Social Studies 7 Review

What invention encouraged the Age of Exploration?

What were colonists loyal to Britain called?

What event divided the Iroquois Confederacy?

What were the presidential traditions established by George Washington called?

Who invented the cotton gin?

What is the system of an office holder rewarding supporters with government jobs?

Who insisted on the Bill of Rights being added to the Constitution?

How did the first Americans get to the continent?

What did South Carolina threaten to do during the Nullification crisis?

What part of what is now the US did the Iroquois Confederacy live in?

What was the Supreme Court case which established judicial review?

Who's election in 1860 led to the secession of South Carolina?

In what part of the Americas did the Iroquois live?

When was the Declaration of Independence dated?

Who dumped the East India Company's tea into Boston Harbor while dressed as Native Americans?

What is the job of the Legislative branch?

What was the foreign policy designed to stop further colonization of the US called?

What was the primary goal of Northern leaders in the Civil War?

What is the trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas of goods, diseases and ideas called?

What was the group of colonists who created the Declaration of Independence?

Who warned the colonists, "The regulars are out!"?

What branch of government does the President lead?

What were colonists who supported independence from Britain called?

What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

What was the first attempt to unite the colonies proposed by Ben Franklin?

What is the job of the Executive branch?

What does the word Renaissance mean?

Who got most of South America because of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

What do we call the system which prevents one branch from becoming too powerful?

What was the primary goal of the Southern leaders during the Civil War?

What Revolutionary battle gave the French confidence to help the colonists?

Where did the Continental Army spend the winter of 1778 suffering from cold and starvation?

What was the first constitution of the United States called?

What land purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the US, gave us the Mississippi and New Orleans?

What upset colonists because it forbid them to move west of the Appalachian mts?

What is a group of untrained fighters called (used during the Revolution)?

During the Industrial Revolution, which part of the country experienced rapid changes?

What was the slogan, "No taxation without representation!" used to protest?

What was the time period with rapid technological and transportation growth?

How long did the American Civil War last?

What is the Seven Years War known as in America?

What branch of government does the Supreme Court lead?

How do archeologists learn about prehistoric humans?

Where does the Congress meet in Washington, DC?

Who were the explorers who conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires?

Who was the first president of the United States?

What land did Great Britain and the US divide at the 49th parallel in 1846?

What colony was taken from Dutch Gov Stuyvesant, renamed, and became British?

Which modern-day political party did Andrew Jackson supporters start?

What was the idea that the US was meant to expand to the Pacific Ocean?

Where did the US government send Native Americans when they were forced off their lands?

What is the feeling of loyalty to one's own part of the country called?

Which branch of government is Congress a part of?