Social Studies Review

Which document stated the reasons why the colonies wanted their freedom from Britain?

• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation 

Ethnicity

• theory
• race/culture
• contract or document
• settling in a new area

Colonization

• settling a new area
• large farms in the South
• complaint
• to take back/revoke

Cash Crops

• crops grown for money
• tax on imports or exports
• to not get involved 
• crops grown for England

Checks and Balances

• The Government doesn't have absolute power
• branches have equal power
• 3 branches monitor each other
• public voting for Representatives and Senators

Bill of Rights

• 27 Amendments to the Constitution
• first 10 amendments to the Constitution
• life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
• government power comes from the people

I am considered the author of the Declaration of Independence and was the third US President.  

• John Adams
• John Quincy Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson

I was President during the Civil War and fought to keep the Union together.

• Ulysses S.  Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Jackson

Which answer choose has the first 5 presidents in the correct order?

• Washington, Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Clinton, Bush.

• Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison.

• Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe.

• Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe.

President Jefferson buys a LARGE chunk of land from France in 1803 for $15M. What is it called?

• Gadsen Purchase.

• Mexican Cession.

• Oregon Country.

• Louisiana Purchase.