US HISTORY REGENTS REVIEW 2023;you should know this and pass your test

US HISTORY REGENTS REVIEW 2023; you should

know this and pass your test

Proclamation Line of 1763 ✔Ans✔ Stated that no colonists could settle in lands to the west of

the Appalachian mountains-- made the colonists very upset

Declaration of Independence ✔Ans✔ * Document adopted on July 4, 1776.

* 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.

Agriculture ✔Ans✔ Farming.

Articles of Confederation ✔Ans✔ 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no

executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

Anti-Federalist ✔Ans✔ a person apposed to the ratification of the US constitution, and wanted

a bill of rights to be added.

Federalist ✔Ans✔ supporters of the constitution during the debate over its ratification;

favored a strong national government

Amendment ✔Ans✔ a change to the Constitution

Bill of Rights ✔Ans✔ 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.

Constitution ✔Ans✔ 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.

Bicameral ✔Ans✔ a legislature consisting of two "houses"

Cabinet ✔Ans✔ people that advise the president and help set policy for the nation--an

example of the unwritten Constitution

Unwritten Constitution ✔Ans✔ customs, traditions, practices not written in constitution that

are part of our system of government--ie. the cabinet and two term limit.

Census ✔Ans✔ population count every 10 years, to determine the number of representatives

in Congress for each of the states.

Checks and Balances ✔Ans✔ 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.

Electoral College ✔Ans✔ the body of electors who formally elect the United States president

and vice-president

Compromise of 1850 ✔Ans✔ 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

Monroe Doctrine ✔Ans✔ Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere,

Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in

Americas

Federalism ✔Ans✔ A system in which power is divided between the national and state

governments

Federalist Papers ✔Ans✔ Series of essays that defended the Constitution and tried to reassure

Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the federal government.

House of Representatives ✔Ans✔ One of the two parts of Congress, considered the "lower

house." Representatives are elected directly by the people, with the number of representatives

for each state determined by the state's population--has the power to impeach

Impeachment ✔Ans✔ Formal accusation against a president or other public official, the first

step in removal from office.

Judicial Review ✔Ans✔ the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

Manifest Destiny ✔Ans✔ the belief that the United States was destined to stretch across the

continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Andrew Jackson ✔Ans✔ 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

spoils system ✔Ans✔ practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs

Abolition ✔Ans✔ the movement to end slavery

Dred Scott ✔Ans✔ 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.