Foundations of America
This document declared that the colonies were independent from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This issue was the major cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
This period saw rapid growth of factories, railroads, and big business after the Civil War.
What is industrialization?
This policy warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This Enlightenment thinker influenced the idea of natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This term refers to wealthy business leaders who used unfair business practices.
What are robber barons?
This war was fought after the sinking of the USS Maine and led to the U.S. gaining overseas territories.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This colonial protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This principle divides power between the national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This reform movement tried to fix problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and corruption.
What is the Progressive Movement?
This policy was used during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This was the first written plan of government for the United States, but it created a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This system prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
These laws limited the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
This journalist exposed problems in society and pushed for reform.
What is a muckraker?
This World War I treaty was rejected by the United States Senate.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This principle means the people are the source of government power.
What is popular sovereignty?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This amendment gave citizenship and equal protection under the law to formerly enslaved people.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This law was created to limit monopolies and unfair business practices.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This 1947 policy gave aid to countries resisting communism, especially Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?