FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH PERIOD 3 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH PERIOD 3 EXAM

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Question 1: Thomas Paine and Common Sense

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Paine wrote in simple words why we should be independent from Britain. It was easy to understand and reached lots of people. Convinced lots to join the patriot side.

Question 2: Jay's Treaty

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Between United States and Britain. John Jay was sent to England to search and seizure of American ships and impressment of our sailors into the British Navy

Question 3: Northwest Ordinance (1787)

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A land act that provided for orderly settlement and established a process by which settled territories would become the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It also banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.

Question 4: Why did the imperial crisis lead to war between Britain and the United States?

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Britain was not representing the colonies yet he was placing taxes on them. The king took away any forms of independence they had and then taxed them and became much more controlling. They didn't like this and rebelled. War broke out.

Question 5: James Madison

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built up strength of county militia, major contributor to the ratification of the Constitution

Question 6: Treaty of Ghent

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a treaty signed on Christmas Eve 1814 that ended the War of 1812. It retained the prewar borders of the United States

Question 7: VA and KY Resolutions

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If any act of federal law broke the compact of the states, they had the right to nullify the federal law (sets precedent for states interpreting the Constitution.)

Question 8: Bill of Rights

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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, officially ratified by 1791. The amendments safeguarded fundamental personal rights, including freedom of speech and religion, and mandated legal procedures, such as trail by jury.

Question 9: Bank of the United States

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A bank chartered in 1790 and jointly owned by private stockholders and the national government.Alexander Hamilton argued that the bank would provide stability to the American economy.

Question 10: Whiskey Rebellion

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A 1794 uprising by farmers in western Pennsylvania in response to enforcement of an unpopular excise tax on whiskey

Question 11: English common law

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The centuries-old body of legal rules and procedures that protected the lives and property of the British monarch's subjects

Question 12: Federalists

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Supporters of the Constitution of 1787, which created a strong central government; their opponents, the Antifederalists, feared that a strong central government would corrupt the nation's newly won liberty.

Question 13: Continental Congress

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gathering of delegates in Philadelphia to discuss the crisis caused by the Coercive Acts. The Congress issued a declaration of rights and agreed of a boycott of trade with Britian.

Question 14: John Marshall

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established the power and prestige of the judiciary department

Question 15: Louisiana Purchase

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(1803) purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River. From Gulf of Mexico to Canada.Almost doubles the size of America. Jefferson uses powers no explicitly given by the Constitution.Question 16: Why did the American independence movement succeed, and what changes did it initiate in American society and government?

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The Americans had a reason to fight. The British didn't care. They were in it for the money or told to be there. he Americans had spirit and home field advantage. Once the war was over, America did anything they could to be different form Britain.

Question 17: Mixed government

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• branches of government, each representing one function: executive, legislative, and judicial. This

system of dispersed authority was devised to maintain a balance authority was devised to maintain a balance of power in government.

Question 18: The Great Compromise

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it established the United States legislature as a bicameral, representation in the upper and lower parts of congress

Question 19: Alexander Hamilton

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founding father, fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the 1st treasury of secretary. Set up America's financial system

Question 20: Yeoman farmers

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non-slaveholding, small landowning, family farmers

Question 21: Guerilla warfare

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not the typical standing in a line and shooting. More sneaky. Hiding in trees, mud, ect. Element of surprise

Question 22: Declaration of Independence

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declared separation from Britain. Adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, it ended a period of intense debate with moderates still hoping to reconcile with Britain.

Question 23: Tecumseh

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Shawnee chief and warrior that resisted the whites

Question 24: John Quincy Adams

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6th president of the United States Question 25: What was required to make the US a strong, viable, independent republic in its early years, and how did debates over the Constitution shape relations between the national government states?

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need for a strong central government, other in favor of the states having more influence. To have a good