Survivor

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Survivor

• Can your team outwit, outplay and outlast your
  opponents to be the ultimate Survivor?

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There will be six teams. Pick teams and name your
tribe!
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Immunity

• Each team will receive an immunity idol. You may
  use the idol to pass on a question or challenge.
  You must surrender the idol once it is used.

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Challenges

• Each time you get a question right, you get a
  challenge and a chance at bonus points.

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The Final Challenge

• The secret final challenge will be revealed at
  the end of the game for additional points.
• Good Luck Survivors!

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Question One

• The tax laws imposed on the colonists by the
  British
• government were viewed as unfair and created
• support for declaring independence because-
• the laws did not apply to all British colonists
• colonists were taxed without direct
  representation in Parliament
• the laws were designed to deregulate trade
• British merchants were taxed at a higher rate
  than colonial merchants

Answer
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Answer One

• The tax laws imposed on the colonists by
• the British government were viewed as
• unfair and created support for declaring
• independence because-
• B, colonists were taxed without direct
• representation in Parliament

Challenge Question
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Challenge One

• These colonial grievances
• were directly addressed
• in -
• the Articles of Confederation
• presidential decrees
• congressional legislation
• the Bill of Rights

Answer
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These colonial grievances weredirectly addressed
in -D, the Bill of Rights.
Answer to Challenge One
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Question Two

• The Confederate capture of Fort Sumter in 1861
• was significant because it -
• inspired northern voters to elect Abraham Lincoln
  as president
• allowed the South to form an alliance with France
• marked the beginning of the Civil War
• D. forced the border states to agree to free
  their slaves

Answer
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Answer Two
The Confederate capture of Fort Sumter in 1861
was significant because it - C, marked the
beginning of the Civil War.
Challenge Question
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Challenge Two

• The information in the box represents some of the
  challenges that leaders of the American
  Revolution faced when they -
• began participating in the slave trade
• established trade relations with Spain
• attempted to negotiate a peaceful settlement with
  France
• declared independence from Great Britain

Answer
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The information in the boxrepresents some of the
challenges that leaders of the American
Revolution faced when they -D, declared
independence from Great Britain
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Question Three

• The Articles of Confederation established a weak
  central government in order to -
• promote western migration
• allow colonies to pay off their debts
• protect the power of the states
• help contain nationalism

Answer
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Answer Three
The Articles of Confederation established a weak
central government in order to - C, protect
the power of the states.
Challenge Question
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Challenge Three

• Which of the
• following Founding
• Fathers is described
• in the box?
• Alexander Hamilton
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Thomas Paine

ANSWER
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B, John Adams is the founding father
described in the box.
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Question Four
Use the information below and your knowledge of
social studies to answer the question.

• Which Revolutionary Era leader is described
• above?
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Benedict Arnold
• Alexander Hamilton

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Answer Four

• A, Thomas Jefferson is the Revolutionary leader
  described.

Challenge Question
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Challenge Four

• Which colonial issue
• is this cartoon most
• likely about?
• Censorship of the press
• Taxation without representation
• Establishing a national religion
• Quartering of troops

ANSWER
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Which colonial issue is this cartoon most likely
about? B, Taxation without representation
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Question Five

• One reason that the U.S. Congress was
• unable to resolve the nations economic
• problems while operating under the
• Articles of Confederation was that it -
• had no power to levy taxes
• was unable to secure foreign aid
• had to fund a large national army
• was feuding with the judicial branch

Answer
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Answer Five

• One reason that the U.S. Congress was unable to
  resolve the nations economic problems while
  operating under the Articles of Confederation was
  that it -
• A, had no power to levy taxes

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Challenge Five

• In the excerpt to the
• left, General Butler
• recounts the
• sacrifices of African
• Americans killed in
• a battle during the -
• American
• Revolution
• B. War of 1812
• C. Mexican War
• D. Civil War

ANSWER
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D, The Civil War was the one General Butler
was recounting.
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Question Six
In which year was the statement above issued? A.
1787
B. 1812
C. 1863

D. 1877
Answer
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Answer Six

• C, The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in
  the middle of the Civil War or 1863.

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Challenge Six

• Which of the following provisions in the U.S.
• Constitution addresses the colonial grievance
• above?
• The vice president may be impeached.
• The president is the commander in chief.
• U.S. Supreme Court justices serve for life.
• Congress may establish tax laws.

