US History Regents Exam Prep with Updated Solutions 100% Verified Answers.13th amendment - Correct Answer abolished slavery 14th amendment - Correct Answer Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws 15th amendment - Correct Answer citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude 3/5 comprimise - Correct Answer Only 3/5 of the states slave population counted toward representation in Congress abolitionists - Correct Answer people who believed that slavery should be against the law alexander hamilton - Correct Answer United States statesman and leader of the Federalists (est. the 1st Bank of the US) articles of confederation - Correct Answer a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states (the first "constitution") cabinet - Correct Answer a group of advisors to the president (not in the constitution, example of elastic clause) census - Correct Answer a period count of the population to determine representation in Congress checks and balances - Correct Answer A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power (Exec., Judicial, and Legislative) cherokee trail of tears - Correct Answer The moving of the Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma. Only 1 out of 5 lived. then the indian removal of 1830 civil war - Correct Answer a war between factions in the same country ex. North Vs. South 1 / 2
declaration of independence - Correct Answer the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain delegated powers - Correct Answer Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.democracy - Correct Answer a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them elastic clause - Correct Answer the part of the Constitution that permits Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out its powers electoral college - Correct Answer the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president emancipation proclamation - Correct Answer Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free frederick douglas - Correct Answer Famous black abolitionist that escaped from slavery who would later right a narrative of his own life that described his life. He promoted the abolitionist cause and drew the line where evil must be denounced.annex - Correct Answer an addition to (ex. Louisiana Purchase) assembly line - Correct Answer mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it (time period: industrial revolution) brown vs. board of education - Correct Answer Decision saying, segregation in SCHOOLS is a violation of the 14th amendment, 1954 civil disobedience - Correct Answer a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination) (ex. Bus Boycott) cold war - Correct Answer a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare (after WWII between US and USSR)
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