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The effective law of the United States and its government from 1789-present.
U.S. Constitution
This was a protective mechanism in many modern constitutions that provides ways for other branches of government to stop or stymie the actions of another—especially if considered an abuse of power.
Checks & Balances
These were coerced laborers that did an increasingly large portion of the agricultural labor in the Thirteen Colonies—particularly in the American South.
A public document that formally announced the reasons for the Thirteen Colonies’ split from Great Britain in 1776.
Declaration of Independence
Writer of the Declaration of Independence, ardent Anti-Federalist, anti-elitist, pro-agrarian, and 3rd president of the United States from 1801-1809.
This actor famously said the line "I'll be back" in The Terminator.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
This was the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War in which Massachusetts state militia fought British regular troops that were attempting to disarm the colony.
Lexington and Concord
In response to Boston Tea Party, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troops in barns and empty houses.
Intolerable Acts
This was an act that, among other things, was used by the lame duck President John Adams in his last 19 days in office to stack the U.S. federal court system with as many pro-Federalist judges as possible.
Midnight Judges Act
Federalist politician and 2nd president of the United States from 1797-1801.
John Adams
The first government of the United States from 1781-1787; it was replaced in 1787 largely due to its ineffective central government.
Articles of Confederation
This artist is known for the hit song "Shape of You".
Ed Sheeran
This was an American political party in the late-18th and early-19th century that advocated for small- scale farming, expanded democracy, and opposed a strong national government and aristocracy.
Democratic-Republican Party (Jeffersonians)
This was the opening battle of the American Civil War in 1861 in which South Carolinian forces attached a federally held fort near Charleston, South Carolina.
Fort Sumter
This was an American political party created in the mid-19th century that gained prominence in the North and West of the United States; their initial platform centered around abolishing slavery.
Republican Party
A formal statement of the goals and intentions of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
Declaration of Sentiments
A bill passed in 1854 that organized the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed them to decide whether to permit slavery or not.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This city is the city that the sitcom Friends primarily takes place in.
New York City
This was the event that caused Southern states to begin seceding as they feared Republicans would move to eliminate the institution of slavery.
U.S. Presidential Election of 1860
This was the forced march in which thousands of Cherokee peoples who attempted to stop relocation died from disease and starvation.
Trail of Tears
This was an American political party in the late-18th and early-19th century that advocated for a stronger national government, commercialization, and foreign trade.
Federalist Party
This was a turning point battle during the American Civil War in 1863; victory allowed Union forces to repel a Confederate invasion of the North.
Gettysburg
A court order demanding a public official deliver an imprisoned individual to the court and show a valid reason for that person's detention.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
This author wrote the novel The Great Gatsby.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pro-Federalist politician and statesman who served as Chief Justice of the United States from 1801-35.
John Marshall
This was a turning point battle during the American Civil War in 1863; victory allowed Union forces to control the Mississippi River, effectively cutting the Confederacy and its supply lines in half.
Vicksburg
These were a series of laws passed in 16th-century England that had the basic object of establishing some sort of religious orthodoxy within the Church of England.
Acts of Uniformity
Federalist turned Democratic-Republican, 4th president of the United States from 1809-1817, and author of the Bill of Rights.
James Madison
A military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by the Union Army. The campaign began when Union forces left the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah.
Sherman's March
The color of the four ghosts in the original Pac-Man game.
Red, Pink, Blue, and Orange