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A dominant leader of the Democratic Party and the only American president elected to more than two terms
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
100
The weakness of the Articles of Confederation called for the creation of this document which created a much stronger national government.
What is The U.S. Constitution
100
This amendment set a limit on presidential terms
What is 22nd Amendment (1947)
100
The pilgrims drew up and signed a document that represented both an early form of colonial self- government and an early form of written constitution.
What is Mayflower Compact
100
This party called for the abolition of national banks, a graduated income tax, direct election of Senators, civil service reform, a working day of eight hours and Government control of all railroads, telegraphs, and telephones
What is People's Party (Populists)
200
"Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the Nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came."
What is Abraham Lincoln
200
This policy proclaimed that all those enslaved in the Confederate to be forever free.
What is Emancipation Proclamation
200
The first organized representative assembly which was organized by colonist's in Virginia
What is House of Burgesses
200
This party emphasizes environmentalism, non-hierarchical participatory democracy, social justice, respect for diversity, peace, and nonviolence
What is Green Party
300
This presidents tax cuts combined with large increases in military spending were creating federal deficits of over $200 billion a year
What is Ronald Reagan
300
This landmark piece of legislation ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public (known as "public accommodations").
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
300
This "loss" altered the conduct of World War II, the character of the presidency, and the profile of the Democratic party (April 12th, 1945)
What is Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
John Peter Zenger, a new York printer, was acquitted of seditious libel for printing attacks on the royal governor and his faction, which widened this freedom later guaranteed under the Bill of Rights
What is Freedom of the Press
300
political organization formed in the years 1874-—76 to promote currency expansion.
What is Greenback's Party
400
Which president pursued the Mexican War and secured the Oregon Territory by treaty with Britain, thereby fulfilling his "Manifest Destiny"
What is James K. Polk
400
This revolutionary program implemented theories of John Maynard Keynes that stressed the importance of deficit spending for "pump priming"
What is New Deal
400
This event brought distrust and cynicism in government.
What is Watergate Scandal
400
The name of the type of colonies where the governors were appointed by the king
What is Royal Colonies
400
The people that made up the Populists party were..
What is Poor white farmers
500
Domestically, this president signed the first child welfare program in the United States and dealt with striking workers in the mining and railroad industries
What is Warren Harding
500
This act abolished the system of national-origin quotas.
What is Hart- Cellar Act (1965)
500
This act makes more than 600 million acres of land available to be settled, sparking the largest migration of Americans in the nation's history.
What is Homestead Act
500
Spectacular gains in population during the 18th century were the result of immigration of almost a million people and a sharp natural increase, caused chiefly by..
What is High birthrate among colonial families
500
People's Party grew out of agrarian unrest in response to low
What is Agricultural Prices