U.S. History Review Topics II

The government principle defined as the powers are distributed between the national government and the state governments

• checks and balances

• limited government

• separation of powers

• federalism

The Framers began the Constitution with this idea:

"We the People of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution..."

This would be an example of:

• Popular sovereignty

• Limited government

• Separation of powers

• Judicial review

Authored by Roger Sherman, the compromise which settled the debate between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan is called the _________________.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1820

Which Amendment states that the right to vote cannot be denied or restricted on account of skin color

• Amendment 13

• Amendment 14

• Amendment 15

• Amendment 19

Prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of alchohol

• Amendment 13

• Amendment 18

• Amendment 19

• Amendment 20

To eliminate America’s debt, Alexander Hamilton suggested that the United States use a tariff.

What is a tariff?

• a tax placed by a country on all exported goods

• a discount given to all people within a certain country

• a tax placed by a country on all imported goods

• a general sales tax

What was the response of the Democratic-Republicans to the Alien & Sedition Acts?

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• Federalist Papers

• XYZ Affair

• Embargo Act

The Louisiana Purchase gave the US control over which body of water?

• Colorado River

• St Lawrence River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

Which of the following was an important effect of the War of 1812? 

• American Military strengthened 
• American Nationalism Grew 
• American economy became more self sufficient 
• All of the above 

What contribution did Harriet Tubman make to the anti-slavery movement?

• As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she led many fugitive slaves to freedom.

• She lectured members of the American Anti-Slavery Society about the evils of slavery.

• As the founder of a southern anti-slavery group, she helped stage many peaceful slave strikes.

• She wrote many essays persuading southern slaveholders to join the abolition movement.