Unit 5 Social Studies Test
| __ | 1. | amendments | | A. | first plan of government that gave states most of the power | | __ | 2. | arsenal | | B. | Current plan of government that gives federal gov't power | | __ | 3. | Articles of Confederation | | C. | storage place for weapons | | __ | 4. | Bill of Rights | | D. | elected people that make the laws | | __ | 5. | Constitution | | E. | highest court in the US | | __ | 6. | impressment | | F. | first people to enter a region | | __ | 7. | legislature | | G. | changes to the Constitution | | __ | 8. | pioneer | | H. | to approve a change | | __ | 9. | ratify | | I. | first ten amendments, that list liberties of Americans | | __ | 10. | Supreme Court | | J. | take sailors against their will, making them work on a ship |
| __ | 11. | cotton gin | | A. | feeling of unity among Americans after War of 1812 | | __ | 12. | discrimination | | B. | Group believing that they could conquer Canada through war | | __ | 13. | Era of Good Feelings | | C. | US says European powers won't make colonies in Americas | | __ | 14. | Gold Rush | | D. | pieces made in same/standard sizes | | __ | 15. | Industrial Revolution | | E. | a period of invention | | __ | 16. | interchangeable parts | | F. | belief that US had a right to expand borders to both oceans | | __ | 17. | manifest destiny | | G. | US forced Native Americans to leave hundreds of miles away | | __ | 18. | Monroe Doctrine | | H. | unfair treatment of people, often based on race | | __ | 19. | Trail of Tears | | I. | Engine that removed seeds from cotton | | __ | 20. | War Hawks | | J. | many people going to an area to search for gold |
| __ | 21. | Americans want slaves in Texas | | A. | Shay's Rebellion | | __ | 22. | Article of Con. fail | | B. | Great Compromise | | __ | 23. | Britain impresses US sailors | | C. | Constitution is designed | | __ | 24. | French need money | | D. | Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark to document and map the area | | __ | 25. | Large & small state disagree | | E. | Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase | | __ | 26. | Louisiana needs explored | | F. | War hawks react by declaring war on Great Britain | | __ | 27. | News travels slowly | | G. | Neither side wins that war of 1812, but Americans feel good | | __ | 28. | Souths new cash crop is cotton | | H. | Texans go to war with Mexico, soon the US joins in. | | __ | 29. | State refuses paper money | | I. | Battle of New Orleans happens after the peace treaty | | __ | 30. | York and Washington DC burnt | | J. | Cotton Gin is invented making cotton quicker to harvest |
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