representatives per state

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Senate

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4
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The first 10 amendments

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Bill of Rights

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5
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A rule that the law must be fairly applied

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Due process

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6
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Makes laws; includes congress

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legislative branch

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7
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To formally accuse

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Indict

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8
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Enforces the laws and is headed by the president

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Executive branch

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9
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Role is as a person cannot be tried for the same crime more than once

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Double Jeopardy

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10
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Vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president

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Impeach

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11
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To cancel

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Veto

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12
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Interprets the laws, consist of Supreme Court and other federal courts

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Judicial branch

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13
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People to collect money for candidates who support certain issues

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Political action committees

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14
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The date the first president was sworn in on

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April 30, 1789

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15
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Head of Department of State

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Thomas Jefferson

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16
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First president

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George Washington

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17
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First vice president

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John Adams

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18
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View that the federal government can take reasonable actions of the Constitution does not specifically forbid.

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Loose construction

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19
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First Chief Justice

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John Jay

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20
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An office that handles relationships between the US and other countries it

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Department of State

21
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A formal statement of the US would not take sides any European countries who were at war

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Neutrality proclamation

22
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The person whose job was to advise the government on legal matters

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Atty. Gen.

23
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Who is the attorney general

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Edmund Randolph

24
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Head of Treasury Department

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Alexander Hamilton

25
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Three French agent said that the minister would discuss the treaty only if Americans pay the $250,000 bribe and gave a $12 million loan

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XYZ affair

26
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It made separate ballots to be marked for president vice president

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12 amendment

27
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Practice of forcing people to serve in the army

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Impressed

28
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Power of the court to declare a law unconstitutional

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Judicial review

29
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Stated merchants could trade with any country but Great Britain and France

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Nonintercourse act

30
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15th state

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Kentucky

31
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16th State

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Tennessee

32
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Henry Clay and__wanted war with the British to gain more land they were called Warhawks.

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John C Calhoun

33
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17 state

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Ohio

34
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He wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

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Francis Scott Key

35
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It gave the US and Spain equal rights to the Mississippi River

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Pinckney’s treaty

36
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It protested the government war policy

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Hartford convention

37
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The__purchase doubled the size of the US

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Louisiana

38
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Medic Meriwether Lewis and__ were sent to explore the west in 1804

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William Clark

39
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It limited the US and British naval power on Great Lakes

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Rush bagot agreement

40
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Gave the US fishing rights of parts of Newfoundland and Labrador coast and it also so I want to go to between US and Canada. Both countries agreed to occupy the Pacific Northwest.

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Treaty of 1818

41
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5th Pres.

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James Monroe

42
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Wrote about characters who lived on the frontier

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James Fennimore Cooper

43
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In prerevolution America architect small the designs on the style used in __.

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Great Britain

44
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Was called the librator for his leadership role in many of the Latin American battles

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Simon Bolivar

45
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After the revolution Thomas Jefferson said Americans should base their building designs on those of ancient Greeks and__

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Roman

46
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Sense of pride and devotion to a nation

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Nationalism

47
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First state to set up a board of education

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Massachusetts

48
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Known as great compromiser

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Henry Clay

49
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A series of measures intended to make the US economicly economically self-sufficient

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American system

50
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In 1818 Monroe sent general__to stop raids by seminole Indians

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Andrew Jackson

51
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First road built by the federal government

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Cumberland Road

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