Spring Final Exam Review

First 10 amendments of the Constitution that protect individual liberties.

• Magan Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Preamble to the Constitution

Written in 1776 to express colonists grievances and desires to become independent from Great Britain.

• Magna Carta

• The Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

Which branch of government makes the laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Which branch of government interprets the laws?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

Which branch of government enforces the laws?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

Each state has 2 representatives in the __________

• Senate

• House of Representatives

The number of representatives is based on state population in the ____________________

• Senate

• House of Representatives

Chinese and Irish immigrants during the mid-1800s contributed most directly to the —

• completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• discovery and production of oil

• manufacture and use of steel

• construction of commercial ships

A piece of legislation that tried to force Native Americans to assimilate by giving up their native lands, names, language, and culture.

• Homestead Act

• American Indian Citizenship Act

• Dawes Act

• Assimilation Act

Contributed to the settlement of the west by offering free land to settlers; increased conflict with the Natives.

• Dawes Act

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Homestead Act

• The gold rush