The social contract theory as applied to the Declaration of Independence most directly reflects the ideas of...
John Locke
13th Amendment
Which precedent was established as a result of the John Peter Zenger case (1735)?
freedom of the press
Word Association- let colonies govern themselves
Salutary Neglect – The British left the Americans alone in their day-to-day lives, as long as raw materials kept being shipped to England and as long as Americans bought only British-made products
As a result of President Andrew Jackson’s policies, Native American Indians were
forcibly removed to areas west of the Mississippi River
The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act were passed in an effort to
maintain competition in business
WORDLE- Stronger central gov’t
federalism – power is shared between state governments and the federal government
Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that directly....
Reduce the concentration of governmental power
A goal of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy and President William Howard Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy policy toward Latin America was to...?
Protect American economic and political interests
What did the Supreme Court say about segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
Separate IS equal
The system of sharecropping developed in the South after the Civil War because
owners of large tracts of land forced labor shortages
WORDLE- “mother country” "Economic system"
Mercantilism - a “mother country” (like England) had colonies (like America) for two main reasons:
WORDLE- William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe
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William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, were all associated with abolitionists.
A principal reason for calling the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to..?
Strengthen the central government
What were some of the results of the idea of laissez-faire capitalism?
Unsanitary living and working conditions for factory and family's living in tenements while the owners and landlords received the majority of profits.
How did the outcome of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) affect American colonists?
New taxes were imposed by Britain to pay its debts.
What was a main result of the fighting between Jefferson and Hamilton?
Jefferson was a strict constructionist – the words of the Constitution should be followed very strictly (closely); wanted more state power.
Hamilton was a loose constructionist – he thought the Constitution should be more flexible; he believed in a strong government.
One reason Antifederalist governors of New York and Virginia opposed ratification of the United States Constitution was because it would...?
weaken the powers of state governments
What were the main causes and results of industrial growth in the mid- to late-1800s?
rise of industry grew cities while technological innovation in farming decreased labor needed.
The primary purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to?
New taxes were imposed by Britain to pay its debts.