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This is a political theory by John Locke that individuals have privileges that no government can deny. What were they?

Natural rights: Life, liberty, and property

100

What is Manifest Destiny?

Idea that many people believed it was the country’s destiny to expand out West

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________________________ suggested that citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide for themselves if they wanted to permit slavery or not

Popular sovereignty

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A major purpose of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) during the 1930s was to…

Strengthen consumer confidence in the banking system and protect people's money

100

What was the common purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Eisenhower Doctrine?

To help stop the spread of communism

200

What was the 3/5 Compromise?

This was the compromise made between northern and southern states on the issue of slaves and counting them towards the population of that state

200

Who created the American System plan and what did he include in it?

Economic plan created by Henry Clay. Plan included higher tariffs, internal improvements and a strong national bank

200

What was the final decision in the Dred Scott Supreme Court case?

Slaves were declared as property, not people/citizens

200

What was the purpose of the Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act?

Guaranteed one's right to join a union

200

These released hidden facts about the Vietnam War to the general public

Pentagon Papers

300

What was the primary goal of the people who instigated the American Revolution?

They wanted representation in British Parliament to fight against unfair taxes

300

What was the Missouri Compromise?

Maine=free state

Missouri = slave state

36'30 line established (no slavery north of line)

300

What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

Rutherford B. Hayes would become President and Reconstruction would end

300

In 1933 the 21st Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Why was this amendment needed?

It cancelled the 18th Amendment to the Constitution

300

This resolution gave the president the authority to take military actions in Vietnam without getting Congress approval

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

400

List 3 flaws of the Articles of Confederation.

1)No executive power

2)No federal courts

3)Gov’t could not tax

4)More power to the states

5)Hard to change/amend laws

400

This terms meant that the government should not be involved in American businesses at all

Laissez-faire economic

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This was an extension to the Monroe Doctrine calling for US assistance in Latin America if they could not repay debts to European nations

Roosevelt Corollary

400

This is an approach in which an aggressor nation is allowed to keep regions it has conquered in hopes to make the country leaders happy

Appeasement

400

What effects did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 24th Amendment have on African Americans’ ability to vote?

24th Amendment outlawed poll taxes and Voting Rights Act suspended literacy tests for voter registration

500

Name two things George Washington warned America about in his farewell address

1) Political Parties

2) Staying neutral (no alliances)

3) Run country on morality and religion

500

What was the spoils system?

Appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support

500

Why did the US not join the League of Nations?

US politicians did not want to US to be pulled into international affairs through the League of Nations

500

Law under which the president could send aid to any nation whose defense was considered vital to the US national security

Lend Lease Act

500

What 3 countries found themselves divided into communist and non-communist zones at some point during the 20th century?

Germany, Korea, Vietnam