Us History Regents Review Exam

Terms in this set (100)Q&A Us History Regents Review Exam Questions And Answers Actual Solutions Correct Answers 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments - The three amendments to the Constitution that resulted from the Civil War and abolished slavery, guaranteed civil rights, and guaranteed blacks the right to vote Abolition - the movement to end slavery

Terms in this set (100)Q&A Agriculture - Farming.Amendment - a change to the Constitution Andrew Jackson - As president he opposed the Bank of US, did not allow individual states to nullify federal laws, was responsible for the Indian Removal Act, the "Trail of Tears". Created Spoils System Anti-Federalist - a person apposed to the ratification of the US constitution, and wanted a bill of rights to be added.Articles of Confederation - 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) Bicameral - a legislature consisting of two "houses" Bill of Rights - The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, containing a list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press.Brown V Board of Education - 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy

• Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently

unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.

Terms in this set (100)Q&A Cabinet - people that advise the president and help set policy for the nation--an example of the unwritten Constitution Census - population count every 10 years, to determine the number of representatives in Congress for each of the states.Checks and Balances - The power of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to block some acts by the other two branches--ie.the veto, declaring a law unconstitutional, or impeaching a president.Communism - an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions. Its spread was our biggest fear after WW2!Compromise of 1850 - it abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia, admitted California as a free state and opened much of the Mexican Cession to popular sovereignty Constitution - The document which established the present federal government of the United States and outlined its powers. It can be changed through amendments. Supreme law of the land.Declaration of Independence - * Document adopted on July 4, 1776.

Terms in this set (100)Q&A

• Established the 13 American colonies as independent states, free from

rule by Great Britain.

• Thomas Jefferson wrote most of it.
• Explained to the world why we wanted our freedom.

Detente - relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China Dred Scott - A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black slave and not a citizen, so he had no rights.Electoral College - the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president Federalism - A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments Federalist - supporters of the constitution during the debate over its ratification; favored a strong national government