APUSH 1
The SCOTUS case Marbury v. Madison established this power of the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of laws and policies.
What is judicial review?
These laws, supported by President Adams, were a response to the fears of the French Revolution.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Give two precedents of Washington's farewell address....
Two Terms
Neutrality in Foreign Affairs
This industrialist made his fortune in steel and later became a prominent philanthropist, advocating for the "Gospel of Wealth."
This muckraking journalist exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in his book The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
This policy, articulated by George F. Kennan, aimed to prevent the spread of Soviet influence abroad.
Containment
This conservative president, elected in 1980, implemented supply-side economics and increased military spending.
Ronald Reagan
This policy left the 13 colonies alone to manage their own affairs as long as they produced a profit for Britain.
What is salutary neglect?
The dominant political party in the US during the Jeffersonian Era (1800-1824).
What are Democratic-Republicans?
The acquisition of a large piece of land by President T. Jefferson that went against his usual strict interpretation of the Constitution. Made possible by the Haitian Revolution.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This SCOTUS case established the "separate but equal" ruling that would inspire many Jim Crow laws.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This massive economic aid package was designed to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II and prevent the appeal of communism.
Marshall Plan
This term refers to the increased interconnectedness of the world through trade, technology, and cultural exchange.
globalization
The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.
The French and Indian War/Seven Years War
The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave-holding state, the other as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30’
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The forced migration of thousands of Native Americans from their lands East of the Mississippi River to Oklahoma and other western territories in the early 1830s.
What is the Trail of Tears?
These laws, primarily in the South, enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Jim Crow laws
This Progressive Era president was known for his "Square Deal" and his efforts at trust-busting and conservation.
Teddy Roosevelt
This Supreme Court case in 1954 declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
Brown V Board of Education
This major foreign policy event involved the United States leading a coalition to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion in 1991.
Persian Gulf War
This region of the 13 colonies was known for tobacco plantations, the rise of slavery, cash crops, and the Jamestown settlement.
What is the South/Southern colonies/Chesapeake region?
President who vetoed the national bank, voice of the common man, and pushed through the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The original constitution of the United States created by the Second Continental Congress that was then thrown out and rewritten in 1787.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This executive order authored by Lincoln during the Civil War ended slavery in the "rebellious territories" as a war measure.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.
What is the Great Migration?
This event in 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
Cuban Missle Crisis
This piece of legislation, passed in response to the September 11th attacks, expanded government surveillance powers.
Patriot Act
HIS pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence
Who is Thomas Paine?
This type of constitutional interpretation states that governmental power is limited only to what is specifically and explicitly granted in the Constitution.
What is strict interpretation/strict constructionism?
Famous abolitionist who created the North Star newspaper, became a speaker, wrote an autobiography about his life enslaved, and became an advisor to Lincoln
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This intellectual movement challenged traditional Victorian notions of morality and emphasized the role of environment and heredity in shaping human behavior. "Survival of the Fittest" in the social sphere.
What is Social Darwinism?
Two reasons why the US entered WWI
What is The Sinking of the Lusitania (unrestricted submarine warfare), the Zimmerman Telegram, preserving trade with allies, and "making the world safe for democracy"?
This legislative package, championed by Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to create programs addressing poverty, education, and civil rights.
This invention revolutionized communication, media, trade, and social interactions starting in the late 1990s.
What is the internet?