Unit 2 Review Guide United States History
The Constitution through President Madison
Standard 5 (Chapter 5)
1. What are the responsibilities of the Three Branches of Government? (Legislative, Executive. Judicial)
2. What is the Constitution?
3. What does veto mean?
4. What is Separation of Powers?
5. What does Checks and Balances mean?
6. What is the President’s Cabinet?
7. What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
8. What is the purpose of the Electoral College?
9. What is the Bill of Rights?
10. From the time the Declaration was signed until the Constitution, what key role did the US function without?
11. What were some of the major questions that the Continental Congress argues about before adopting the AOC?
12. What were some of the weaknesses of the AOC?
13. Why did Shay’s Rebellion happen?
14. What was The Great Compromise?
15. What did the Federalists argue in terms of the Constitution? Anti-Federalists?
16. How many states needed to ratify the Constitution before it became a law?
17. In which document was the office of the President first established?
18. What was added to the Constitution to help gain the support of the Anti-Federalists?
19. What was the main purpose of the Federalists Papers?
20. What does the 1st amendment protect?
Standard 6 (Chapter 6)
21. What was the Northwest Ordinance?
22. What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
23. Why were Republicans so angry over the Alien and Sedition Acts?
24. What principle was affirmed in Marbury vs. Madison?
25. Who was John Marshall?
26. What is so significant about the Election of 1800?
27. What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
28. What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
29. What did the Embargo Act do? Effects?
30. Why does the US go to war in 1812?
31. What major events happened during the War of 1812?
32. What countries were fighting each other in 1803? (Hint, not the US)
33. What is Impressment?
34. Who were the War Hawks?
35. What treaty ended the War of 1812?
36. Why was Andrew Jackson significant in the War of 1812?
37. What was the outcome of the War of 1812?
KNOW THE FIRST POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR MAJOR BELIEFS
KNOW THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR EACH OF THE FIRST 4 PRESIDENTS.