March 2019 Flashcards
Study (22 cards)
What is the movement of the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason & science could improve society?
The Enlightenment
What is a two-house legislature in a government called?
Bicameral
What is a republic?
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
What is a compromise?
An agreement between 2 or more sides.
What does depreciate mean?
To fall in monetary value.
A federalist supported what?
The constitution.
Political cartoons, journals and diaries written at the time of an event in history are considered what?
Primary sources.
Who were 2 members of the Sons of Liberty?
Sam Adams and Paul Revere.
What is one similarity between the Constitution and Articles of Confederation?
They both provide for a lawmaking body.
What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 do?
It provided for the development of new states in the Northwest Territory.
What did the writers of the Articles of Confederation fear?
A strong federal government.
What had more power in the Confederation, the federal government or individual states?
Individual states.
What does the principle of checks and balances aim to do?
Prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What process is used to change the U.S. Constitution?
The Amendment process.
What was the financial cause of the Revolutiony War?
England’s desire for the colonies to pay for the French & Indian War.
What is the law-making branch of England?
The Parliament.
The Congress of which government lacked the power to collect taxes, regulate trade and had no court system?
The Confederation.
What does Petition mean?
To apply for something.
What is the Constitution?
A plan of goverment.
What is an economic depression?
A period in which economic activity slows and unemployment rises.
Refusing to buy products is a form of what kind of protest?
A boycott.
What was the purpose of the Join or Die political cartoon?
To get colonists to realize that if they did not unite against England, they would not survive.
