Road to Philadelphia Convention (1776-1787)
Creating the Framework (1787)
Refounding: Secession & Conflict
FDR
Reagan's Revolution
100

The colonial rallying cry that protested taxes being imposed by the British Parliament.

"No taxation without representation"

100

The major structural criticism the Anti-Federalists raised was the lack of this specific document to protect individual liberties.

Bill of Rights

100

This new political party, formed largely to combat the spread of slavery, won the 1860 presidential election, which the South viewed as a severe threat.

Republican Party

100

The series of domestic programs and reforms enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression.

New Deal
100

The central idea that cutting taxes on the wealthy would spur investment, and the benefits would eventually reach the rest of the economy.

Trickle-down economics

200

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could negotiate treaties with foreign nations but lacked this crucial power, allowing states to violate treaties and leading to foreign policy problems.

A military that could enforce (or compel compliance) with the treaties.

200

This compromise settled the disagreement between Northern and Southern states on how to count enslaved people for the purposes of both representation and taxation.

Three-fifths compromise.

200

By the time of this president's inauguration in March 1861, seven Southern states had already announced their decision to secede from the Union.

Abraham Lincoln

200

Roosevelt's fireside chats made him the first president to master this new medium of mass communication to speak directly to the American people.

Radio

200
What is stagflation?

High inflation and high unemployment

300

The Seven Years' War concluded in 1763 and caused Britain to double this, which then prompted the imposition of new taxes on the colonies.

The national debt.

300

This founding father was a strong advocate for a powerful national government at the Constitutional Convention, and later, along with James Madison and John Jay, authored the majority of the Federalist Papers arguing for the Constitution's ratification.

Alexander Hamilton

300

The 1619 essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones argues that the American story begins not with the Mayflower in 1620, but with the arrival of Africans on this ship one year prior.

White Lion

300

This "Second New Deal" act created a national system of old-age insurance and unemployment compensation.

Social Security Act

300

The general policy of reducing or eliminating government rules and restrictions on businesses and industries, a major theme of the Reagan administration.

deregulation

400

This crucial power was notably lacking in the national government under the Articles of Confederation, leading to financial instability and a lack of compliance from states.

The power to tax (or lay and collect taxes).

400

Opponents of the new Constitution, who were known by this name, were chiefly worried that the document gave too much power to the national government.

Anti-federalists.

400

This 1820 legislative measure temporarily preserved the balance of power in the U.S. Senate by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, and by prohibiting slavery in future Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36°30′ parallel.

Missouri Compromise

400

This 1933 act was passed by Congress in less than eight hours, validating FDR's "bank holiday" and providing federal inspectors and aid to reopen sound financial institutions.

Emergency Banking Act of 1933

400

The significant increase in spending on this sector, coupled with tax cuts, led to a massive rise in the national debt during the Reagan years.

Military or defense spending

500

Prior to the Constitution, most states limited the right to vote to white male adults who were taxpayers or who owned a set amount of this.

Land (or property).

500

Article VI established that the Constitution and federal laws are this, superseding any contrary state law or constitution.

Supreme law of the land (or Supremacy Clause)

500

This 1857 Supreme Court decision declared that Black people could not be citizens and that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories.

Dred Scott decision (or Dred Scott v Sandford)

500

What were the 3 Rs of the New Deal Programs?

  • Relief

  • Recover

  • Reform
500

What was the goal of all the economic policies known as Reaganomics?

To promote (free-market) capitalism