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Famous document written by Thomas Paine in 1776
Common Sense
Most controversial part of Henry Clay's American System
import tariffs
Amendment provided for the direct election of senators
17th Amendment
Legislation designed to shut up socialists during World War I
Attempted to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Hey Europe! Stay out of the Western Hemisphere! (and we won't bother you over there!)
Monroe Doctrine 1823
Famous political boss of NYC who epitomized the "graft" of the Gilded Age
Boss Tweed
A U.S. response to Spheres of Influence in China
Open Door Policy 1899
Officially ended de jure (by law) segregation in the U.S.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Allowed for New States to be added to the Union
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
First two words you should think of when you see "Kansas-Nebraska Act"
popular sovereignty
Famous labor related event of the Gilded Age started in the City of Chicago
Term under FDR admin; Beat enemies abroad during WW2 and defeat racism at home
"Double V" Campaign
Lyndon Johnson's government programs which included his "War on Poverty" and creation of Medicare/Medicaid
Great Society
The idea that in the U.S., power is shared between the national government and state governments
federalism
Group of people who passed most Reconstruction legislation and had Andrew Johnson impeached
Radical Republicans
Established in 1913 to regulate banking and U.S. monetary system
Federal Reserve Act
20th century Democrat economic position; improving economy by creating jobs through deficit spending; sometimes called "demand side economics"
Keynesian Economics
O.P.E.C. - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Ben Franklin's Plan to unite colonies prior to French and Indian War
Albany Plan of Union
Court case after which Andrew Jackson famously said, "John Marshall has made his ruling, now let him enforce it!"
Worchester v. Georgia
Passed during the Gilded Age to regulate railroads, was not used effectively until the Teddy Roosevelt admin.
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy, connected to his "Roosevelt Corollary" which asserted U.S. dominance in Latin America
Big Stick Diplomacy
Limited the ability of the U.S. President to send U.S. forces overseas to combat (a response to concerns about the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964)
War Powers Act 1973