US History Chapter 1

Spanish for “conqueror”; the men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas

• Conquistadors

• Carpetbagger

• Scalawag

• Indentured Servant

A form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects

• Protective Tariff

• Committee of Correspondence

• Spoils System

• Joint Stock Company

An individual who contracts to work for a colonist for a specified number of years in exchange for transportation to the colonies, food, clothing, and shelter.

• Scalawag

• Empresario

• Carpetbagger

• Indentured Servant

Committee organized in each colony to communicate with and unify the colonies

• Committee of Correspondence

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Enumerated Powers

A government principle in which power is divided among different branches

• Enumerated Powers

• Separation of Powers

• Implied Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

Powers listed in the Constitution as belonging to the federal government

• Enumerated Powers

• Separation of Powers

• Implied Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

Powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but claimed by the federal government

• Enumerated Powers

• Separation of Powers

• Implied Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

Before the Civil War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there

• Enumerated Powers

• Separation of Powers

• Implied Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

To charge an office holder with misconduct in office.

• cabinet

• due process

• Impeach

• judicial review

Department heads in charge of advising the President

• cabinet

• due process

• Impeach

• judicial review