True False Flashcards

1
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Alexander Hamilton used publis as his pen name

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True

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2
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The anti federalist immediately supported the ratification of the constitution

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False

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3
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Popular sovereignty is the idea that the ultimate source of governmental power lies in the people

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True

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4
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Changes to the Declaration of Independence are called amendments

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False

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5
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Federalism is the unity of powers of national and state levels of government

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False

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6
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The American core value of individualism never caused problems with the confederation government

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False

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7
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With the creation of the senate and the House of Representatives the constitutional convention reached a compromise

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True

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8
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Patrick Henry original opposed the constitution

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True

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9
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The framers of the constitution generally recognized that man is inherently sinful

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True

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10
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George Washington was tempted to accept an offer to be Americas King

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False

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11
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During the very first secession of congress James Madison said, we are in a wilderness without a single foot step to guide, our successors will have an easier task

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True

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12
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Thomas Jefferson was Americas very first head of the state department

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True

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13
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The judiciary act of 1798 set the number of Supreme Court justices at 6

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False

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14
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Assumption was the governments release of all state debts into state

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False

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15
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Those who advocated less flexibility on a given constitutional issue were called loose constitutionalist

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False

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16
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Under the jay treaty America came out on top due to the strong bargaining tradition due to a powerful navy

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False

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17
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During the whiskey rebellion president Washington himself led the troops that went out to put it down

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True

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18
Q

Daniel Boone is know as one of Americas greatest politician

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False

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19
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The alien and sedition acts greatly expanded free speech rights in the us

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False

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20
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The judiciary act of 1801 decreased the amount of federal judges

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False

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21
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were two very important republican leaders

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True

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22
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Henry Knox was the first head of the war department

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True

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23
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Hamilton had nothing to do with the report on public credit

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False

24
Q

The Federalists favored a pro British policy

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True

25
Q

John Adams was a republican

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False

26
Q

Daniel Webster was the only member of johns Tyler cabinet to resign

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False

27
Q

John Tyler was the first Vice President to become president due to the president dying while in office

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True

28
Q

The Oregon trail was one of the mane trails that led settlers west

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True

29
Q

Santa Ana was dictator of Mexico during Texas fight for independence

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True

30
Q

The idea of manifest destiny, is that American was not providentially ordained to posses the North American continent

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False

31
Q

President Tyler was very popular within the Whig party

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False

32
Q

President Jackson was more than willing to annex Texas

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False

33
Q

President pulck wanted to raise the tariff and do away with the independent treasury system

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False

34
Q

Britain wanted the Oregon boundary to be drawn along the Colorado River

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False

35
Q

The Santa Fe trail involved trade with the Spanish

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True

36
Q

John brown was a fanatical anti abolitionists

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False

37
Q

The sack of Lawrence involved the burning Looding and destruction of much of the city of Lawrence Kansas by pro slavery ruffians

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True

38
Q

John c Fremont was nominated by the democrats as there candidate for president in the election of 1856

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False

39
Q

Senator Steven a Douglas reopened sectional wounds by proposing the Kansas Nebraska act in 1854

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True

40
Q

Henry clay led the opposition against the compromise of 1850

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False

41
Q

The dreads Scott decision lead to the Missouri compromise being declared unconstitutional

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True

42
Q

In the election of 1860 Abe Lincoln ran as a republican and John C Breckinridge ran as a southern democrat

A

True

43
Q

Douglas believed that the issue of slavery should be decided by the settlers in their territories while Lincoln Apposed all explanation of slavery

A

True

44
Q

Many northerners who weren’t abolitionists Apposed the fugitive slave law because they thought that the lack of safe guards would resolve in free blacks remaining free

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False

45
Q

Many 49rs travelled all the way around South Africa to get to California

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False

46
Q

One of Lincoln’s three main purposes in issuing the emancipation proclamation was to encourage blacks to join the union war effort

A

True

47
Q

One of the two reasons that the union wanted to control the Mississippi River was to split the confederacy

A

True

48
Q

The clash between the monitor and the Merrimac was a significant event in us naval history

A

True

49
Q

Winfield Scott’s plan to win the war was called the anaconda plan

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True

50
Q

Confederates successfully followed up on their victory at the first battle of Manassas

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False

51
Q

Joseph Stalin was the communist dictator of Italy during ww2

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False

52
Q

Benito Mussolini came to power in Spain by force in 1922

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False

53
Q

Hideki Tojo led the defense of China from Japan during ww2

A

False

54
Q

Hitler declared that Germany had the right to annex the sudentan land from cheslevoskia

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True

55
Q

Dun Kirk was the sight of some quote, foggy divine in convention for the allies

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True