Warm-Up: Early Republic, Day 11 (Grade 8)

All Year — Write the letter of the word on the correct line. Match each term with its description.

• Belief British should have colonists' permission to pass taxes; main reason for American Revolution

• Consent of the governed

• Against constitution; Patrick Henry and George Mason

• Southern colonies

• Each branch of government has some power over the other two branches

• Anti-Federalists

• Fertile soil, warm climate, cash crops; Jamestown, Virginia

• Checks and balances

Yesterday — Answer the questions below. What caused the Native Americans to join sides with the British?

• The Americans defeated the Natives at the Battle of Tippecanoe

• The British bribed the Natives with money

• The Americans had captured and executed Native American warriors

• The British promised to return land to the Natives that Americans had taken

Yesterday — Answer the questions below. Which of the following were actions of the War Hawks? Select TWO correct answers.

• The War Hawks implemented the Embargo Act.

• The War Hawks allowed Native Americans to serve in the U.S. Army.

• The War Hawks quadrupled the size of the U.S. Army.

• The War Hawks pushed James Madison to declare war on Britain.

Recent — Answer the questions below. Which statement explains an impact of the Marbury v. Madison case?

• It gave Congress the power to overturn Supreme Court decisions.

• It allowed the president to appoint judges without Senate approval.

• It established the Supreme Court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional.

• It reduced the number of Supreme Court justices.

Use the list to answer the questions below. Causes of the War of 1812: • The British interfered with American trade. • [question mark]. Which action correctly replaces the question mark on this list?

• American sailors were forced to serve in the British Navy.

• America’s first political parties were established.

• Thomas Jefferson approved the Louisiana Purchase.

• The British enforced the Intolerable Acts.

In the 1630s, Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams disagreed with the religious leaders of Massachusetts. These disagreements were resolved when Hooker and Williams -

• left Massachusetts and explored the Mississippi Valley 

• founded new political parties in the Massachusetts Bay area

• eft Massachusetts and established new colonies 

• 
  petitioned Parliament to revise the Massachusetts Bay charter 

Which idea correctly replaces the question mark in this diagram?

• Due Process 

• Free Speech

• Federalism 

• Judicial Review 

Which grievance from the Declaration of Independence and against the King of England does this
excerpt from the U.S. Constitution address?

• He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

• He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent . . . swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. . . .

• He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

  
  

• He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

Which constitutional principle is being described in the headlines above?

• Checks and Balances 

• Federalism 

• Republicanism 

• Popular Sovereignty

Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776:

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Continental Army

• The Bill of Rights