Answer
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The provision to address the colonial grievance
complaining about the military having more power
than the civil government was to B, name the
president as the commander-in-chief of
the military.
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Question Seven

• The debate over states rights and the
• supremacy of the national government
• became increasingly important between
• 1820 and 1860 because of opposing views
• on -
• industrial development
• slavery
• immigration
• womans suffrage

Answer
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The debate over states rights and the supremacy
of the national government became increasingly
important between 1820 and 1860 because of
opposing views on -B, slavery
Answer 7
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Challenge Seven

• Which principle of government does the
• chart illustrate?
• Federalism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Republicanism
• Separation of Powers

Answer
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Which principle of government does the chart
illustrate? D, Separation of Powers.
Answer Challenge Seven
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Question Eight

• One reason the 14th and 15th Amendments to
• the U.S. Constitution were considered
• milestones was that they -
• brought the Civil War to an end
• created the Freedmens Bureau
• established procedures for impeaching the
  president
• granted newly freed slaves significant political
  rights

Answer
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Answer Eight

• One reason the 14th and 15th Amendments to the
  U.S. Constitution were considered milestones was
  that they -
• D, granted newly freed slaves
• significant political rights

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Challenge Eight

• Which issue from the Constitutional Convention of
  1787
• does the information in the chart reflect?
• How will population affect congressional
  representation?
• What should the relationship be between the
  federal and state governments?
• How should presidential candidates be nominated?
• Should slaves be counted as part of general
  population?

Answer
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It reflects the issue of A, how will
population affect representation?
Challenge 8 Answer
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Question Nine

• The principle of federalism in the U.S.
  Constitution is reflected in -
• A. the right of states to negotiate foreign
  trade agreements
• B. the right of the national government to
  remove a state from the Union
• C. the separation of power among the three
  branches of the national government
• D. the division of power between the national
  and state governments

Answer
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Answer Nine

• The principle of federalism in the U.S.
  Constitution is reflected in -
• D. the division of power between
• the national and state governments

Challenge Question
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Challenge Nine
The reader can conclude that President Andrew
Jackson most likely would have agreed with which
of the following statements? A. Federal
government reports to the various state
governments. B. The legitimacy of the federal
government comes from the states. C. The U.S.
Constitution created a loose union of states. D.
States do not have the right to withdraw from the
Union.
NEXT QUESTION
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President Andrew Jackson most likelywould have
agreed with D, states do not have the right
to withdraw from the Union.
Challenge Nine
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Question Ten

• In 1689 King William and Queen Mary signed the
  English Bill of Rights. That same year
  Parliament passed the Toleration Act, which
  extended religious freedom. These events were
  relevant to the development of the U.S. political
  system because -
• A. they contribute to the notion that
  government must protect the rights of the people
• B. voting rights were extended to all
  citizens, regardless of social status or
  religious
• C. the legislation was rejected by the
  Massachusetts General Assembly
• D. the resulting absolute monarchy created
  discontent among American colonists

Answer
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Answer Ten

• In 1689 King William and Queen Mary signed the
  English Bill of Rights. That same year
  Parliament passed the Toleration Act, which
  extended religious freedom. These events were
  relevant to the development of the U.S. political
  system because -
• A, they contribute to the notion that
• government must protect the rights of
  the
• people

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Challenge Ten

• Which of the above excerpts is most similar to
  the idea of
• representative government as reflected in the
  U.S. Constitution?
• Excerpt 1
• Excerpt 2
• Excerpt 3
• Excerpt 4

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D, Excerpt 4 is most like the US Constitution
because it allows the people to delegate their
power to others.
Challenge Ten Answer
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Question Eleven

• Under the constitutional principle
• of popular sovereignty, the
• authority of government is
• derived from -
• state legislatures
• the U.S. Supreme Court
• acts of the U.S. Congress
• the will of the people

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Answer Eleven
Under the constitutional principle of popular
sovereignty, the authority of government is
derived from - D, the will of the people.
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Challenge Eleven

• The doctrines described in the Virginia and
  Kentucky Resolutions outlined the conflict over
  the -
• extent of the powers of the national government
• rise of the abolitionist movement
• use of the power of judicial review
• amendment of the Articles of Confederation

Answer
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The doctrines described in the Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions outlined the conflict over
the - A, extent of the powers of the
national government
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Question Twelve

• Which of the following sets of characteristics
  typically determined the right to vote in
  American colonies?
• Gender, race, and property ownership
• National origin, religion, and social class
• Social class, race, and property ownership
• Gender, national origin, and social class

Answer
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Answer Twelve

• A. Gender, race, and property typically
  determined the right to vote in American colonies.

Challenge Question
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Challenge Twelve

Which of the following is best described by
the characteristics listed In the box? A. Magna
Carta B. The Federalist Papers C. Fundamental
Orders of Connecticut D. Mayflower Compact
Final Challenge
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Challenge Twelve

A. The Magna Carta reflects those charcteristics.
Final Challenge
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Final Challenge

• Which of the following best completes
• the diagram?
• Principles of a theocracy
• Principles of a democratic republic
• Principles of an autocracy
• Principles of an absolute monarchy

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Final Challenge
B. Principles of a democratic-republic
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Congratulations!

• You have survived!