1. 1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt WILD Terms/Facts Just the Facts Please! Influential Documents Principles of Government We’ve Got Rights

2. 2 What was the name of the battle that marked the turning point in the American Revolution?

3. 3 What is the “Battle of Saratoga?”

4. 4 The belief that the United States should own all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

5. 5 What was the “Manifest Destiny?”

6. 6 The first representative assembly in the New World.

7. 7 What was “The House of Burgessess?”

8. 8 A confrontation between South Carolina and President Andrew Jackson over the right of a state to disobey a federal law

9. 9 What was the Nullification Crisis?

10. 10 The era in which change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place.

11. 11 What was the “Industrial Revolution?”

12. 12 The author of the Declaration of Independence

13. 13 Who was Thomas Jefferson?

14. 14 This was the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed

15. 15 What happened in 1776?

16. 16 His fame as a military commander during the American Revolution led him to be elected to political office

17. 17 Who was George Washington?

18. 18 This is the year our current U.S. Constitution was adopted

19. 19 What happened in 1787?

20. 20 These are the dates the U.S. Civil War began and ended

21. 21 What happened between 1861 and 1865?

22. 22 This British document, signed in 1215, limited the king’s power and established the rule of law

23. 23 What was the Magna Carta?

24. 24 This document established the British Parliament and guaranteed certain rights such as freedom of speech.

25. 25 What was the English Bill of Rights?

26. 26 A foreign policy statement written by president James Monroe.

27. 27 What was the Monroe Doctrine?

28. 28 Our first plan of government, written during the American Revolution

29. 29 What were the Articles of Confederation?

30. 30 These articles were distributed to persuade readers to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

31. 31 What were the Federalist Papers?

32. 32 The principle that each branch of government has its own responsibilities and limitations

33. 33 What is “separation of powers?”

34. 34 The belief that the authority for government flows from the people to their representatives

35. 35 What is popular sovereignty?

36. 36 The idea that each branch of government exercises some control over the others

37. 37 What is “checks and balances?”

38. 38 The belief that power should be divided between the national and state governments, limiting central power

39. 39 What is federalism?

40. 40 The idea that voters hold the power, but that they elect representatives to exercise that power for them.

41. 41 What is Republicanism?

42. 42 “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” are examples of these

43. 43 What are “unalienable rights?”

44. 44 The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called this

45. 45 What is the Bill of Rights?

46. 46 The right of the supreme court to judge laws passed by Congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not.

47. 47 What is Judicial Review?

48. 48 The freedom of private business to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation.

49. 49 What is a “ Free Enterprise?”

50. 50 A nation in which voters choose representative to govern them.

51. 51 What is a republic?