Constitutional Foundations
This system stops any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This 1803 land purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
These journalists exposed corruption and social problems during the Progressive Era.
What are muckrakers?
This major economic downturn began with the stock market crash of 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
This Cold War policy aimed to stop the global spread of communism.
What is containment?
This compromise created a two-house Congress to settle a debate over state representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
This phrase describes the 19th-century belief that the U.S. was meant to expand from coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This 1906 book by Upton Sinclair exposed the terrible conditions in the meatpacking industry.
What is the Jungle?
This set of government programs was created by FDR to bring relief and recovery during the Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This 13-day standoff in 1962 brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This principle divides government power between the national government and individual states.
What is federalism?
This 1823 policy warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This Supreme Court case ruled that speech can be limited if it creates a "clear and present danger."
What is Schenck v. United States?
This law created a system of old-age pensions and unemployment insurance in 1935.
What is the Social Security Act?
This 1973 law limited the president's power to send troops into combat without the approval of Congress.
What is the War Powers Act?
These essays were written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay to convince states to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This 1848 meeting in New York is considered the formal start of the women's rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine stated the U.S. would act as an international police power in Latin America.
Roosevelt Corollary
This constitutional amendment banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol, starting Prohibition.
What is the 18th Amendment?
Passed after the 9/11 attacks, this law expanded the government's surveillance powers to track domestic terrorism.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review, allowing the Court to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This 1896 Supreme Court ruling stated that "separate but equal" facilities were legal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This 1917 message from Germany to Mexico proposed an alliance against the U.S., helping spark U.S. entry into WWI.
Zimmerman Telegram
This 1944 law gave WWII veterans financial aid for college, housing, and starting businesses.
What is the GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)?
This landmark Supreme Court case during WWII ruled that the forced internment of Japanese Americans was constitutional due to military necessity.
What is Korematsu v. United States?