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Question 1

A _______ is a close alliance of sovereign states

Answer 1

Confederation

Question 2

A ________ congress would have only one house

Answer 2

Unicameral

Question 3

The ___________ was written by Thomas Jefferson and proposed the creation of ten new states

Answer 3

Ordinance of 1784

Question 4

_________ were the original U.S. currency

Answer 4

Continental Dollars

Question 5

The ___________ was a gathering of America’s greatest minds, tasked with creating a new governing document

Answer 5

Constitutional Convention

Question 6

To settle the issue of how slaves should be counted, delegates established the _____________

Answer 6

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 7

Constitutional _________, changes to the constitution, are also an expression of the people’s sovereignty

Answer 7

Amendments

Question 8

Alexander Hamilton’s pen name is ________

Answer 8

Publius

Question 9

To prevent any group or individual from gaining too much power, the founder designed the national government with the ____________

Answer 9

Separation of Powers

Question 10

_________ was not well attended. Only five states bothered to send in representatives

Answer 10

The Annapolis Convention

Question 11

Without congressional approval, President ______________ organized three departments in the Executive Branch

Answer 11

George Washington

Question 12

The brilliant and ambitious ____________ was appointed to be America’s first Secretary of Treasury

Answer 12

Alexander Hamilton

Question 13

What emerged in 1791, after gaining approval of three-fourths of the states, were the first ten amendments-____________

Answer 13

Bill of Rights

Question 14

__________ interpret the Constitution as narrowly as possible

Answer 14

Strict constructionists

Question 15

Pursuing a middle course, President Washington said no to both Republicans and Federalists and issued the _____________ in April 1793

Answer 15

Proclamation of Neutrality

Question 16

___________ became the second president of the United States

Answer 16

John Adams

Question 17

____________ increased the number of federal judges

Answer 17

The Judiciary Act of 1801

Question 18

In Washington’s ___________, he was looking not at the past, but to the future

Answer 18

Farewell Address

Question 19

______________ favor flexibility in interpreting the Constitution

Answer 19

Loose constructionists

Question 20

___________ was chosen to be the very first head of the State Department

Answer 20

Thomas Jefferson

Question 21

_________ is the idea that America was providentially ordained to possess the North America continent

Answer 21

Manifest Destiny

Question 22

____________ was one of the most famous missionaries in the Oregon Territory

Answer 22

Marcus or Narcissa Whitman

Question 23

The Mexican assault against the Alamo was led by __________.

Answer 23

Santa Anna

Question 24

The _________ was the most important way for settlers to go west

Answer 24

Oregon Trail

Question 25

__________ remained on President Tyler’s cabinet even after everyone else resigned

Answer 25

Daniel Webster

Question 26

The ________ ________proposed that the U.S. should prohibit slavery in any territory acquired by Mexico

Answer 26

Wilmot Proviso

Question 27

_______ _______: the residence of a territory should decide the status of slavery in their territory

Answer 27

Popular Sovereignty

Question 28

“Free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men” was the slogan of the ________ ________ Party.

Answer 28

Free Soil

Question 29

Supporting the Compromise of 1850, the Democratic nominee for president in 1852 was ______ _______.

Answer 29

Franklin Pierce

Question 30

To win Southern support for his railroad, Steven A. Douglas proposed the ______ ______ Act

Answer 30

Kansas-Nebraska

Question 31

According to the _______ _______ view, each state was largely an independent entity joined in a voluntary compact of union.

Answer 31

State’s rights

Question 32

The timely arrival of a South Carolinian Barnard Bee and Virginian ______ J. ______ helped the Confederates win the first battle of the Civil War.

Answer 32

Thomas J. Jackson

Question 33

The Confederacy was the first to reveal a new weapon, the ______ (iron-plated warship).

Answer 33

Ironclad

Question 34

With General Johnston wounded, President Davis turned to Robert E. Lee to command the Army of _______ ________.

Answer 34

Northern Virginians

Question 35

After the Second ______ of _______, Lee had cleared practically all of Virginia of Federal forces.

Answer 35

Battle of Manassas

Question 36

The second A-bomb fell on _____, and this led to the Japanese surrender.

Answer 36

Nagasaki

Question 37

The Big Three met at ______ to plan the conclusion of the war in the Pacific.

Answer 37

Potsdam

Question 38

Roosevelt tapped a little-known senator from Missouri named ______ _______ for Vice President.

Answer 38

Harry Truman

Question 39

The ______ of ______ ______ was the largest sea battle in history and a critical blow to Japanese naval and air forces.

Answer 39

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Question 40

Operation Overlord began on June 6,1944, also known as _______.

Answer 40

D-day