Democracy and/vs Slavery in America
Early
Why did Teddy Roosevelt think that the war between the colonists and Indigenous people in America was "inevidable"
Settlers would stop at nothing to seize the land, even with treaties
What action did Nixon actually take in Watergate in 1974?
Nixon resigned and got a pardon from VP Gerald Ford
Name one Federalist Paper where Hamilton describes the grounds and procedures for impeachment?
65 and 66
How often did Anti-Federalists want elections to be held?
Every year/more often
What are the two driving factors Stasavage sees driving the development of democracy in the British Colonies in America?
Land abundance + high wages
Where are the ancestral homelands of Chief Joseph?
Pacific Northwest
Why did Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew resign from office?
He was being charged with tax evasion
Name the three people who wrote the Federalist Papers
Madison, Hamilton, John Jay
What is Liberalism?
Small government, individual rights
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
What role does Christianity play in Josiah Strong's vision of Westward expansion?
Christians were almost obligated to move west to bring Christianity to the people already living there.
What separates impeachment from a federal crime?
Impeachment is a political solution to "high crimes and misdemeanors"
Which article of the Constitution outlines the power of the Executive Branch?
Article II
Name two of the 13 virtues Ben Franklin said were necessary to have
Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity, Justice, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, Chastity and Humility
Why does Thomas Paine think slavery should not be allowed in America?
It is not in line with American values
Describe the "March of the flag" and the author associated with this idea
What is the process of impeachment, and how many votes are necessary to impeach?
Articles drawn up in House of Reps
Trial in the Senate, Chief Justice of SCOTUS presides over trial
67 Senators needed to impeach
What problem does James Madison address in Federalist 10?
Factions
Name one author we have read who has served as a US Senator
Barry Goldwater
Albert Beveridge
Why does Stasavage think slavery was a necessary factor in the process of democratization in the British colonies?
Selling points of America not possible without enslaved workers
Who Said It?:
"Has the Almighty Father endowed us with gifts beyond our deserts, and marked us as the people of His peculiar favor, merely to rot in our own selfishness, as men and nations must who take cowardice for their companion and self for their Deity–as China has, as India has, as Egypt has?"
What is a legal reason that the president can invoke Executive Privilege?
Protect National Security
A republic with two distinct governments- the federal government and the state government
What was the pen-name for the person that wrote the Anti-Federalist Papers?
Brutus