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Burning Issues
Just the Facts Please!
Influential Documents
Principles of Government
Weve Got Rights
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These were formed to represent the interests of
the colonists and weaken the Royal Governors
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What were colonial assemblies?
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This was a major complaint of the colonists with
regard to the actions of the British Parliament
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What was No Taxation Without Representation?
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This was passed to allow the British soldiers to
demand housing in the homes of colonists
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What was the Quartering Act?
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A confrontation between South Carolina and
President Andrew Jackson over the right of a
state to disobey a federal law
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What was the Nullification Crisis?
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The biggest issue, aside from slavery, that led
the south to secede from the United States
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What was the states rights issue?
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The author of theDeclaration of Independence
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Who was Thomas Jefferson?
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This was the year thatthe Declaration of
Independence was signed
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What happened in 1776?
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His fame as a military commander during the
American Revolutionled him to be elected to
political office
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Who was George Washington?
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This is the year our current U.S. Constitution
was adopted
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What happened in 1787?
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These are the dates the U.S. Civil War began and
ended
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What happened between 1861 and 1865?
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This British document, signed in 1215, limited
the kings power and established the rule of law
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What was theMagna Carta?
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This document established the British Parliament
and guaranteed certain rights such as freedom of
speech.
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What was theEnglish Bill of Rights?
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This document was signed by colonists in 1620,
agreeing to join together and pass laws for the
good of the colony
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What was theMayflower Compact?
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Our first plan of government, written during the
American Revolution
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What were theArticles of Confederation?
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These articles were distributed to persuade
readers to support the ratification of the U.S.
Constitution
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What were theFederalist Papers?
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The principle that each branch of government has
its own responsibilities and limitations
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What is separation of powers?
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The belief that the authority for government
flows from the people to their representatives
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What ispopular sovereignty?
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The idea that each branch of government
exercises some control over the others
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What ischecks and balances?
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The belief that power should be divided between
the national and state governments, limiting
central power
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What is federalism?
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The idea that voters hold the power, but that
they elect representatives to exercise that power
for them.
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What isRepublicanism?
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are
examples of these
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What areunalienable rights?
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The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
are called this
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What is theBill of Rights?
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Freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, of
assembly, and to petition the government are all
guaranteed by this
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What is theFirst Amendment?
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In order for democracy to survive, the founding
fathers believed thesetwo rights were essential
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What are freedom of speech and freedom of the
press?
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This constitutional amendment banned slavery in
the United States
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What is the 13th Amendment?