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US History Review Civil War to Constitution Amendments
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US History Review Civil War to Constitution Amendments
US History Review Civil War to Constitution Amendments
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1
Question
What roles do citizens have under the 4th Amendment as shown in the sheet?
Answer
No unreasonable search or seizure
2
Question
Which amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
Answer
1st Amendment
3
Question
Who founded Rhode Island due to religious toleration after leaving Massachusetts?
Answer
Roger Williams
4
Question
What is the significance of the 6th Amendment according to the sheet?
Answer
Right to trial by jury
5
Question
What does the 8th Amendment protect?
Answer
Freedom from cruel or unusual punishment and excessive bails and fines
6
Question
What does the 10th Amendment state about powers?
Answer
Rights not given to federal government go to the states
7
Question
What are the main features of the Great Compromise?
Answer
Bicameral Congress: proportional representation in House, equal in Senate
8
Question
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?
Answer
Counting slaves for representation and taxation
9
Question
What were Federalists advocating for in the Constitution?
Answer
Strong central government, stable Union, industrial economy, national bank
10
Question
What is the concept of checks and balances?
Answer
Each branch checks others to prevent tyranny
11
Question
What did Marbury v. Madison establish?
Answer
Judicial review
12
Question
What did Gibbons v. Ogden establish?
Answer
Federal authority over interstate commerce
13
Question
What was the Louisiana Purchase and its significance?
Answer
1803; doubled US size, access to Mississippi River
14
Question
What caused the War of 1812?
Answer
British impressment of American sailors
15
Question
What did the Monroe Doctrine declare?
Answer
No European colonization in the Western Hemisphere
16
Question
What changes occurred during the Age of Jackson related to federal power?
Answer
Jacksonian Democracy; expanded suffrage, spoils system, limited elite power
17
Question
What was the Nullification Crisis about?
Answer
States’ rights vs federal law; SC nullified a federal law
18
Question
What happened in Worcester v. Georgia?
Answer
Court favored Native lands; Jackson ignored ruling and relocated Natives
19
Question
What is a Hudson River School painting known for?
Answer
Landscape and nature scenes reflecting American imagery
20
Question
What were the main outcomes of the War of 1812 on industry?
Answer
Increased U.S. manufacturing due to boycott of British goods
21
Question
What impact did the cotton gin have on the economy?
Answer
Expanded cotton production and slavery demand
22
Question
What are interchangeable parts responsible for?
Answer
Mass production and lower prices
23
Question
Describe free enterprise as used in this material.
Answer
Economy with minimal government regulation; supply and demand
24
Question
What role did canals play in the economy?
Answer
Lowered prices; spurred Northeast city growth (e.g., NYC)
25
Question
What was the significance of the Steamboat and Railroads section?
Answer
Faster, cheaper transport of goods; spurred expansion
26
Question
What did the Fugitive Slave Act pertain to in the Compromise of 1850?
Answer
Capture of escaped slaves; strengthened slave laws
27
Question
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act about?
Answer
Letting settlers vote on slavery in new territories; led to violence
28
Question
What is urbanization as described in the sheet?
Answer
People moving to northern cities for factory work
29
Question
Who were notable abolitionists mentioned?
Answer
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison
30
Question
What did the Second Great Awakening encourage?
Answer
Religious reform and social reform movements