Sunday, September 14, 2008

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Matthew Schwinck
September 14, 2008
Block 2, US History

Comprehension 1, 4, 6 and 8 on page 66

1. The two bodies that constitute the legislative branch are the Senate and the House of Representatives.

4. The qualifications to be the U.S. president are that you must be natural born citizen, you must be at least thirty-five years of age and have been a resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.

6. The U.S. president may be removed from office if convicted of treason, briber or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

8. A federal judge (assuming the book is referring to Supreme Court Justices), serves a lifetime position.

Key Terms C, D, F, I and K on page 75


C. Louisiana Purchase - Territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.

D. Lewis and Clark Expedition - An expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806.

F. Monroe Doctrine - An American foreign policy opposing interference in the western hemisphere from outside powers.

I. Missouri Compromise - An agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories.

K. Trail of Tears - The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in the Western United States. It was the result of implement removal with the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they became the model for all other removals. After the Choctaw removal went the Seminole in 1832, then the Creek in 1834, then the Chickasaw in 1837, and then finally the Cherokee in 1838.




Key Terms B, D, E and G on page 82

B. Manifest Destiny - A policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable.

D. Annex - The incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity.

E. “Mexican War” - The Mexican–American War (NOT the “Mexican War” as the book so vaguely puts it) was an armed military conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico claimed ownership of Texas as a breakaway province and refused to recognize the secession and subsequent military victory by Texas in 1836.

G. Kansas-Nebraska Act - The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. The initial purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to create opportunities for a Transcontinental Railroad. It was not problematic until popular sovereignty was written into the proposal. The act was designed by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.

Key Terms 4, 5 and 9 on page 84

4. California Gold Rush - The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000 men, women, and children coming to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.

5. Middle Passage - The forced transportation of African people from Africa to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade and was the middle portion of the triangular trade voyage.

9. Secede - The verb form of secession.

Though I doubt you’re looking for that answer, the idiots who wrote this book need to be smacked in the face with a block of tofu. I believe the question the book meant was “What is secession?” I’ll create the question, now.

(Number nine edit);

Secession - (Derived from the Latin term secessio), is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity.







Comprehension 5 and 8 on page 84

5. The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to record the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (on July 4th, 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain.

8. The two components of the Compromise of 1850 are the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the (once again) Mexican-American War (not “the Mexican War”).

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