US History Midterm Review

What was the first constitution that created a republican form of government in the United States of American?

Under the first constitution created by the Second Continental Congress, the _______ was/were the most powerful level of government.

List the weaknesses of the first government of the United States.

Why did Shay's Rebellion served as a catalyst for the Constitutional?

Why would the Virginia Plan which was proposed by Edmund Randolph have served the interests of the more populous of the original thirteen states?

How was the resolution of the differences between slave states and free states at the Constitutional Convention achieved?

Because he kept copious notes regarding the proceedings, chaired important committees, and wrote much of the text of the Constitution, _________________ is known as the father of the Constitution

Instrumental in calling for and organizing the Constitutional Convention, _______________ presided over debate in Philadelphia.

What was the underlying dispute between the Federalists who wanted ratification of the Constitution and Antifederalists who opposed ratification?

In order to encourage support for ratification of the Constitution, which group of men wrote a series of essays published anonymously in newspapers, known collectively as The Federalist?

What two documents were used by James Madison to write the Bill of Rights he proposed to the first Congress for amendment to the Constitution?

Who were the members of President Washington's first Cabinet.

In George Washington's Farewell Address, the first outgoing President stressed the importance of two policies. What were they?

During the Adams Administration, John Marshall, Eldridge Gerry, and Charles Pinckney journeyed to France to negotiate with Talleyrand, the ruler of the French Revolution. America's representatives were visited by three mysterious French ministers who asked for payment in exchange for a meeting. John Marshall boldly refused and led the delegation home. When the Americans returned to the U.S. they were greeted by an adoring throng chanting this.

Discuss the Sedition Act.

Why was the Election of 1800 notable?

The power known as judicial review was claimed by the Supreme Court in what case?

When John Marshall declared that "the power to tax is the power to destroy" he meant that if the state of Maryland could tax the Bank of the United States, this is what he meant.

In Gibbons v Ogden, the Supreme Court found what

Impacts of the Louisiana Purchase?

Fighting between England and France helped to push the United States into declaring war against England in 1812 due to the English practice of doing these three things.

The beginning of the Monroe Administration is known as "The Era of Good Feeling" due to the notable absence of these things.

Andrew Jackson lost the Election of 1824 to John Quincy Adams due to a vote in which house of Congress?

Andrew Jackson vetoed the Recharter of this institution because he hated it

The two routes depicted in the map above, on which Southeastern Indian Tribes including the Cherokee were forced to travel as a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. What is the colloquial name for this event?

How would you explain the relationship between western expansion and the debate about slavery?

What were the three elements of the Compromise of 1820?

What were the three elements of the Monroe Doctrine.

What did Andrew Jackson call the outcome of the Election of 1824?

In the cartoon above, what does the "Downfall of Mother Bank" refer to?

What device invented by Eli Whitney that ultimately helped to fuel the Sectional Tensions leading to the Civil War by increasing demand for cotton and slave labor?

Describe the Abolition Movement.

Denmark Vesey, Gabriel Prosser, and Nat Turner were all leaders of what

In the war against Mexico, what was President Polk's primary objective

The United States negotiated with Mexico to make the this purchase after the Mexican War.

List the elements of the Compromise of 1850.

Why did fighting between settlers break out in Kansas?

Who did the Republicans first run as candidate for US President?

Dred Scott made this legal argument as he tried to gain his freedom.

In the Dred Scott case, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote that because Dred Scott was a slave, he was not a citizen, and therefore had no legal standing to bring a lawsuit. He also wrote this about slaves in general.

Southerners were disappointed about impact of the Dred Scott case, because of this Northern reaction.

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln trapped Douglas into admitting these points.

After the Election of 1852, why did the Whig Party fall apart?

While Lincoln's success in the Presidential Race of 1860 was certainly not hurt by the fact that the Democrats had split into a Northern and Southern faction, the victory was ultimately attributable to what key factor?

What did Lincoln mean when he spoke of "a house divided"?

List some problems faced by the South in waging war against the North.

In the early years of the Civil War, Lincoln struggled to find these.

List three attributes of the Emancipation Proclamation from your notes.

How has the Gettysburg Address come to be regarded?

The "Awful Arithmetic" involved disregard for these.