History Unite 2

Question 1

What is Double Jeopardy

Answer 1

A person can’t be charged for the same crime twice once proven innocent

Question 2

Daniel Shay

Answer 2

Daniel Shay was a soldier who was injured and then a farmer who got a loan from a bank and grew crops for soldiers to help, but then started Shays rebellion when the bank came for their money

Question 3

Shays Rebellion

Answer 3

Shays Rebellion was caused when the bank came back for the money they loaned by Shay and other farmers to help the soldiers, so all the farmers rebelled to not get their farms taken

Question 4

Self Incrimination

Answer 4

You can’t be forced to self incriminate yourself (Example: You don’t have to answer questions about yourself that make you seem guilty)

Question 5

James Madison

Answer 5

James Madison went around the country finding what people wanted on The Bill of Rights and he drafted the Bill of Rights

Question 6

Constitutional Convention

Answer 6

The Constitutional Convention is where George Washington and all the States met to draft a Constitution

Question 7

Just Compensation

Answer 7

Just Compensation makes it so the United States has to pay fair value if taking your private property

Question 8

George Washington

Answer 8

George Washington was a founding father, army general, and politician who helped in the Revolutionary War and the Constitutional Convention, he was also the first President of the United States

Question 9

Manifest Destiny

Answer 9

Manifest Destiny was the idea that the United States was meant to expand west

Question 10

Warrant

Answer 10

The government needs a warrant signed by a judge to go through your private property after having cause

Question 11

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 11

Alexander Hamilton was a military officer, a founding father, and Federalist who was involved in the Constitutional Convention

Question 12

Louisiana Territory

Answer 12

The Louisiana Territory was when Thomas Jefferson’s American Delegates went to France trying to buy a small amount of land, but ended up buying a large amount of land for cheap for 15 million from a money needing France

Question 13

Due Process

Answer 13

Due Process makes it so the government has to have a fair process of the law

Question 14

Florida purchase

Answer 14

The Florida Purchase was occupied by Spain and Natives who were freeing slaves, The U.S then entered into Florida and took it over

Question 15

Slander VS. Libel

Answer 15

Slander is the act of infringing on someones rights verbally, Libel is the act of infringing upon someones rights by writing it down

Question 16

George Mason

Answer 16

George Mason was an anti-federalist and a Virginian delegate who criticized the constitution and demanded a Bill of Rights

Question 17

Texas (Lone Star Republic)

Answer 17

The Lonestar Republic was an area of land taken from the hostile Mexican leaders by Sam Houston and later given to the United States

Question 18

Enumeration

Answer 18

Rights specifically mentioned in the Constitution

Question 19

James K. Polk

Answer 19

Polk was the 11th U.S President who extended the U.S territory from the Mexican American war, he also annexed Oregon and the Texas Republic he was also involved in many other government roles

Question 20

Oregon Territory

Answer 20

The Oregon Territory was split up by Canada who at the time was ruled by the British and the U.S didn’t set up a border the U.S got Oregon which gave them lots of beavers, lumbers, and most important Pacific Ocean access

Question 21

Articles of Confederation

Answer 21

The United States first frame of government that was an agreement to form the 13 States

Question 22

Zachary Taylor

Answer 22

Taylor was the 12th United States President who before that led the U.S in the U.S Mexican war who helped the U.S win and get land

Question 23

Mexican Cession

Answer 23

The Mexican Cession was a war between Mexico and the U.S allegedly started by Mexico which eventually the U.S won and gained land from, but still payed to not be a jerk

Question 24

Federalist

Answer 24

Federalist were a group of people who mainly lived in larger cities who believed in a strong constitution, a strong federal government, and opposed creating a Bill of Rights

Question 25

Mountain Men

Answer 25

Mountain Men were a group of people who came to the West mainly for riches, they were explorers who made a living mainly by hunting and trapping

Question 26

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 26

The Gadsden Purchase was a purchase by the United States from Mexico for an area of land the United States needed for building their railroad, and Mexico inflated the price because they knew the reason behind the purchase, but the United States obliged

Question 27

Anti-Federalist

Answer 27

Anti-Federalist were a group of people who mainly lived in rural areas, they believed in giving more power to the States and having a Bill of Rights

Question 28

Whitman

Answer 28

The Whitman group believed they needed to to spread Christianity to everyone, and met a group of Native Americans who were using outdated tools, they tried to befriend them before pushing religion, so they showed them how to make medal tools, plows, and gave them beads then the Whitman group started cramming their religion on the Natives, but then accidentally the Whitmans exposed the Cayuse who had weak immune systems with the flue then the Cayuse started dying and got revenge and killed the Whitman which made Natives start killing white men

Question 29

Spaulding