U.S. History Regents Review Part 1

Describe the terrain of the Middle Colonies

• Cash Crops: tobacco and cotton

• "Bread Basket," natural resources, good soil

• Fishing is key and timber/wood are plentiful

Virginia House of Burgesses/Mayflower Compact, Town Hall Meetings are all examples of...

• colonial leadership

• direct democracy

• steps towards representative democracy

Which enlightenment thinker inspired the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

• Montesquieu

What was the 3/5 Compromise?

• 3/5 a slave would be counted in the censes

• 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for representation in the house

• 3/5 of the slave population would be counted in the state legislature

Name TWO characteristics of the Constitution (pick 2 answers):

• Federalism

• Direct Democracy

• decentralized political system

• Branches of gov't

The Bill of Rights is...

• First 10 amendments to the Constitution

• All amendments in the Constitution

• Amendments in the Articles of Confederation

The case "Marbury v. Madison" established...

• Congress can veto laws they find unconstitutional

• Segregation was legal

• Judicial Review

This branch of government makes the laws...

This branch of government enforces laws...

This branch of government interprets the laws...