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This branch of the government makes the laws A 100

The legislative branch A 100

This said that 3/5 of a state’s slave population would count for taxation and representation A 200

Three-Fifths Compromise A 200

This created a two house legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate A 300

The Great Compromise A 300

This divided the government into three independent branches A 400

Separation of Powers A 400

This allowed each branch of the government to control the other two A 500

Checks and Balances A 500

This branch of government enforces the laws B 100

The Executive Branch B 100

This branch of government interprets the laws B 200

The Judicial Branch B 200

What is it called when the government is not all powerful? B 300

Limited government B 300

What is the sharing of power between the federal and state governments called? B 400

Federalism B 400

This means that the power to govern comes from the people B 500

Popular sovereignty B 500

This president issued the Neutrality Proclamation, and did not want political parties to form C 100

George Washington C 100

This president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and wrote the Declaration of Independence C 200

Thomas Jefferson C 200

This president acquired Florida from Spain, and issued the Monroe Doctrine C 300

James Monroe C 300

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This president was the first to declare war when he did so against Britain in 1812 C 400

James Madison C 400

This president refused to declare war on France, and he strengthened the U.S. Navy C 500

John Adams C 500

This was the forced march of 15,000 Cherokees west of the Mississippi River in D 100

Trail of Tears D 100

This act forced Indians to resettle west of the Mississippi River in 1830 D 200

Indian Removal Act D 200

This treaty in 1795 forced Indians to give up land in Ohio D 300

Treaty of Greenville D 300

This was the league of Indians that banded together under Tecumseh during the War of 1812 D 400

Tecumseh’s Confederation D 400

Court case Cherokees won allowing them to stay in Georgia; Jackson made them move anyway D 500

Worcester v. Georgia 1832 D 500

This is the court’s ability to declare a law unconstitutional E 100

Judicial Review E 100

This 1803 court case established judicial review for the Supreme Court E 200

Marbury v. Madison E 200

This means that something is in conflict with, or goes against, the Constitution E 300

Unconstitutional E 300

This 1819 court case limited states power E 400

McCulloch v. Maryland E 400

This 1824 court case upheld federal rights to regulate interstate commerce, or trade E 500

Gibbons v. Ogden E 500

This 1803 purchase by Thomas Jefferson, from the French, doubled the size of the U.S. F 100

The Louisiana Purchase F 100

In 1848 Mexico ceded the southwestern U.S. after the Mexican War F 200

The Mexican Cession F 200

Acquired from Spain in 1819 for $5 million through treaty F 300

Florida F 300

In 1846 Britain gave up its claim to this territory F 400

The Oregon Territory F 400

This territory in New Mexico and Arizona was acquired for $10 million from Mexico in 1853 F 500

The Gadsden Purchase F 500

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In 1859, John Brown and his fellow abolitionists attacked a federal arsenal to start a slave revolt. In what city and state was the arsenal located? Click on screen to continue

Harpers Ferry, Virginia Click on screen to continue

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