Early America
The Constitution
The Federal Period
19th Century America
20th Century America
100
What form of agriculture was encouraged by the geography of the South?
What is PLANTATION AGRICULTURE
100
This "original constitution" created a weak government that left too much power with the state governments
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
This presidential doctrine was issued to limit European influence in Latin America
What is the Monroe Doctrine
100
This was Abraham Lincoln's primary goal
What is preserving the union
100
These people were Americans who opposed the arrival of immigrants
Who were NATIVISTS
200
The Virginia House of Burgesses was an early example of this type of government
What is REPRESENTATIVE government (democracy)
200
What Constitutional Convention compromise created a bicameral legislature?
What is the Great Compromise
200
What US President used the SPOILS SYSTEM to reward his political supporters?
Who is Andrew Jackson
200
This Supreme Court case stated that slaves, like this man, were property -- NOT people
What was the Dred Scott decision
200
The journalists who exposed problems in society and government with their books and photographs were called
Who were the MUCKRAKERS
300
This Enlightenment thinker developed the concept of NATURAL RIGHTS which Jefferson included in the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke
300
Which one of the two branches of Congress must ratify a treaty negotiated by the President?
What is the Senate
300
This amendment gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
What is the 19th Amendment
300
This Supreme Court case said that "separate but equal" facilities throughout the South were legal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
"Schenck v. US during WWI demonstrated that sometimes these are not absolute
What are your rights
400
His pamphlet, COMMON SENSE, urged colonists to declare their independence from England
Who is Thomas Paine
400
Because of Judicial Review, this group gets to determine the constitutionality of laws
What is the Supreme Court
400
Which upstate NY town hosted a women's rights convention in 1848?
What is Seneca Falls
400
This law promised settlers 160 free acres of land on the Great Plains
What is the Homestead Act
400
This plan was put forward after WWII to rebuild war-ravaged Europe in an effort to stop communism
What is the Marshall Plan
500
This early example of self-government was written aboard the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England
What is the Mayflower Compact
500
What Supreme Court case established the principle of Judicial Review?
What is Marbury v. Madison
500
The ultimate goal of this reform movement was achieved when prohibition was made law by the 18th amendment
What is the TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
500
This phony scientific theory applied "survival of the fittest" to explain the differences between the rich and poor
What is SOCIAL DARWINISM
500
President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to L:ittle Rock, Arkansas to enforce this Supreme Court decision
What is Brown v. Board of Education
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