The Colonies / Articles of Confederation | The Constitution and Bill of Rights | Slavery / Civil War | The Great Depression / The New Deal | Economics etc. |
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What are unalienable rights?
Rights that cannot be taken away,
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What are the Judicial Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Legislative Branch?
The three branches of U.S. government.
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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 Black Tuesday?
On this one day in 1929, investors lost a total of 16 billion dollars in the Stock Market.
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What is the Law of Demand?
As the price of a good rises, the demand falls; as the price falls, the demand rises
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What are the "Intolerable Acts"?
The name that the colonists gave to the following acts: the Declaratory Act, the Townsend Revenue Act, and the Quartering Acts.
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What is the Electoral College?
This is a special body who is in charge of electing presidents in the USA.
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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 is the Dust Bowl?
The severe drought that gripped the Plains in the early 1930s that brought huge dust storms and financial ruin to many Americans was called this.
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What is Market Equilibrium?
The point at which demand is equal to supply, where buyers and sellers agree on price.
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What is a president?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. did not have one of these.
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What is the 8th Amendment?
This amendment makes it states that no cruel and unusual punishment can be inflicted.
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What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
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 are Hoovervilles?
This is what many shanty towns during the great depression were called due to the fact that American's blamed the current president for the problems that were happening in the country at the time.
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What is a Command Economy?
An economy in which production,
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What is Shay's Rebellion?
Frustrated Massachusetts farmers picked up their muskets and massed in front of the courthouses where foreclosure hearings were being held and brought proceedings to a halt,
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What is the 5th Amendment?
This amendment states that no person shall be forced to be a witness against himself and protects people from double jeopardy (being tried for the same crime more than once)
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What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
This compromise during the Constitutional Convention decided how slaves should be counted for representation in Congress
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Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This President came into office in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression and came up with a plan, called the New Deal, to get the country back onto its feet.
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What is a Mixed Economy that combines a Market Economy and a Command Economy?
The U.S. has this type of economy.
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What is Manifest Destiny.
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 the Great Compromise?
This was a compromise that was made during the Constitutional Convention which decided that we would have 2 houses in Congress, and that the number of Reps in the House would be based on population and each state would have 2 Senators.
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Who is the 13th Amendment?
This amendment made slavery illegal in 1865
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What is liberal and conservative?
Roosevelt's belief in a stronger Federal Government, direct relief for the poor, and creation of jobs through public works represented his ___________philosophy, whereas Hoover's commitment to a more hands-off government with a balanced budget and no direct relief for the poor represented his ___________philosophy.
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Median- 5
Mode- 5, 6 Mean- 4.6 Range- 5
Find the Median, Mode, Mean and Range for the following set of numbers:
6, 5, 1, 6, 5, 1, 5, 5, 6, 6 |