Federal Government
Civil War amendment that guarantees citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment
The belief that it is our god given right to expand
What is Manifest Destiny
People in the late 1800s that came from Southern and Eastern Europe
What are new immigrants
Increased sectional tension by declaring that slaves were still property regardless if they were in a free state or not
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford
Before this amendment, many states in the WEST already allowed women voting privileges
What is the 19th amendment
Andrew Jackson defied the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia in order to continue with this
What is Indian Removal Act/ Trail of Tears
These served as a geographical barrier imposed by the British on the colonists
What are the Appalachian Mountains
The Progressive Era ended and we entered a new time period known as
What is the Red Scare OR Roaring 20s OR Isolationism
This court case proved that Nativism was high during the Red Scare
What is Sacco and Vanzetti
This is an example of self-government and steps to a representative democracy:
What is the Mayflower Compact OR the Virginia House of Burgesses
Both documents state that the Federal Government gets power from the people.
What is Declaration of Independence AND Constitution
The land we acquired after the Mexican American War
What is the Mexican Cession
The purpose of this is to limit competition
What is a monopoly OR trust
Showed the clash between fundamentalists and traditionalists
What is Scopes Trial
This case determined that Japanese Internment was Constitutional
What is Korematsu vs US
FDR’s New Deal included an act that guaranteed unemployment compensation and old-age pension
What is the Social Security Act
This helped New York become the #1 trading port in the nation
What is the Erie Canal
These people believed that it was the governments responsibility to fix the problems of society
What are Progressives
This court case established “Clear and present” danger
What is Schenck v. USA
This person inspired Thomas Jefferson (lil Tjay) when writing the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke
Thomas Jefferson doubled the country’s size in 1803 even though not technically given the power to by the Constitution. It gave USA full access to the Mississippi River.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
We bought the Louisiana Purchase to get exclusive control of…
What is the Mississippi River
This was an example of Progressive Era reform that increased citizen control of government
What is recall OR referendum OR direct Primary
This court case established the Interstate Commerce Commission
What is Wabash vs. Illinois
This foreign policy’s major goal was to prevent further European Colonization in North America
What is the Monroe Doctrine