Colonial Foundations
This 1620 document signed aboard the Mayflower established self-government and is considered one of America's first democratic documents.
The Mayflower Compact
These are the three branches of the United States Government.
Executive, Judicial, and Legislative
This event was the result of Andrew Jackson's order to forcefully relocate of thousands of Native Americans to reservations in the Midwest.
The Trail of Tears
This president's election directly contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
President Abraham Lincoln
This 1906 book by Upton Sinclair exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to the Pure Food and Drug Act
The Jungle
Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet that criticized monarchy and convinced many colonists to support independence.
Common Sense
What was added to the constitution to protect the rights of the citizens?
The Bill of Rights
Foreign Policy statement was made by the US in 1823 stating no other European nation could form a new colony in the Western Hemisphere
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States. These are examples of...
Jim Crow Laws
This economic crisis beginning in 1929 led to unprecedented federal government intervention in the economy through the New Deal programs.
The Great Depression
This 1754-1763 conflict between Great Britain and France in North America led to increased British debt and taxation of the colonies.
The French and Indian War (or Seven Years' War)
This Supreme court case established judicial review and granted the supreme court power to determine if a law is constitutional or not
Marbury v Madison
The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave-holding state, the other as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30’ .
The Missouri Compromise
In 1898 this war erupted after the USS Maine exploded, and it left the United States in possession of overseas territories.
The Spanish American War
U.S. program that supplied Allied nations with arms before Pearl Harbor, ending strict neutrality.
First government after the Revolutionary War- It had many flaws one of which was the inability to tax its citizens
The Articles of Confederation
This principle divides government power between federal and state levels and is found in the 10th Amendment
Federalism
Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, and James Brown all specifically spoke out and fought for this:
Abolition of Slavery
This creation allowed more Americans to move west but also invaded the home of the Native Americans and contributed to the near extinction of the American buffalo.
The Transcontinental Railroad
The “clear and present danger” doctrine established in Schenck v. United States (1919) concerned the issue of
Freedom of Speech
Who was the second president of the United States, and what is he known for?
John Adams - The Alien and Sedition Acts
This series of essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay were written to support the ratification of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
Impressment of US sailors, Indian attacks in the southern and western states, election of the War Hawk Republicans in 1810 are all causes of this event
The War of 1812
These constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War abolished slavery, guaranteed citizenship rights, and prohibited denial of voting rights based on race.
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
This presidential action led to the forced internment of close to 200,000 Japanse Americans during World War II.
Executive Order 9066