- Which congressional power is referred to by Speaker C?
Your answer:
judicial review
impeachment
veto
override
- Speaker D is referring to which constitutional principle?
Your answer:
veto
judicial review
impeachment
override
- At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise settled the dispute over
Your answer:
representation in Congress
the issue of slavery
the presidential veto power
judicial review
- Which statement expresses an opionion about the causes of the Revolutionary War?
Your answer:
The Quartering Act was a serious violation of the colonists' liberties.
The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770.
Colonists participated in triangular trade.
Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty.
- During the first part of the 19th century, differences between the North, South, and West led to
Your answer:
federalism
mercantilism
sectionalism
isolationism
- "The Cherokees are nearly all prisoners. They have been dragged from their homes and encamped at the forts and military places, all over the nation...The property of many has been taken and sold before their eyes for almost nothing." This quotation from an eyewitness on the Trail of Tears describes events connected with the
Your answer:
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Indian Removal Act
Dawes Act
Battle of Little Big Horn
- Which event was a major cause of the War with Mexico (1846-1848)?
Your answer:
Missouri Compromise
annexation of Texas
discovery of gold in California
passage of the Northwest Ordinance
- By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln
Your answer:
lost Northern support for the war
broadened Union war goals to include ending slavery
strengthened the principle of states' rights
brought a quick end to the war
- In the years immediately following the Civil War, which change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution?
Your answer:
More people left cities to live on farms.
More machinery was used to make goods.
More governement regulation was placed on big business.
More goods were made at home.
- During the late 1800's, barbed wire fences and sod houses were most likely found
Your answer:
in the Northwest
on the Great Plains
in the deep South
along the Great Lakes