Lesson 14

What three countries might have posed a potential threat to the United States in 1796?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Russia

• Netherlands

Practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs

• Civil Servant

• Spoils System

• Tariff

• Secede

The removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839

• Spoils System

• Trail of Tears

• Five Civilized Tribes

• tariffs

What did Sumerians create to keep records of their farming output and to provide receipts?

• cuneiform

• pictographs

• clay tablets

The​ ________ of the branch of the U.S. Government carries out the law.​ (a)  

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

Select the location on the map that was annexed in 1845 which started a major war between the United States and Mexico over disputed territory.

is a system of government in which power is shared between the national and state governments.

• Federalism

• Communism

• Socialism

Match the following

• Ended segregation in public schools

• 13th Amendment

• abolished slavery

• Brown v. Board of Education

• gave people right to vote regardless of race

• 15th Amendment

• Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.

• 14th Amendment

• all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights

• Plessy v. Ferguson

What is the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs called?

• Civil Servant

• Spoils System

• Tariff

• Secede

What was the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839 known as?

• Spoils System

• Trail of Tears

• Five Civilized Tribes

• Tariffs