6731106273 | Washington's Farewell address includes... | Avoiding foreign entanglements, and avoid political parties | 0 | |
6731106274 | Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion over the new taxes on Whiskey, Washington himself led an army to shut down the rebellion in comparison to Shay's rebellion which stood strong against the previous weak government | 1 | |
6731106275 | 12th Amendment | Talks about the President being able to choose their VP | 2 | |
6731106276 | Federalist believes in.. | Big government, National Bank, Loose interpretation of constitution. Ex Alexander Hamilton | 3 | |
6731106277 | Anti-Federalist believes in.. | States Rights, No national bank, strict interpretation of constitution. Ex Thomas Jefferson | 4 | |
6731106278 | Theme related to the first two presidents | Federalist Era | 5 | |
6731106279 | Related to Thomas Jefferson | The Revolution of 1800 | 6 | |
6731106280 | Thomas Jefferson made cuts to.. | taxes, government spending, size of government, and military. | 7 | |
6731106281 | Thomas Jefferson used a loose interpretation of the constitution when he.. | bought the Louisiana Purchase | 8 | |
6731106282 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Increased time for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 years to 14, gave the president power to deport dangerous aliens (foreigners), made it illegal to publish defamatory works about the government | 9 | |
6731106283 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolution | Made it possible for states to nullify a law that they didn't find was constitutional. Passed following the Alien and Sedition Acts | 10 | |
6731106284 | Marbury V. Madison established... | Established Judicial review for the supreme court | 11 | |
6731106285 | Hartford Convention | New England discusses secession, | 12 | |
6731106286 | War of 1812 | War between Britain and America, America was pissed about impressment of sailors, British aided Native Americans that were attacking the western side of the U.S. | 13 | |
6731106287 | Agrarian Society | Belief that everyone should have a farm and be self- sufficient. Thomas Jefferson. | 14 | |
6731106288 | Warhawks | People during the war of 1812 that thought Natives were apart of the problem | 15 | |
6731106289 | War of 1812 is associated with President... | James Madison | 16 | |
6731106290 | Era of Good Feelings is associated with President... | James Monroe | 17 | |
6731106291 | Monroe Doctrine stated.. | No European country would be allowed to come to North America w/o going to war with the US | 18 | |
6731106292 | American System | Tariffs, National Bank, and Internal improvements | 19 | |
6731106293 | Missouri Compromise | Established Missouri as a slave state, but all states north of Missouri would be free states | 20 | |
6731106294 | "Corrupt Bargain" | John Q. Adams | 21 | |
6731106295 | Tariff of Abominations | Heavily taxed all imports | 22 | |
6731106296 | Era of the Common Man | Andrew Jackson | 23 | |
6731106297 | What happened to amount of voters, and total votes? | Vote was extended to all white men instead of property owning white males. 80% voter turnout. | 24 | |
6731106298 | Panic of 1837 | Widespread unemployment, price of cotton decreased, many state banks collapsed | 25 | |
6731106299 | Panic of 1837 is associated with President.. | Martin Van Buren | 26 | |
6731106300 | Spoils System | Andrew Jackson coined this phrase saying "the spoils go to the victor" fired federalists and replaced them with democrats. | 27 | |
6731106301 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Ended the Mexican-American War; Mexico gave up all claims to land from California to Texas for $15 million | 28 | |
6731106302 | Annexation of Texas is associated with President... | John Tyler, and James K. Polk | 29 | |
6731106303 | Gadsden Purchase | Extended the US border | 30 | |
6731106304 | Oregon Treaty | Treaty that extended the US border up to the 54 40 parallel, still the border today | 31 | |
6731106305 | Matthew Perry heading to Japan is associated with President... | Millard Fillmore | 32 | |
6731106306 | Kansas-Nebraska Act | Establish popular sovereignty in new states: Kansas and Nebraska. Led to Bleeding Kansas. | 33 | |
6731106307 | Bleeding Kansas | Fight between antislavery and pro-slavery people | 34 | |
6731106308 | Dred Scott v. Sanford | Establish the idea that a slave is a piece of property, and it would be unconstitutional if people couldn't bring their property where they went...NO FREE STATES. | 35 | |
6731106309 | John Brown's Raid at Harper's Fairy | An unsuccessful of attempt to start a slave rebellion in Virginia | 36 | |
6731106310 | First event in the Civil War | Attack at Fort Sumter | 37 | |
6731106311 | Letting the union fall is associated with President.. | James Buchanon | 38 | |
6731106312 | The Emancipation Proclamation, and the Civil War are both associated with President... | Abraham Lincoln | 39 | |
6731106313 | Compromise of 1850 | 1) California is establish as a free state 2) Popular Sovereignty 3) Fugitive Slave Act 4) Texas Debt = US Debt | 40 | |
6731106314 | Fugitive Slave Act | Required that people that caught run away slaves must send them back to their owners in the south | 41 | |
6731106315 | 1st President to be impeached was.. | Andrew Johnson | 42 | |
6731106316 | 14th Amendment | Citizenship for slaves | 43 | |
6731106317 | 15th Amendment | Suffrage given to black males | 44 | |
6731106318 | Established as a replacement of slavery | Share Cropping | 45 | |
