Colonial America
Examples include Mayflower Compact & Virginia House of Burgesses
Representative/Self-government
For more than 150 years, the U.S. mostly maintained this type of foreign policy. However, December 6, 1941 was the last day...
Neutrality
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution identify them as the source of the government's power.
The people
Although not as prominent as colonial times, America's economy has a tradition of being "rooted" in what?
Agriculture
Hippies opposed to Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and colonial Patriots who disliked taxes have all used this First Amendment right to create change
Protests/Right to Assemble/Free Speech
This early colonial empire is known for conquests for gold, and the encomienda system of labor
Spanish
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine paved the way for the U.S. to adopt this type of foreign policy which seeks raw materials and territory for national security
Imperialism
Antifederalists
FDR's New Deal and Johnson's Great Society are similar in that both had what economic effect on the government?
Expansion of welfare programs/Increased government spending
Aggravated recently by President Trump's charges of "fake", this freedom has been part of American society as far back as 1734.
Free Press/News/Reporting/Journalism
The British policy of Mercantilism was loosely enforced until this mid-18th century war. Then the British attempted to make up their debts with extra taxes...
French & Indian War
Although there was no direct fighting between the U.S. and Soviet Union, this restrictive foreign policy was employed by the U.S. up until the 1960s
Containment
Federalism, the Civil War, and the 10th Amendment all reflect an ongoing debate over how much power which TWO groups share?
Federal/National/Central and State
Following the late 19th century industrialization boom, these laws began regulating big business as a way of promoting competition
Antitrust Laws
Suffragettes and Abolitionists were united until this Amendment was added the the Constitution, which only satisfied half of them.
15th Amendment
In 1607, it became the first permanent settlement in colonial America, named after the English King.
Jamestown
Detente
The Spoils System
During the 1920s, Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover's economic policies are best described by this French word
Laissez-faire
This trend began in the 1940s as a result of the GI Bill, Interstate Highway Act, and a desire for green space. Sadly, green is not the only color associated with this trend...
Suburbanization
This uprising in colonial Virginia occurred 100 years before the Declaration of Independence, and reflects ongoing tension between the rich and the poor; the elite and the common person.
Bacon's Rebellion
Support for these two European powers was yet another source of division for Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
France and Great Britain
Conservative
Henry Clay and Alexander Hamilton were both proponents of financial stability using this?
National Bank
The Great Awakening during the mid-18th century and again in the mid 19th century encouraged Americans to make this more central to their lives. It is also found in the first Amendment
Religion/Christianity