Tuesday 3/28

Why did Congress honor this woman by putting her on a coin?

• Because she was an influential First Lady

• Because she designed the nations first flag

• Because she fought for womens suffrage

• Because she was the first woman elected to Congress

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by-

• writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

• organizing the Underground Railroad

• becoming the first African American senator

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

• Churches turned away from public politics and focused on religious issues

• People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems

• Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women

• Politicians were encouraged to promote states rights rather than federal unity

The Hudson River School artisists were influenced by the -

• success of social reform movements in the US

• migration of settlers to the US frontier

• natural landscape of the United States

• environmental effects of the US. industrialization

Which movement did Emerson lead?

• Temperance

• Abolitionism

• The Second Great Awakening

• Transcendentalism

A convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. This convention was meant to address the issue of

• Mental health

• Womens Rights

• Temperance Movement

• Education Movement

The main job of the legislative branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• make laws needed for the country.
• obey laws once they are passed.

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to

• share power between the national and state governments.
• make it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution.
• make sure that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land.
• keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

The most important task of the executive branch is to

• resolve disputes involving the law.
• enforce and carry out federal laws.
• decide which laws are constitutional.
• change laws to fit changing needs.

What does the fourth amendment protect?

• Freedom of speech and religion

• Right to have a warrant before police search your home

• Prevention from cruel & unusual punishment

• Right to bear arms