Transcript Section 1—Key Terms

AHSGE
History
III
The President’s refusal to
sign a bill.
What office in the
executive branch has as
one of his duties is to
preside over the
Senate?
These powers are associated
with the “elastic clause”.
It gives Congress the
power to make laws as
needed.
Powers not given to the
states are the national
governments.
What term describes the
division of power
between the national
government and the
states.
Powers held by
both the national
government and
the states.
The establishment
of the legislative,
executive, and
judicial branches
of government.
A population count which
occurs every ten years.
The law-making body of
the national
government.
Congress can use this
power to make sure the
President does not
break the law. It means
charged with wrongdoing while in office.
Which branch of
government has the
power to declare war?
What do we call the right for
a federal court or the
Supreme Court to declare
a law unconstitutional?
Name the Supreme
Court case that
established judicial
review.
What was demonstrated
by Pre. Washington’s
handling of the
Whiskey Rebellion?
Name 2 things Washington
warned about in his
farewell address.
What was the most
important contribution
of the Federalists?
What name is given to the
President’s advisors?
What group provided
information about the
area west of the Miss.
River (Louisiana
Purchase)?
What war was fought
because Britain seized
American ships and
cargo?
What President’s administration
sometimes called “The Era of
Good Feelings”?
What does embargo mean?
In what war was Washington,
D. C. burned?
During what war was the
Star Spangled Banner
written?
Who wrote the Star
Spangled Banner?
What document was issued
by President Monroe
stating the U.S. would
oppose any nation’s
intervention in the
Western Hemisphere?
Who was the first
“Westerner” to be elected
President?
What is the practice of
rewarding supporters with
government jobs called?
What did the Removal Act of
1830 do?
During what President’s
term did the “Trail of
Tears” occur?
Who was called the “Father
of the American Industrial
Revolution”?
What was one of the main
reasons for the
development of the
Industrial Revolution in
New England?
Who wrote the first
dictionary of American
English?
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s
Cabin?
What was the theme of the
book titled Uncle Tom’s
Cabin?
What was the Abolitionist
Movement about?
What movement supported a
halt to immigration?
What was the movement
that its goal was to reduce
the consumption of
alcohol?
Who provides the property,
money, and equipment in
a factory system?
What was the high point of
the Women’s Right
Movement?
Who is called the “Father of
American Education” and
is associated with
education reform in the
1800’s?
What movement wanted to
abolish the sale,
consumption, and
distribution of alcohol?
Where did most of the preCivil War immigrants
come from and why?
What was the response of
the Southern states to
Lincoln as President?
Whose visit to Japan led to
the opening of trade
between Japan and the
U.S.?
What term means decision
by the people?
What decision made by the
Supreme Court refused to
recognize slaves as
citizens?
Why did the Compromise of
1850 anger the North?
What were “Peace”
Democrats (favored
ending the war) called?
What general angered
Lincoln because he was
not aggressive enough?
What new state was formed
in 1863?
Who was the President of
the Confederate States?
Who was the Union General
who led an army through
Georgia burning a path of
destruction?
Who said “Damn the
torpedoes, full speed
ahead”?
Who became commander of
the U.S. Army after
having success in the
western sector?
Who was Commander of the
Confederate Army?
What was the Union’s plan
to blockade the South
called?
What was the immediate
cause of the Civil War?
What was Lincoln’s main
war aim?
What two things contributed
to the North’s success in
winning the war?
What was the greatest cause
of death in the Civil War?
What event marked the
ending of the Civil War?
What was the plan to rebuild
the infrastructure and
government of the south
called?
What Amendment ended
slavery in the United
States?
What was established in an
effort to look after
refugees, freedmen, and
abandoned lands?
What organization was
established as a secret
society during
Reconstruction?
What were the laws called
that were passed in an
effort to weaken the power
of the Blacks in the South?
What was the period of time
immediately after the
election of Rutherford B.
Hayes and the end of
Reconstruction called?
What was the most
important technological
innovation to the
settlement of the Great
Plains?
The American cowboys
learned many of their
cattle herding techniques
from who?
What made Americans
hesitate to settle in the
Great Plains during the
early 1800’s?
Where was gold discovered
in California that started
the gold rush?
What party was widely
supported by the farmers?
What act encouraged the
settlement of the West by
offering free land?
How many acres were
promised in the
Homestead Act of 1872?
How did the government
encourage the building of
the transcontinental
railroad?
What contributed to the
destruction of the Plains
Indians’ way of life?
What brought an end to the
Pony Express?
What writing said the
American Frontier was
responsible for the
American way of life?
What was the reason given
for President Johnson’s
impeachment?
What group of Americans
wanted to increase the
money supply in the late
1800’s through free silver?
What tactic was by the
Republicans to blame the
Democrats for the
sufferings of the war?
What did Lincoln do to
silence his supporters?