US history test 1 2
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- This is the only crime mentioned in the constitution
- Treason
- No test of a person's ___can be required to hold an office in the govt
- Religion
- The Eighth Amendment may make it necessary to make improvements to ___.
- Prisons
- ___ Adams was a leader in forming the Sons of Liberty.
- Samuel
- The British surrendered at this city, ended the revolution
- Yorktown
- Warned nation about close relationship between the military and arms industry
- Eisenhower
- The Anti-Federalists ___ the Constitution
- Opposed
- Tells why the Constitution was written
- The Preamble
- Rejected a plea for peace from the Second Continental Congress
- King George III
- This branch of govt serves for life or good behavior
- Judiciary
- One argument against the new Constitution was that it did not end this.
- Slavery
- This Amendment gives you the right to stage a sit-in protest
- 1st Amendment
- Occupation of most Colonial Americans
- farmers
- There are two ways that an Amendment can be ___, and become part of the Constitution
- Ratified
- Colonial region known for its protests
- New England
- Foreign born citizens who are ___can vote if they are registered to vote.
- Naturalized
- Jay, Madison, and Hamilton were the writers of the ___Papers
- Federalists
- Supporters of the Constitution
- Federalists
- Name given to the Compromise over representation in the Constitution
- Great Compromise
- This Amendment gave states the right to establish child custody & divorce laws
- 10th Amendment
- This was an agreement between the men on the Mayflower about laws
- Mayflower Compact
- This Amendment gives you personal freedoms to get married or to work or not
- 9th Amendment
- This man wrote Common Sense
- Thomas Paine
- This took place in Boston in 1770, helped win support against Britain
- Boston Massacre
- The Ninteenth Amendment gave all female citizens this right
- The right to vote
- The Declaration of Independence reflects this man's thinking
- John Locke
- Main writer of the Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Jefferson
- The 26th Amendment set the voting age at this.
- 18
- Committee wrote letters to gain support against Britain in the colonies
- Correspondence
- This power is part of the President's checks on Congress
- Veto
- The Confederation was able to organize this section of the country
- Northwest
- A rebellion named after him caused the colonies to meet to write a stronger govt
- Shay
- This Continental Congress called for a halt in trading with Britain
- First Continental Congress
- Gives Congress the power to do things not clearly stated in the Constitution
- Elastic
- The number of years a senator may serve
- six years
- The number of years a representative may serve
- two years
- This Amendment gives you the right to refuse to testify in your own trial
- 5th Amendment
- This is the supreme law of the land
- The Constitution
- This Congress issued the Declaration of Independence and organized an army
- Second Continental Congress
- First fighting of the Revolution took place here
- Lexington
- This mountain range was the boundary of colonial settlement after 1763
- Appalachian mountains
- This can be used to check the powers of the Judiciary and Executive branches of govt
- Impeachment
- This Amendment says you can not be forced to house troops in your home during peace
- 3rd Amendment
- The Ninteenth Amendment gave the right to bote to _____.
- Women
- Writer of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
- James Madison
- Leader of the Continental Army
- Washington
- This battle resulted in the French giving the Americans aid
- Saratoga battle
- The Bill of Rights is made up of the first ten ___.
- Amendments
- River marked the nation's boundary after the American Revolution
- Mississippi River
- Address given during the Civil War, told why the nation was fighting
- Gettysburg Address