Chapter 7 (U.S)

Question 1

American Revolution

Answer 1

The conflict between Britain and the American colonists that resulted in U.S. Independence (1775-83)

Question 2

Articles of Confederation

Answer 2

The weak confederal regime that governed the colonies after 1781

Question 3

Joseph Biden

Answer 3

Democratic president, elected in 2020, formerly served as Obama’s vice president

Question 4

Bill of Rights

Answer 4

The first ten amendments of the constitution passed by first U.S. Congress in 1789

Question 5

Cabinet

Answer 5

The appointed officials who serve the executive in overseeing the various state bureaucracies

Question 6

Civil Rights Movement

Answer 6

A movement (1955-65) designed to address the legacy of slavery by ending all forms of racial discrimination

Question 7

Civil War

Answer 7

The conflict between the southern, slaveholding states and the North (Union). The victory of the north led to the abolition of slavery

Question 8

Civil War Amendments

Answer 8

13th (abolished slavery), 14th (due process and equal protection), 15th (right for black men to vote)

Question 9

Gerrymandering

Answer 9

The process of apportioning electoral districts to favor one political party or to marginalize certain groups

Question 9

Declaration of Independence

Answer 9

The document declaring the colonies’ independence from Britain, issued by the Continental Congress in 1776

Question 10

House of Representatives

Answer 10

The lower house of the U.S. Congress

Question 10

Federalism

Answer 10

The separation of power between the state and national government

Question 11

Mexican-American War

Answer 11

A conflict from 1846-48 between Mexico and the United States that resulted in U.S. acquisition of much of the current Southwest of the United States

Question 12

New Deal

Answer 12

A set of policies implemented between 1933 and 1938 that stimulated the economy and countered the effects of the Great Depression

Question 13

Barack Obama

Answer 13

President from 2009-2017

Question 14

Political polarization

Answer 14

The degree of political partisanship

Question 15

Populism

Answer 15

Emphasizes hostility towards elites and state/economic institutions and favors greater power in the hands of the public

Question 16

Progressive Era

Answer 16

Period from 1890s to 1920s when progressives sought to use the state to limit the power of private business

Question 17

Reconstruction Era

Answer 17

Period after the Civil War (1865-1877) in which the southern states were reintegrated into the Union and during which federal laws were passed to give formerly enslaved people equal political rights

Question 18

Senate

Answer 18

The upper house of the U.S. congress

Question 19

Separation of powers

Answer 19

The clear division of power among different branches of government that allows specific branches to check the power of each other

Question 20

Tea Party

Answer 20

A reactionary, but diffuse, group within the Republican Party that emerged in 2009; its adherents generally favor low taxes, small government, and socially conservative policies

Question 21

Donald Trump

Answer 21

45th President, elected in 2016

Question 22

Utopian Moralism

Answer 22

The principle describing the tendency of Americans to view the world in terms of good versus evil

Question 23

Vietnam War

Answer 23

The protracted, costly, and ultimately unsuccessful attempt by the United States and its allies to defeat communism in Vietnam (1955-75)