Democratic Ideals
These are the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Unalienable Rights
The name of America’s first constitution (3 words)
Articles of Confederation
Type of protest in which people are gathered together or walk in order to speak their minds
March or demonstration
The two sides who fought the Revolutionary War for American Independence
Patriots vs. Redcoats
America vs. Great Britain (or England)
Abolition of slavery
States’ Rights
Preserve the Union
Civil War
The basic agreement of our government structure which states the people give their consent to be governed (by voting)
Social Contract
Name for the break-up letter the American (patriot) leaders wrote to England
Declaration of Independence July 4,1776
Type of protest in which people walk in a small area and/or clock off an area while holding signs that state why they are protesting
Picketing
Two sides who fought the Civil War
North vs. South
Union vs. Confederacy
Stop the spread of communism
Cold War (also had conflicts during this era such as the Korean War and Vietnam War)
The citizens have the power to make government decisions, usually by voting
Popular Sovereignty
Supreme law of America (it’s our rule book)
The US Constitution
Type of protest in which people occupy a space at a place of business without doing anything else (example- lunch counters during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s)
Sit-ins
The two sides- one supported a strong central (national government) and the other supported limited government (individual citizens’ rights ad freedoms)
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Independence for America
American Revolution
Revolutionary War
The government is divided into branches with each branch having specific jobs
Separation of Powers
This documented law in the 1960's removed all restrictions on voting rights except age and citizenship
Voting Right Act of 1965
Type of protest in which people refuse to buy something
Boycott
Those who supported breaking away from England and forming a new nation of the USA and those who remained faithful to the King of England and did not want to break away from England
Patriots and Loyalists
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
World War I
The Great War
System of government we use in America in which the states and the national governments share powers
Federalism
This documented executive order (law pushed by the president) freed all of the slaves (January, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln)
Emancipation Proclamation
Type of protest in which people write down their complaints along with their demands for change and have anyone who support them sign the document
Petition
Ruthless businessmen during the late 1800s and the people they treated horribly
Robber Barons and workers (laborers)
Threat of terrorism, threat of weapons of mass destruction
Iraq War