US History I - 2nd 9 Weeks Review

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The Constitution can be amended if the change is approved by a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and

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two-thirds of the states.

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If the president neither signs nor returns a bill to Congress during the time allowed, that bill

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becomes law.

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Over which of the following issues did the nation become divided in the 1790s?
- whether African Americans should be given full citizenship
- whether the United States should ally itself with France or Britain
- whether the central government or state governments should be stronger
- whether the United States should expand west of the Mississippi

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whether the central government or state governments should be stronger

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Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on

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one vote per state.

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The Articles of Confederation gave the national government the power to

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declare war.

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Shays's Rebellion was a protest by farmers who faced problems from

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debts they owed to creditors.

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The Great Compromise was an agreement about how to determine a state's representation in Congress.

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determine a state's representation in Congress.

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All of the following men wrote letters contained in The Federalist except: John Jay, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton.

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Patrick Henry.

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From what future state is the example of a township taken?

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Ohio

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What do all of the states in the Northwest Territory border?

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the Great Lakes