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The President can veto proposed legislation is an example of which principle of government?
a) Separation of Powers
b) Federalism
c) Popular Sovereignty
d) Checks and Balances

The Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional is an example of which principle of government?
a) Separation of Powers
b) Federalism
c) Checks and Balances
d) Popular Sovereignty

The U.S. Senate approving a presidential appointment is an example of which principle of government?
a) Separation of Powers
b) Federalism
c) Popular Sovereignty
d) Checks and Balances

What is sedition?
a) speaking or writing badly about the govt
b) a judiciary act
c) immigration
d) foreign policy of John Adam's

Which was an effect of the Embargo Act?
a) # of imports fell
b) We kept trading with England
c) French and Indian War
d) # of imports increased

Which describes the Monroe Doctrine?
a) No more colonization of the Americas
b) No more exploration of the Americas
c) No more trans-atlantic slave trade into America
d) The king is being dethroned and beheaded

Which document describes that the US will not tolerate European interventions in Latin America?
a) Alien and Sedition Acts
b) Adams-Onis Treaty
c) Monroe Doctrine
d) George Washington's Farewell Address

The Embargo Act of 1807 banned trade with which continent?
a) Asia
b) South America
c) Europe
d) Australia

What event showed that George Washinton and the national government is now strong?
a) Alien and Sedition Acts
b) Northwest Ordinance
c) Whiskey Rebellion
d) Intolerable Acts

What role did George Washington take during the Revolutionary War?
a) Commander in Chief
b) Foreign Diplomat
c) President
d) Congressman

Which describes the Monroe Doctrine?
a) No more European colonization in the Western Hemisphere
b) Armed forced have to apply to carry weapons
c) No performing acts of sedition about the government
d) Monroe can deport any citizen he chooses

What did George Washington advise America to steer clear of?
a) Native Americans
b) Foreign trading
c) Permanent alliances
d) Territorial disputes

Which action contributed to the beginning of the War of 1812?
a) Attacks from the Spanish navy
b) Impressment of U.S. sailors
c) Increase of factories in the North
d) George Washington's farewell address

How did the Louisiana affect the size of America?
a) Decreased it by 50%
b) Doubled it in size
c) Did not affect the size
d) Added Washington D.C.

Political Parties were started because of disagreements about which issue?
a) Whiskey Rebellion
b) Creation of the national bank
c) The ability to collect taxes
d) America should be out of debt

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