Bluff! A Game and Study Guide All In One!

Rules In turn, each team will be asked a question. Team members who know the answer will stand up. The other team will select ONE person standing up to answer the question. If that person gives a correct answer, the team will receive as many points as there are people standing up. If the answer is wrong, that many points will be subtracted.

Rules Continued Each team will select one scorekeeper. If no one from the team stands up, the other team will be awarded 5 points. If you do not stand up, or if you would not have if it was your team’s turn, then write the question and answer down to create your own study guide.

Question #1 What event showed that the new government created by the Constitution was strong enough to enforce federal laws?

Answer #1 The Whiskey Rebellion.

Question #2 What foreign policy position did George Washington suggest in order to keep the U.S. from taking sides in foreign wars?

Answer #2 neutrality

Question #3 True or False Federalists favored a strong central government and Democratic-Republicans favored strong state governments.

Answer #3 True.

Question #4 What two states responded to the Alien and Sedition acts by passing resolutions allowing them to nullify (ignore) federal laws?

Answer #4 Kentucky and Virginia.

Question #5 What Supreme Court case set the legal precedent of the court having the power to declare a law unconstitutional?

Answer #5 Marbury v. Madison.

Question #6 What is the name of the power established by Marbury v. Madison?

Answer #6 Judicial review.

Question #7 What was the name of the American foreign policy statement that banned countries in Europe from starting any new colonies in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer #7 The Monroe Doctrine.

Question #8 What is a tariff?

Answer #8 A tax placed on imported goods.

Question #9 States from what region opposed tariffs because they made products more expensive for them to buy?

Answer #9 The South.

Question #10 What action by President Thomas Jefferson led to the doubling of the size of the United States?

Answer #10 The Louisiana Purchase.

Question #11 What event do some historians credit for inspiring the reform movements of the 1800s?

The Second Great Awakening

Blind Question

Question #12 What famous Marylander escaped from captivity to become a leader in the abolition movement?

Answer #12 Frederick Douglas.

Question #13 What group of voters helped Jackson win the second time he ran for president?

Answer #13 Common people.

Question #14 What name did angry Jackson supporters use to describe the agreement between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay after the election of 1824?

Answer #14 Corrupt bargain.

Question #15 What term did Jackson’s opponents use to describe his practice of awarding government jobs to his supporters?

Answer #15 The spoils system.

Question #16 The deadly forced march of thousands of Cherokee from their land to territory in the West is known as …

Answer #16 the Trail of Tears.

Question #17 What state was annexed by the United States even though Mexico claimed the land?

Answer #17 Texas.

Question #18 What river did Mexico think served as the border between Mexico and Texas?

Answer #18 The Nueces River.

Question #19 What river did the U.S. consider to be the border between Texas and Mexico?

Answer #19 The Rio Grande.

Question #20 How far West did supporters of manifest destiny want the United States to extend?

Answer #20 All the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Question #21 What two explorers were sent by Thomas Jefferson to find a water route across the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean?

Answer #21 Lewis and Clark.

Question #22 What Native American guide was instrumental in the success of the expedition?

Answer #22 Sacagawea.

Question #23 What types of occupations (jobs) were held by most Federalists?

Answer #23 Banker, merchant, lawyer, business owner.

Question #24 What types of occupations were held by many Democratic- Republicans?

Answer #24 Farmer, rancher, laborer, artisan.

Question #25 Why was Jefferson interested in purchasing New Orleans from France?

Answer #25 So American farmers could use the Mississippi River to ship their goods.

Question #26 Why did Jefferson call for an embargo against trade with England and France?

Answer #26 To protest the impressment (kidnapping) of American sailors.

Question 27 What did President Monroe do to try to stop the British from interfering with American shipping?

Answer #27 Declared war.

Question #28 What is the name for the time period when people began to mass produce goods in factories instead of making them in small quantities at home?

Answer #28 The Industrial Revolution.

Question #29 Who did mill owners in Lowell, Massachusetts hire to work in their mills?

Answer #29 Young women.

Question #30 What invention supplied power to the mills?

Answer #30 The steam engine.

Question #31 Who was the driving force in the effort to reform prisons in the 1800s?

Answer #31 Dorthea Dix.

Question #32 Who was the driving force in the effort to reform education in the 1800s?

Answer #32 Horace Mann.