Chapter 12

In Louisiana, counties are called

• boroughs

• counties

• parishes

• townships

Explain 'popular sovereignty'.

• a) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• b) the idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed

• c) to violate the law or someone's rights

• d) to charge with a crime

helps escaped slaves

• underground railroad

• domestic slave trade

• yeoman

• spiritual

buying and selling slaves within the United States

• domestic slave trade

• underground railroad

• trade union

• overseer

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

• Federalism

• Communism

• Socialism

Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Herman Sweatt

• first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

• Little Rock Nine

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Jackie Robinson

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Rosa Parks

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• Freedom Riders

Which did the Federalists believe in and which did the Anti Federalists believe?

• Were against approving the Constitution

• Federalists

• Wanted small local governments

• Federalists

• Supported the Constitution

• Anti Federalists

• Wanted to have a strong national republic

• Anti Federalists

Match the economic systems to its characteristics or meaning.

• Customs, family, and historical basis

• Free Market

• Private sector, profit, and minimal gov.

• Traditional economy

• Centrally owned by the government

• Mixed economy

• Public and private sectors

• Command economy

What is the term used for the division of power between national and state governments in the United States?

• Federalism

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

Which document declared the American colonies independent from British rule?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation