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Question 1

What is a close alliance of sovereign states

Answer 1

A confederation

Question 2

What would have only one house

Answer 2

A unicameral congress

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The ordinance of 1784

Question 4

What were the original us currency

Answer 4

Continental dollars

Question 5

What was a gathering of Americas 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 what ?

Answer 6

The three fifths compromise

Question 7

Constitutional what ?,Changes to the constitution, are also an expression to the people’s sovereignty

Answer 7

Amendments

Question 8

Alexander hamiltons pen name was ?

Answer 8

Publis

Question 9

To prevent any group or individual from gaining too much power the founders designed the national government with the ?

Answer 9

Separation of powers

Question 10

What was not well attended and only five states bothered to send in representatives

Answer 10

Annapolis convention

Question 11

Without congressional approval, what president organized 3 departments in the executive branch

Answer 11

George Washington

Question 12

The brilliant and ambitious person that was appointed to be Americas first secretary of treasury was who

Answer 12

Alexander Hamilton

Question 13

What emerged in 1971 after gaining approval of 3/4ths of the states where the first 10 amendments and ?

Answer 13

The bill of rights

Question 14

Who interpret the constitution as narrow as possible

Answer 14

Strict constructionist

Question 15

Pursuing a middle course, president Washington said no to both republicans and Federalists and issued what in April 1973

Answer 15

Proclamation of neutrality

Question 16

Who became the second president of the United States

Answer 16

John Adams

Question 17

What increased the number of federal judges

Answer 17

The judiciary act of 1801

Question 18

In washingtons what, he was looking not at the past but to the future

Answer 18

Farewell address

Question 19

Who favored flexibility interpreting the constitution

Answer 19

Loose constructionists

Question 20

Who was chosen to be the very first head of the state department

Answer 20

Thomas Jefferson

Question 21

What is the idea that America was providentially ordained to posses the North American continent

Answer 21

Manifest destiny

Question 22

Who was one of the most famous missionaries in the Oregon territory

Answer 22

Narcissa Whitman

Question 23

The Mexican assault against the Alamo was led by

Answer 23

Santa Ana

Question 24

what was the most important way for the settlers to go west

Answer 24

The Oregon trail

Question 25

Who remained on president Tyler's cabinet even after everyone else resigned

Answer 25

Daniel Webster

Question 26

What proposed that the us should prohibit slavery in any territory acquired by Mexico

Answer 26

The 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 man was the slogan of what party

Answer 28

Free soil party

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 what act

Answer 30

The Kansas Nebraska act

Question 31

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

Answer 31

State rights

Question 32

The timely arrival of South Carolinian barnard bee and Virginia _ J _ helped the confederates with the first battle of the civil war

Answer 32

Thomas J Jackson

Question 33

The confederacy for was the first to reveal a new weapon, the ?

Answer 33

Iron Clad

Question 34

With general Johnston wounded, pre sediment Davis turned to Robert lee to command the army of

Answer 34

Northern Virginia

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 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 names _ _ 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 golf

Question 40

Operation overload began on June 6, 1944 also known as

Answer 40

D day