2. THIS IS
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3. With
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Mr Dejoy

4. Jeopardy
Early Presidents
Jackson and More
Constitution
Government
Moving West
Reformers
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5. Why was the Constitutional Convention held?

6. To revise the Articles of Confederation

7. The system where a group of electors from every state who meet every four years to vote for the President and Vice President of the U.S.
A 200

8. The electoral college
A 200

9. To agree; to approve
A 300

10. Ratify
A 300

11. This agreement made at the Convention stated that every 5 slaves counted as 3 people

12. The 3/5ths Compromise
A 400

13. This agreement at the Convention led to a two house legislature

14. The Great Compromise
A 500

15. Three branches of government

16. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
B 100

17. Job of the executive branch

18. Enforces laws
B 200

19. Job of the legislative branch

20. Makes laws
B 300

21. This system was set up so that no branch of the federal (national) government becomes too powerful

22. Checks and balances
B 400

23. What is federalism?
B 500

24. Division between state and federal governments

25. Colonies existed to benefit the mother country

26. mercantilism
C 100

27. Name 2 precedents set by George Washington

28. 1. He appoints the first cabinet who will serve as his advisors.
2. Set a 2 term limit for Presidents
3. He was against forming political parties
4. Set a policy of neutrality- the US would not interfere with other countries’ problems
C 200

29. Who proposed that the National government take over all of the state debts following the war? Wanted a Bank of the United States.
C 300

30. Alexander Hamilton
C 300

31. DAILY DOUBLE
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C 400

32. This president: Reduced the army Halted expansion of navy
Pardoned those charged with sedition
Lowered citizenship requirements
Repealed, or overturned, the excise tax on whiskey
C 400

33. Thomas Jefferson
C 400

34. Who wrote the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and what did it say?

35. They were written by Jefferson & James Madison – states can nullify, or ignore federal laws they considered to be unconstitutional
C 500

36. This time period led to a change in goods being made at home by people to goods being produced in factories by machine.
D 100

37. The Industrial Revolution

38. In this event, American soldiers force the Cherokee of their land and made them march west to new territory
D 200

39. Trail of Tears
D 200

40. D 300

41. D 300

42. This president opposed the BUS because he thought it gave too much $ to wealthy bankers

43. Andrew Jackson
D 400

44. This theory said that a state has the right to cancel a federal law that it considered unconstitutional
D 500

45. Theory of Nullification
D 500

46. What area did Lewis and Clark explore?

47. The Louisiana Territory

48. This was the idea that it was America’s destiny to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.

49. Manifest Destiny
E 200

50. This agreement introduced by James Monroe stated that America would oppose new European colonies in the Western Hemisphere
E 300

51. Monroe Doctrine
E 300

52. What area was the site of the Alamo and would become an independent republic before entering the Union?
E 400

53. Texas
E 400

54. Jackson put men who supported him in the government jobs
Jackson put men who supported him in the government jobs. This was called…
E 500

55. The spoils system
E 500

56. Who was the escaped slave who spoke out against slavery and was the editor of the North Star in Rochester, NY?
F 100

57. Frederick Douglass
F 100

58. What did an abolitionist believe?
F 200

59. There should be no slavery
F 200

60. Who was a leader of the women’s rights movement who lived in Rochester?

61. Susan B Anthony
F 300

62. This reformer helped make changes with the mentally ill and the Prison system

63. Dorothea Dix
F 400

64. What was the Temperance Movement?
F 500

65. Crusade against alcohol abuse
F 500

66. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Events on The Road
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67. Put the following events in the correct order.
French and Indian War The Intolerable Acts The Boston Tea Party Lexington and Concord The Stamp Act The 1st Continental Congress The Tea Act
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68. 6. First Continental Congress
French and Indian War
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
6. First Continental Congress
7. Lexington and Concord
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