Lincoln suspened ____________ during the civil war, which gives citizens the right to a trial, in order to squash suspected espionage, especially among women.
What is Habeas Corpus
100
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
What is a warning to Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere, especially in terms of colonizing Latin America.
100
A philosophy of government in which the government does not get involved much and does very little because it assumes problems will work themselves out or american citizens/business will fix them.
What is Laissez Faire
100
What would be two of the main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
What is no power to tax or regulate interstate commerce
100
The term used to justify U.S. expansion from coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny
200
The Great Compromise established a bicameral legislature in order to solve the issue of ____________ in Congress.
What is representation
200
With the election of Andrew Jackson the common man became more involved in politics, especially after Congress ended ___________________ as a requirment for voting.
What is Property ownership
200
This theory justified the gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S.
What is Social Darwinism
200
What power did Gibbons vs. Ogden give to the National Government?
What is the power to regulate interstate commerce along rivers.
200
The reason for the growth of cities.
What is industrialization
300
Any power not delegated to the National Government was left to the states, these powers are called _________.
What are reserved powers
300
Due to immigration in the mid 1800s there was a rise in "Nativist" attitudes, the Irish were harrassed not only for being poor, taking jobs, spreading disease, and causing crime, but also because they were ___________.
What is Roman Catholic
300
What European movement influenced the American Revolution, think of John Locke.
What is the Enlightenment
300
Explain the problems we were having with Spain and Britian under the Articles of Confederation?
What is Spain was blocking Mississippi River and Britain was interfering with sea trade.
300
The crisis where southern states thought they could reject or not follow goverment laws if they felt they were unconstitutional.
What is the Nullification Crisis
400
Name me one example of a president using a loose interpretation of the constitution to accomplish something.
What is the Louisiana Purchase, Creating a National Bank, etc
400
Well before women were granted the right to vote the _______________________ outlined the goals for the womens rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention
400
What is the difference between the Declaration of Rights and Grievances and the Declaration of Independence?
What is one does not call for Independence
400
What is listed in the Preamble of the Constitution?
What are goals for our Country.
400
What Jefferson did to avoid the a war with Britain that really hurt the U.S. more.
What is embargo
500
Name two precedents George Washington set as 1st President.
What is leaving after 2 terms and creating cabinets or departments to help him run the country
500
Jim Crow laws led to separate but "equal" facilities in the U.S., something that was upheld constitutionally by the Supreme Court Case of _____________________.
What is Plessy vs. Fergeson
500
Right before the Revolutionary War broke out the Americans sent the _________________ to the King of England only to be undermined by rebels attacking Canada.
What is the Olive Branch Petition.
500
Name the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th Amendments
What is Free Speech-etc, right to bear arms, protection against search and seizure, and cruel and unusual punishment
500
Name the 9th & 10th Amendments
What is people have rights not listed in the Constitution and any powers not given to national gov are reserved for states.