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04/27/2011

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1. The belief that people living in a region should deceide key issues is?
Definition

D. Popular Sovereignty

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2. Which of the following terms describes the division of government into three branches?
Definition

C. seperation of powers

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3. People who come to a country that settle are?

 

Definition
D. immigrants
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 4.What idea of Eli Whitney transformed manufacturing by making each copy of manufactured item exactly alike
Definition
A. interchangeable parts
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41. the author of uncle toms cabin was?
Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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42. Who was Nat Turner?
Definition
Led an armed revolt of some slaves
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43.

54 mass. requierment

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african american souldiers fought without pay rather than accept less pay than white soldiers, popularity , won fame fighting  bravely at Fort Wagner
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44.

How many members of congress must vote to pass a bill after it has been vetoed

 

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Two thirds
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45.

Harriet Tubman

 

Definition
underground railroad
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46. What even triggered fighting between north and south
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southerners fired on fort sumter
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47. george washington/political parties
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politcal parties would split the nation
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48. red cross

 

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clara barton
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49.

who saved important items before british burned white gouse

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dolly madison
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50. ratical

 

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a person who takes an extreme position to a political state
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51

the war of 1812 encourage the growth of u.s manufacturing

 

Definition
smericans had to make there own products
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52

whichj of the following actions is requiered of the president to stop a new bill?

Definition
veto
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53

which battle was considered

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54. what did the fiftenth admendmant do?
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It gave african american men the right to vote
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55.

bloodiest day, neither side gained any ground

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battle of anteena
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56.

supreme court gibbons vs. ogden

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only the federal government had the right to control interstate commerce
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57.

admendment repeal

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the 18th amendment was was repealed by the 21st amendment 
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58.

what role did both houses of congress play

Definition
work together, vote to pass a vetoed bill, and rewrite or stop a bill that has passed by the other house
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59.

what did the adam-onis treaty of 1819 accomplish?

Definition
gave florida to the united states
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60.

the purpose of the 13th amendment to the constitution was?

Definition
to end slavery in the united states
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61.

1st ten amendments

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bill of rights
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62.

to whom did washington turn for help in solving the chalenges facing the new nation?

Definition
his cabinet
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63.

the cotton gin was invented in 1793 by?

Definition
d. eli whitney
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64.

what was the missouri compromise?

Definition
a plan to allow slavery to spread to some areas but not others
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65.

the power of the supreme courtto declare laws unconstitutional is an example of which of the following priciples?

Definition
c. checks and balances
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66.

the songs in which enslaved people of the south expressed their religious beliefs or passed coded messages were called?

Definition
d. spirituals
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67.

the author of the poem that in 1931 became the national anthem of the united states was?

Definition
c. francis scott key
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68.

the Kansas Nebraska act called for?

Definition

a. the resident of Kansas-Nebraska vote to decide the issue of slavery

 

Term

69.

the president of the confederacy was?

Definition
a. jefferson davis
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70.

who has power to declare war?

Definition
b. congress
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