Final exam study guide 2
Constitution  divides power of government into three branches. Thisprevents tyranny

Executive Branch is the President and the agencies ofthe Executive branch.
President has five roles Chief executive, chief law maker, Commanderin Chief, Chief Diplomat,
                                    chief of state
Qualifications for president be 35 yr. old a natural born citizen,get a majority of electoral college votes
        serve upto two four yearterms in office (8 years)
Legislative Branch is the Congress of the United Statesdivided into House of Reps. and Senate
They write the laws for the whole USA. Senate approves treaties andAppointments made by President.
There are 435 House Representatives- 2year terms state population determineshow many per state.
 There are 100 US Senators 2 for each state- 6 year term.

Judicial Branch is the Supreme Court and federal court system.
Supreme court has nine judges appointed for life. All federaljudges (Including Supreme Court) are appointed by the President and approvedby the Senate. They can review a court case to see if laws and governmentactions are in line with the meaning of the Constitution.
The Courts power to over rule government decisions or laws is calledjudicialreview.

Bill of rights is the first ten amendments to Constitution.It spells out the rights people in the United States have.
The Thirteenth Amendment ended Slavery in 1865.
The Fourteenth Amendment is the most important. It preventsstate governments from violating the Bill of rights and guarantees citizenshipto everyone born in the United States. Also every one in America Is entitledto equal protection under the law.

The Nineteenth Amendment Gives Protects Women's right to vote(1919)


1800s
-Louisiana Purchase 1802 doubled the size of the USA (added Mississippiriver valley to USA).
-Manifest destiny was the belief that the USA should control the landsbetween the Atlantic and Pacific
    Ocean.
-Industrialization is changing the economy from farms to factories
-Agricultural economy is farm based
Missouri Compromise preserved balance of Free and slave states Maine-free, Missouri -slave, land above 38th parallel.
_Mexican Cession Mexico "sells" California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada,Utah to US after losing war
-Compromise of 1850 allowed territories to decide for themselves aboutallowing slaves
-Bleeding Kansas was fighting in Kansas between proslavery and abolitionistsforces.
-Fugitive slave act of 1850 compelled Northern states to return runawayslaves to the south.
-Dredd Scott case Supreme court said slaves have no rights in the USAand slave owners could go any where with slaves.
-Eli Whitney inventor of cotton gin and Assembly line factory
Emancipation proclamation Lincoln freed slaves in confederacy
Abraham Lincoln President for the Union(North)
Jefferson Davis President for the Confederacy<South>
Antietam bloodiest day in US history
Gettysburg turning point in Civil war
Robert E.Lee general for Confederacy
US Grant general for Union and 17th President
Abolitionists wanted to end slavery
Seneca Falls was where the Women's rights movement started.

Capitalism is economy where people own businesses and property
Monopoly is when one company owns and entire industry
Labor Union is a group organized to fight for workers pay and workingconditions.

Presidents
Jefferson- Louisiana Purchase
Madison, -war of 1812, a draw, Brits burn down Washington DC,
Andrew Jackson Man of people, indian removal
Polk one promise made US bigger by invading Mexico
Abraham Lincoln  wins civil war, ends slavery, and is assassinated