6731106319 | War on Terror, and NCLB are associated with President.. | George W. Bush | 46 | |
6731106320 | Bill Clinton | Known as a moderate democrat that gave the US a surplus, Monica Lewinsky scandal | 47 | |
6731106321 | Half-Breed | People that opposed political machines | 48 | |
6731106322 | Stalwarts | People that favored political machines | 49 | |
6731106323 | Plessy V. Ferguson | Establish segregation as separate but equal | 50 | |
6731106324 | Williams Jennings Bryan | Nominated by the populas party for president, gave the Cross of Gold speech | 51 | |
6731106325 | Sinking of the Maine | Caused the Spanish American war | 52 | |
6731106326 | Spanish American War resulted in... | US obtaining Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba | 53 | |
6731106327 | Big Stick Diplomacy | Big stick symbolized power and readiness to use military if needed. Associated with Teddy Roosevelt | 54 | |
6731106328 | Election of 1912 | Teddy Roosevelt wanted to run again and split the republican vote, this let Woodrow Wilson win the election. First Southern democrat to win since before the civil war | 55 | |
6731106329 | 19th Amendment | Establish suffrage for women | 56 | |
6731106330 | 14 Points, and the first world war are associated with President... | Woodrow Wilson | 57 | |
6731106331 | "Return to Normalcy" | Phrase coined by Harding | 58 | |
6731106332 | "Business of America is Business" | Phrase coined by Coolidge | 59 | |
6731106333 | Too little too late is associated with President... | Hoover, everything he tried to do to prevent the Great Depression was TL or TL | 60 | |
6731106334 | Rugged Individualism | Told Americans to tough out the hard times and good will come like nothing ever went wrong | 61 | |
6731106335 | President associated with the "alphabet soup" | FDR, all of his domestic policies were referred to as the alphabet soup | 62 | |
6731106336 | Korematsu V US | Establish the fact that the government could label a whole race as "suspect classification" meaning the govt. was permitted to deny the Japs their constitutional rights | 63 | |
6731106337 | Brown v. Board of Education | Deconstructed segregation, separate is not equal | 64 | |
6731106338 | Containment | The idea that the US had to stop the spread of communism | 65 | |
6731106339 | President associated with ending the war with atom bombs... | Truman | 66 | |
6731106340 | President associated with ending the great depression and having 4 terms... | FDR | 67 | |
6731106341 | Interstate Highway Act | Established a highway system connecting east and west coasts of the US | 68 | |
6731106342 | Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missle Crisis, and the man on the moon are associated with President... | JFK | 69 | |
6731106343 | Worcester v. Georgia | Established that it was unconstitutional for Georgia law to regulate the access of US citizens into Cherokee Country | 70 | |
6731106344 | Little Rock 9 | First 9 girls to integrate blacks and whites together | 71 | |
6731106345 | President associated with focusing on poverty and elderly (Medicare, and Medicaid) | Lyndon B. Johnson | 72 | |
6731106346 | Environmental Protection Agency | Focuses on protecting the environment and animals | 73 | |
6731106347 | Kent State | Reaction to the expansion of the Korean War, soldiers went into Kent State and shot protestors | 74 | |
6731106348 | President associated with the Iran hostage crisis | Jimmy Carter | 75 | |
6731106349 | President associated with the Persian Gulf War | George H. W. Bush | 76 | |
6731106350 | Sumner-Brooks Affair | Brooks beat Sumner over the head with his cane on the senate floor, ending compromise. | 77 | |
6731106351 | Lincoln-Douglas debates | These debates made Lincoln famous for battling with the person that came up with the idea of popular sovereignty | 78 | |
6731106352 | Election of 1860 | Lincoln v Douglas v John Bell v John C Breckinridge South secedes from the union because of Lincoln's victory | 79 | |
6731106353 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Book that was published to display the atrocities of slavery throughout the country | 80 | |
6731106354 | Wilmot Provisio | Bill that banned slavery in the territories that were acquired after the war with Mexico | 81 | |
6731106355 | W.E.B Du Bois | Believed that intellect for the blacks was the best way to gain rights | 82 | |
6731106356 | Booker T. Washington | Believed blacks must gain economic equality before their gain of social equality, believed that blacks must have useful skills so whites could see them as useful | 83 | |
6731106357 | Treaty of Ghent | Ended the war of 1812 | 84 | |
6731106358 | Bacon's Rebellion | Bacon was frustrated that the Native's kept attacking the west side of the frontier and he was frustrated that the government wouldn't send aid, rebellion against Berkely | 85 | |
6731106359 | Shay's Rebellion | A rebellion against the foreclosures and the tax delinquencies, this rebellion is important because it shows the weakness of the newly formed govt. and that it needs reform. | 86 | |
6731106360 | Pontiac's Rebellion | Rebellion led to drive British forces out of Ohio country, rebellion was crushed | 87 | |
6731106361 | Stono Rebellion | Slave rebellion | 88 | |
6731106362 | Encomienda System | System set up by Spanish to use the natives as slave laborers | 89 | |
6731106363 | Pueblo Revolt | 30,000 Pueblos v. 2,000 Spaniards, Pueblos pushed back spanish out of modern day New Mexico, 12 years later the Spanish recaptured them, but the Spanish were more accepting of the pueblos customs | 90 | |
