Colonial Times
This is the type of government the US took from Greece
What is Democracy?
This document's purpose was to separate from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is the name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This president warned against political parties in his Farewell Address.
Who is George Washington?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
He inspired the idea of natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This pamphlet influenced the call for Independence.
What is Common Sense?
This principle means the power comes from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This case established the principle of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This was Lincoln's primary goal as president during the Civil War. (before his goal was to end slavery)
What is preserving the Union?
This war made colonists angrier at the British for not letting them expand and made them pay high taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
These were the first written set of rules for the United States government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This system divides power between national and state governments.
What is Federalism?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This proclamation freed slaves in rebellious states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Enlightenment thinker influenced the idea of separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
This event led to the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This clause allows Congress to make laws that are "necessary and proper".
What is the Elastic Clause?
This act forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
These laws enforced segregation in the South after the Civil War.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This compromise created two houses for Congress.
What is the Connecticut Compromise (or Great Compromise)?
This principle prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What are Checks and Balances?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves were not citizens.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This Supreme Court case upheld "separate but equal" segregation.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?