Early Colonial
Spain
What was the attitude of the founding fathers towards political parties?
they opposed political parties because it would separate America. Fed-Federal government AntiFed-State government
Why go west?
Obviously to explore the new land and look for economic opportunity.
What caused the Great Depression?
Similarities and differences between the New Deal and Great Society?
Similarities-Both expanded government programs. Both regulated society and economy, expanded the power and reach of the federal government and Differences-The great society wanted New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched during this period. While the New Deal focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform
France
Why did the Founding father want freedom?
They didn't want the new government to keep people from speaking up about issues and concerns they had with the government. This freedom prevents the government from punishing people for expressing their opinions.
Slavery at the time was?
How did the New Deal change role of government?
Who is LBJ and what did the Gulf of Tokin Resolution do?
LBJ-Lyndon Baines Johnson. The confrontation led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War.
England
England was motivated in part by the lure of both riches and the Northwest Passage. Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company of investors who believed there was a profit to be made
Articles of Confederation
Weak federal government and stronger state government
Missouri Compromise
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state, and the 36'30” line was established as the dividing line regarding slavery for the remainder of the Louisiana Territory
Purpose of New Deal?
relief, recovery, and reform
Significance of the 1968 Presidential Election?
Voting Rights Act of 1965 resulted in the growing restoration of the franchise for racial minorities, especially in the South.
Columbian exchange?
transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere, and the Old World (Europe)
Bill of Rights
1st 10 Amendments to Constitution, protecting individual liberties, and giving states the powers not directly given to the feds
1850 compromise
(1) California was admitted to the Union as a free state; (2) the remainder of the Mexican cession was divided into the two territories of New Mexico and Utah and organized without mention of slavery; (3) the claim of Texas to a portion of New Mexico was satisfied by a payment of $10 million; (4) new legislation (the Fugitive Slave Act) was passed to apprehend runaway slaves and return them to their masters; and (5) the buying and selling of slaves (but not slavery) was abolished in the District of Columbia.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
The law offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. The subsidies were meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase.
Importance of War Powers act of 1973 to future US Presidents?
limiting the President's ability to send troops into hostile areas. The President must notify Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into a hostile area without declaring war.
Why come to America?
To make money or set up trade with their home country while others wanted religious freedom
Hamilton’s economic plans for the United States?
To make a bank to tax Americans to pay off debts
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois introduced a bill that divided the land immediately west of Missouri into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska for popular sovereignty
Wagner Act
What did Clinton signing WTO allow?
Allowed China trade agreement and China's accession to the WTO, saying that more trade with China would advance America's economic interests