Important Dates
Ratification of the Constitution
Economies
Amendments
Potpourri
100
The year that Thomas Jefferson wrote "that all men are endowed with certain unalienable rights, amongst them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
What is 1776
100
Name of the Group that supported the ratification of the Constitution.
What is Federalists
100
This farming is done mainly for survival. You only grow enough food for your families and very little is for sale.
What is subsistence farming?
100
Slavery was ended by this Civil War Amendment
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
The 1st National goverment of the US,
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
New technology was introduced The Allies faught the Central Powers The United States becomes THE superpower Much of Europe is devestated by the Events that transpire
What is World War I 1914-1918
200
Reason many Anti_federalists did not want to ratify the Consitution when it was presented to them.
What is Fear of another king (too much power to fed govt)
200
The type of economy where the government makes all the economic decsisions for a country, usually associated with Communism.
What is Command Economy
200
This Amendment deals mostly with the rights of the accused. Due Process, Double jeopardy, refraining from testifying against yourself.
What is the 5th Amendment
200
The average income of each individual in a state or country.
What is per capita income?
300
The Magna Carta, though written in this year long before there was even a United States, greatly influenced our idea of government and democracy.
What is 1215
300
The Consitution was finally ratified when the framers of the Constitution agreed to add this to it.
What is The Bill of Rights
300
This quientessiential element of capitalism ensures that companies make the highest quality products for the cheapest prices.
What is competiton?
300
If you search deep enough, you will be able to seize the answer for this amendment
What is 4th amendment?
300
This 1,000 mile journey ended with the deaths of nearly 1/4 of all the Cherokees that started it.
What is Trail of Tears
400
The deadliest war ever fought on US soil took place during these years.
What is Civil War 1861-1865.
400
The purpose of the writing and publication of the many Federalist Papers during this time.
What is gain support for the ratification of the Constitution?
400
The Jonny Unerfusser principle of supply and demand drives this economic system. People will pay higher prices for products that are in great demand.
What is a Market Economy.
400
Ironically enough, African American men received the right to vote long before the women who worked to free them with this amendment.
What is 15th amendment?
400
The Consitutional principle reflected in our government by the sharing of power between the state and federal governments.
What is Federalism?
500
The Creation of the COnstitution in 1787 took place because of a compromise between these two plans for representation.
What are the New Jersey and Virginia Plans
500
Who are the two people chiefly responsible for the foundations of capitalism and communism
Who are Adam Smith and Karl Marx
500
The main thing that separates the changing of the Constitution versus the changing of the Articles of Confederation
What is Articles == Everyone had to agree to change it 100% Constitution == 2/3 of Congress
500
This idea displayed by the Nullification Crisis really escalated tension between the North and the South and was the main cause of the Civil War.
What is states 'rights