What Makes Up Government
Took place during the civil war; upheld the right of all citizens to "equal protection" before the laws and "due process" of the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution, promised during the ratification process.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Elected in 1789 as the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
Movement of the middle class who objected to paying taxes to corrupt city governments and who wanted better services from the city.
What was the Progressive Movement?
Was led by Carrie Chapman Catt and lobbied state legislatures for the right to vote; they campaigned with the promise of cleaning up society and the government.
What is the National Women's Suffrage Association?
The 3 branches of power divided up by the constitution.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
Passed after the completion of the railroad when workers were no longer needed.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Improved his public image with advocacy of the Gospel of Wealth in 1889.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Native Americans of the southeast were forced to move to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Supporters of Hamilton that believed in a strong central government.
What are Federalists?
Lincoln intended to issue this the fall of 1862 but didn't go into effect until January 1st of 1863; was a final chance for the South to make peace and keep their slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The right for women to be able to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Believed in "no taxation without representation" and gave the House of Representative the right to initiate tax measures.
Who are the Framers of the Constitution?
Took place 1820-60 and increased regional pride; caused the North & South to grow increasingly apart.
What is the Antebellum Period?
Opposed by South and West because they believed that it gave too much economic power to wealthy Northeasterners.
What is the National Bank?
Has the power to make treaties with foreign governments but only the Senate can ratify these treaties.
What is the Executive Branch?
This negotiation ended the Revolutionary War in 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Self described as the Champion of the Common Man, he was the first president elected from the west.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Were the first to challenge troops of the new national government; revolt was led by western Pennsylvania farmers.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
Investigated the corporations and conditions of the times during the Gilded Age.
What are Muckrakers?
The ideology of private ownership of property; supports democratic idea of individual freedom; it played a pivotal role in the development of the American economy when the first settlers arrived.
What is Capitalism?
Introduced popular sovereignty which let states decide if their state would be a free or slave state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Used a variety of tactics in his struggle against his competition to gain control of the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Series of wars that took place in South America during early 19th century; help bring an end to mercantilist relationships in Spain.
What are the Wars of Liberation?
Active today as a "banker's bank", it provides a safety net to prevent bank failure due to market conditions.
What is the Federal Reserve?