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This court case decided that the Supreme Court could decide the constitutionality of a law
a) Gibbons v Ogden
b) McCulloch v Maryland
c) Dred Scott v Sanford
d) Marbury v Madison

What was the purpose of the temperance movement?
a) to stop angry people
b) to end slavery
c) allow women to vote
d) end alcohol abuse

Why did the Anti-Federalist NOT want to ratify the Constitution?
a) It was too weak
b) Individual Rights were not spelled out
c) It gave states too much power
d) Anti-Federalist DID ratify the Constitution and saw no problem with it

Under which of our Constitutions did the STATES have too much power?
a) The Constitution
b) The Bill of Rights
c) The Mayflower Compact
d) The Articles of Confederation

Which war began due to the impressment of our ships and the British encouraging the Natives to attack us?
a) War of 1812
b) Civil War
c) American Revolution
d) French and Indian War

Seneca Falls deals with which reform movement?
a) Women's rights
b) Abolition
c) Education
d) Temperance movement

Urbanization is the shift of population from _____ to ______.
a) Farms to Cities
b) East to West
c) Cities to Farms
d) Farm to Villiage

How did the early republic divide up the land gained by the Treaty of Paris?
a) The Land Act
b) Treaty of Ghent
c) Northwest Ordinance
d) Emancipation Proclamation

What geographical feature made it faster to ship goods from the Midwest to the Atlantic?
a) Erie Canal
b) Mississippi River
c) Oregon Trail
d) Delaware River

What event was caused by an argument between the North and the South over the Tariff of Abominations?
a) Taxation without representation
b) Nullification Crisis
c) Embargo Act
d) Intolerable Acts

What war did we gain Texas and California from?
a) American Revolution
b) War of 1812
c) Mexican American War
d) The Alamo

What was one reason people were opposed to annexing Texas?
a) Texas allowed slavery
b) It was still owned by the French
c) It was Indian territory
d) They did not like Sam Houston

What were the outcomes of the War of 1812?
a) Land and Respect
b) Independence and Texas
c) Economic Growth and Respect
d) Oregon and Money

Which Amendment freed the slaves?
a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 13th
d) 8th

Which territory did we gain from Spain through the Adams-Onis treaty?
a) Louisiana
b) Texas
c) Florida
d) Oregon

What was the first battle of the Civil War?
a) Ft. Sumter
b) Gettysburg
c) Saratoga
d) Lexington and Concord

What added California as a free state to the Union?
a) Northwest Ordinance
b) Compromise of 1850
c) Missouri Compromise
d) The Great Compromise

Why did the Anti-Federalist argue that there needed to be a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
a) to help establish a strong federal government
b) to help create a checks and balances system
c) to give each state a say in Congress
d) to protect individual rights of all citizens

One major advantage of the North during the Civil War was
a) Better military leader
b) the French were their allies
c) access to the railroad system
d) they paid slaves to fight for them

The 4th amendment to the Constitution protects your right
a) to own a gun
b) to vote
c) to go to church
d) from being searched unfairly

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