8th Grade U. S. History STAAR Review II

Economic system in which it is a colony's responsibility to support the mother country

First 10 amendments to the U. S. Constitution guaranteeing individual rights and due process

Branch of government which makes laws

Communication system using a combination of dots and dashes over wires for long distances

... We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal...

Division of power between the national and state governments. Both share power with each other

Spread political power to the common man to ensure majority rule

Code of dots and dashes

Land bought from France in 1803; from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains

Inventor of the steel plow

Machine invented to removed seeds from cotton

Lincoln speech on the ideas of liberty, equality, & union as the purpose for the Civil War.

___ Amendment gave freedom to slaves

Treaty officially ended American Revolution; Britain recognized U. S. as free and independent

Innovation that identical parts can be substituted for one another in manufacturing process

Name given to the idea that the U. S. was destined to expand from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans

The division of power between the three branches of the government

American Indians forced off their lands and on this trail due to Indian Removal Act

Basic rights that can't be taken away such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Government branch enforces/carries out laws

Lincoln speech promised to preserve the union even if it meant keeping slavery in slave states

Group of men with one woman who explored along the Missouri River all the way to the Pacific

Taxes on imported goods designed to help U. S. companies compete in the sale of similar goods

U. S. plan of government outlining basic form & rules, and structure & function of government

Warning by a president to remain neutral, no permanent alliances.

We the People...

Each branch of the government checks the power of the other two. No one branch too powerful

Individuals, not the government, control the economy. They decide what to make, sell & buy

Government powers are limited to those given to it by the people

Lincoln document freed slaves in Confederate states. Changed purpose of war, preserved Union

Constitution formed 1st government of U. S. in 1777. States more powerful than national

1776 document told reasons for breaking away from Great Britain

A later pamphlet by Thomas Paine which attempted to motivate soldiers to continue fighting

Presidential speech warning European powers not to colonize in Western Hemisphere

Government branch interprets laws to see if they are fair (unconstitutional/unconstitutional)

Inventor of the mechanical reaper

Idea that state governments could ignore federal laws they felt hurt their state, e.g. tariffs

The "people rule" by voting

Form of government where people elect representatives to represent them

___ Amendment gave former slaves right to vote

Set up method by which a U. S. territory could become a new state

___ Amendment required states to give citizenship to all citizens born in the U. S.

Inventor of first steam engine powered boat

Developer of innovation of interchangeable parts

Union victory in this Civil War battle allowed Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation

Inventor of cotton gin

Lincoln speech to leniently reunite the North and South after the Civil War

Essays written by Federalists to support ratification of the Constitution

Land transport system powered by steam locomotives in 1830s

that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...