Turning Point of the American Revolution
Convinced France to help fight for independence
Battle of Saratoga
1. Supreme Court declaring laws by Congress unconstitutional
2. Congress investigates and impeaches the President for any wrongdoings
These are reflections of what principle of government?
Checks and Balances
Act where colonists were forced to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes.
Quartering Act
--Refers to the forced removal of Native American tribes
--The journey was harsh, and many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation.
Trail of Tears
What does the 3rd Amendment prohibit?
Quartering (housing) of soldiers
In this document, Washington warned the nation against:
-- creating political parties
-- long term alliances
-- staying neutral
Washington's Farewell Address
Negotiation by John Q. Adams
$5 million = Bought Florida from Spain
Adams-Onis Treaty : 1819
Balanced or shared power between national & state gov
Example: 10th Amendment
Federalism
Trigger Words:
Appalachian Mts
Prohibited westward movement
Reason: Prevent Native American conflict
Proclamation Line
Practice where government jobs were given to political supporters of the winning party.
Spoils System
Freedom of Press, Assembly, and Petition
R.A.P.P.S :
1st Amendment
This domestic policy under Adams jailed and fined citizens for criticizing the gov
Effect: Violated citizens 1st amendment (freedom of speech)
Alien and Sedition Acts
Doubled the size of the US
Bought from France for $15 million
Geographical Features: Mississippi River , Rocky Mts
Louisiana (LA) Purchase: 1803
The federal govt. is divided into 3 branches of government. Which principle of govt. does this represent?
Separation of Powers:
-- Executive
--Legislative
--Judicial
Fought between 2 European powers (French & British)
-- Left Great Britain in huge debt
-- Known as the 7 years war
French and Indian War
A severe economic depression that occurred during Jackson's presidency.
Resulted in failed businesses and bank failures
Panic of 1837
Prevents excessive fines and cruel punishments
8th Amendment
What is the foreign policy that prohibited Europe from colonizing any part of the Western hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
Trigger Words:
Combined Virginia and New Jersey Plans
Effect: Bicameral Legislature
Great Compromise
Principle that states that the ultimate power resides with the people.
Trigger Words: "We The People"
Popular Sovereignty
-- British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists in MA
--1st American (Crispus Attucks: former slave) to die in the American Revolutionary War
The Boston Massacre
This act allowed the government to relocate Native American tribes from their ancestral lands to reservations in the West.
Indian Removal Act
Protection of rights you have that are not explicitly stated in the Constitution
Examples: Right to breathe clean air or choice of college
9th Amendment
PART 1: What treaty ended the War of 1812?
PART 2: What is the period of history called that happens after the War of 1812?
PART 1: Treaty of Ghent
PART 2: Era of Good Feelings
The effect of this balanced/preserved the ratio of free states and slave states in Senate
Maine admitted as a free state, Missouri as a slave state
Missouri Compromise
This principle of government's main influence comes from the Magna Carta in 1215, which limited the powers of the king
Limited government
This act was passed as a result/effect of the event known as the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
--Occured in South Carolina
-- Belief that states have the right to reject or nullify federal laws they consider unconstitutional.
Nullification Crisis
Double jeopardy
Eminent Domain (property rights/ free enterprise protection)
Self-incrimination
Due process
5th Amendment
This act made it illegal for Americans to trade w/ Britain and France.
Also passed to deal w/ the issue of impressment
Jefferson's Embargo Act
PART 1: The emergence of political parties arose from the differences between what 2 political leaders?
PART 2: Name the political parties
Hamilton and Jefferson
Federalists v. Democratic-Republicans
"elected representatives"
Example: Voting
Principle of gov in which we elect people to speak on our behalf
Repubicanism
1. Officially recognized the US as a nation
2. Ended the American Revolution
3. Gain parts of Canada, Spanish Florida, and land east of the Mississippi River
Treaty of Paris : 1783
Supreme Court ruling that said a state did not have the authority to regulate the Cherokee Nation or remove them from their land.
Jackson's response: Ignore it & forcibly remove the Natives
Worcester v. Georgia
Which amendment provides protection against seizure of property & unreasonable searches?
4th Amendment
Name trigger words associated with these 3 landmark Supreme Court Cases:
-- Marbury v. Madison
-- McCulloch v. Maryland
--Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison (1803): judicial review
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819): Necessary and Proper (AKA elastic clause)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824): regulate interstate commerce