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What is Manifest Destiny? 200 point Bonus- What bill was signed into law in 1830 that used this philosophy as its guiding principal?
The conviction that God intended North America to be under the control of Americans. It was a justification for taking land through treaty, war, and betrayal.
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What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so? 200 point bonus- Use one of these fanboys correctly in a sentence.
FANBOYS
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What are the Judicial Branch (Supreme Court), the Executive Branch (President), and the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
The three branches of U.S. government and who is in charge of each.
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What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
200 point Bonus Question- Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This year long boycott of the bus system in Alabama was successful in de-segregating seeing on city buses.
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What is the Republican Party?
This political party was created in 1858 by anti-slavery activists who believed that slavery must be prohibited in the territories.
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What is an oligarchy?
When a country is governed by an elite group or a few rich families, it is considered to be this.
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What is a complex sentence?
What type of sentence is this?
The girl was madly in love with the boy even though he didn't even know she existed. |
What is the Electoral College? 200 point bonus- How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win?
This is a special body who is in charge of electing presidents in the USA.
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What are Jim Crow laws?
200 point Bonus Question- What Supreme Court Case established the doctrine of "separate but equal"
These laws condoned the idea of "separate but equal" treatment of African Americans.
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What is South Carolina?
This state was the first to secede (break away) from the Union in 1861 after opening fire on Fort Sumter.
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What are boycotting British goods, the Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War.
3 ways the colonists protested against British rule.
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What is a compound-complex sentence?
What type of sentence is this?
When I decided to get my GED, I didn't realize it was going to be the best choice I had ever made, for it opened doorways that otherwise would have remained closed. |
What is the 8th Amendment?
This amendment states that no cruel and unusual punishment can be inflicted.
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What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
200 point bonus question- What was the little girl's name who this class action law suit was named after?
his landmark Supreme Court case made segregating schools illegal and began when a little girl anther parents made a class action suit against the Board of Education in Topeka Kansas
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What is the Emancipation Proclamation? 200 point bonus- What amendment actually did make slavery illegal?
When this document was issued, it freed no one, but it did turn the Civil War into a crusade for freedom.
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What is a President? 200 point bonus- Why did the founders think this was necessary?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. did not have one of these.
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What is a fragment and a run-on?
What two problems can you find? Name them:
Going to go to town soon. I've really been needing to get some more grass seed for my lawn and I need to get some more soil for my garden. |
What is the House of Representatives- 435 members and the Senate- 100 Members.
The Legislative Branch is made up of these two houses with this many members in each.
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Who are Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone.
These 3 women formed 2 separate women's suffrage organizations after the passage of the 15th Amendment.
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What is the 3/5ths compromise- 200 Point bonus- What amendment made this compromise obsolete?
This compromise during the Constitutional Convention decided how slaves should be counted for representation in Congress
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What are the Stamp Act, The Tea Act, The Townsend Revenue Act, The Proclamation of 1763, The Boston Massacre, and the Quartering Act?
3 British actions that enraged the colonists.
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Because both parents work, neither is home to cook, so there is no time to make pot roast, chicken or stew.
200 point bonus- What type of sentence is this?
Correctly join these sentences into 1 correct sentence: Both parents work. Neither is home to cook. There is no time to make a pot roast. There is no time to cook chicken. There is no time to prepare stew.
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What are Checks and Balances? 200 point bonus- How can the Judicial Branch check the powers of Congress when they pass a new law?
This system ensures that each branch of government has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches in order
prevent any one branch from accumulating too much power |
What are NAWSA- National American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Women's Party?
These two major organizations fought for women's suffrage and helped to bring about the passage of the 19th amendment.
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What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Bonus Question- What does each of these amendments state?
These 3 Amendments to the Constitution helped to guarantee equal protection under the law for African Americans.
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