6731106364 | Britain's reasoning for going to America | Freedom of religion, and greed | 91 | |
6731106365 | Spanish reasoning for going to America | To conquer land and expand their empire, to convert people | 92 | |
6731106366 | French reasoning for going to America | For fur and marriages | 93 | |
6731106367 | Columbian exchange | Exchange between europe, Africa, and the New world. The new world got food, slaves from Africa, and the New world gave Old world gold, silver and other material possessions | 94 | |
6731106368 | Jamestown | Known as the first permanent settlement in the colonies; Founded by captain John Smith | 95 | |
6731106369 | Anne Hutchinson | Believed that predestination didn't exist, believed that people could be religious without going to church, was exiled | 96 | |
6731106370 | Roger Williams | Believed in the separation of church and state, advocated for Native Americans rights | 97 | |
6731106371 | Mayflower compact | First governing document of the Plymouth colony, drafted on the ship ride over to the New world, majority rule, sense of democracy | 98 | |
6731106372 | William Penn | Early advocate for democracy and religious freedoms, promoted good relations with the Native Americans | 99 | |
6731106373 | Quaker society | Women were equal to men in jobs, and everyday life. Fair to Native Americans | 100 | |
6731106374 | House of Burgesses | First legislature established in the New world, could levy taxes to people and make laws, but England could overrule these acts, set the precedent for future parliaments to be established | 101 | |
6731106375 | Maryland Toleration Act | Maryland had very strict laws pertaining to religion, this act made it so all Christian religions, but not to those who didn't believe in the divinity of Jesus, this act would lead to the first amendment, freedom of religion | 102 | |
6731106376 | Ben Franklin's "Join or Die" | Represented the colonies uniting together as one or they will die to the Native Americans | 103 | |
6731106377 | Salutary Neglect | British were giving US autonomy, this less restricting policy would ultimately fail because the people got used to the freedom and despised any restraint to the people | 104 | |
6731106378 | Salem witch trials | targeted women who were misfits, or independent | 105 | |
6731106379 | Middle Passage | The route and passage across the Atlantic ocean, 90% of the people on these boats were africans | 106 | |
6731106380 | Mercantilism | Money for the mothercountry | 107 | |
6731106381 | Engel v. Vitale | Public schools cannot make students say prayers | 108 | |
6731106382 | McCulloch v. Maryland | Expanded Congress's ability to use its implied powers | 109 | |
6731106383 | Schenck v. United States | Justice Holmes' claim that Congress could restrict speech if the words "are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create and clear and present danger" when Schenck was convicted for mailing pamphlets urging potential army inductees to resist conscription. | 110 | |
6731106384 | Roe v. Wade | Established a woman's right to abortion under certain circumstances | 111 | |
6731106385 | Navigation Acts | Regulated trade to help the British economy, restricted all of colonial trade exports | 112 | |
6731106386 | The First Great Awakening | the first great awakening was a religious revival in the colonies | 113 | |
6731106387 | George Whitefield | Great preacher of the colonial | 114 | |
6731106388 | John Peter Zenger Case | John published a defamatory comments about a government official and was arrested for it, established freedom of press | 115 | |
6731106389 | Second event in the Civil War | Bull Run | 116 | |
6731106390 | Third event in the Civil War | Antetum | 117 | |
6731106391 | Fourth event in the civil war | Shiloh | 118 | |
6731106392 | Fifth event in the civil war | Sherman's March | 119 | |
6731106393 | Sixth event in the civil war | Gettysburg (Gettysburg Address) | 120 | |
6731106394 | Last event of the civil war | Appomattox Court House (ended the war) | 121 | |
6731106395 | Bonus March | March of unemployed veterans that were demanding their bonuses from the army immediately, Hoover sent in the military | 122 | |
6731106396 | Declaration Act | Says that the British had the right to tax the colonies, the reaction of the colonies is that they will just boycott the items being taxed | 123 | |
6731106397 | Writ of Assistance | Gave the right to British soldiers to search homes | 124 | |
6731106398 | Intolerable Acts | Reaction to the Boston Tea Party, closed Port of Boston, colonies had to pay for the tea that was ruined, and colonial assembly | 125 | |
6731106399 | First Continental Congress | First meeting of the Congress states that the colonies were all loyal to Britain, but they were angry with the mother countries actions towards them | 126 | |
6731106400 | Treaty of Paris | States that America is an independent Nation, and the Mississippi river is the boundary | 127 | |
6731106401 | Second Continental Congress | Delegates came to the decision to make an army, and send Britain an olive branch | 128 | |
6731106402 | New Jersey Plan | Small states, have equal representation in congress | 129 | |
6731106403 | Virginia Plan | Large states, have a representation based off of population | 130 | |
6731106404 | Great Compromise | Took both aspects of the Virginia, and New Jersey Plans, and made them into one | 131 |
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