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Dwight D. Eisenhower--34TH presedent of the U.S

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg-- where accused of giving away atomic bomb info too the Russians

McCarthyism--the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.

NASA-- Americas space program

Dr. Jonas Salk-- cured pollio

John F. Kennedy--35Th president of the U.S

New Frontier--the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him. (above)

Lyndon B. Johnson-- 36TH president

Great Society--the elimination of poverty and racial injustice.

Counterculture-- the era of where kids rebelled against most stuff the old era favored (i.e the hippies)

Richard Nixon--37Th president

Man on the Moon-- Neil Armstrong first man on the moon

Watergate--June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.

Gerald Ford-- 38TH president

Jimmy Carter--39TH president

Ronald Reagan--40TH president

Reaganomics--reduce the growth of government spending, reduce the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reduce government regulation, and tighten the money supply in order to reduce inflation.

Sally Ride-- first women astronaut

Sandra Day O’Connor-- first wome Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Emancipation Proclamation--"technicality" free the slaves

Reconstruction Amendments-- 13,14,15 Amendments

Jim Crow--racial segregation laws

Plessy v. Ferguson--upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal"

Booker T. Washington--advisor to presidents of the United States.

Oliver Hill-- civil rights attorney,His work against racial discrimination helped end the doctrine of "separate but equal."

W.E.B. du Bois--leader of the Niagara Movement,

NAACP--National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination

Brown v. Board of Education-- Brown won and ended segregated schools

Little Rock 9--a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957, but where prevented from entering the school

Rosa Parks-- did not give up her seat on the bus and was arrested

Montgomery Bus Boycott-- african americans refused to ride the public transportation and initially hurt the buses money they made

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.--African-American Civil Rights Movement.

CORE --Congress of Racial Equality, a U.S. civil rights organization

SNCC--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

SCLC--Southern Christian Leadership Conference

March on Washington-- a peaceful march where the "i have a dream" speech is given

Letter from Birmingham Jail--The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism

Freedom Summer-- attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi

Bloody Sunday--a race riot in Louisiana

Civil Rights Act of 1964--outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Voting Rights Act of 1965--prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

White Flight-- whites of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions

thurgood marshal--was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court,

#5

Blitzkrieg

Lend/Lease Act

Holocaust

Harry Truman

Allies and Axis

Iwo Jima

Okinawa

Island Hopping

Freedom Summer

Bloody Sunday

Little Rock 9

D-Day

Manhattan Project

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Iron Curtain

Pearl Harbor

Rosa Parks

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Adolf Hitler-- leader of Germany during world war 2

Benito Mussolini

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

W.E.B. du Bois

NAACP

Adolf Hitler

March on Washington

White Flight

Thurgood Marshall

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Brown v. Board of Education

Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

Lyndon B. Johnson

Great Society

Benito Mussolini-- leader of Italy during world war 2

Counterculture

Containment

Geneva Convention

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Man on the Moon

Richard Nixon

Hideki Tojo-- leader of the japanese army during world war 2

Watergate

Rosie the wonder woman riveter

Berlin Airlift

NATO and Warsaw Pact

CORE

SNCC

SCLC

civil rights groups

Gerald Ford

Mao Zedong

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

Blitzkrieg-- overwhelming air strength first then land units then ground troops

Plessy v. Ferguson

Sally Ride

Reaganomics

U-2 Incident

Berlin Wall

Domino Theory

General Douglas MacArthur

Nikita Khrushchev

John F. Kennedy

Korean Conflict

Booker T. Washington

Oliver Hill

Sandra Day O’Connor

Bay of Pigs

Lend/Lease Act-- united states trades (with the british) military resources for land

Cuban Missile Crisis

Sputnik

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Reconstruction Amendments

Emancipation Proclamation

Jim Crow

Hideki Tojo

Vietnamization

Harry Truman

Pearl Harbor--December 7, 1941 japan attacked without warning the u.s pearl harbor on Hawaii

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Baby Boom

Lyndon B. Johnson

New Frontier

John F. Kennedy

George H.W. Bush

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Fall of Saigon

Gerald Ford

Persian Gulf War

G.I. Bill

Richard Nixon

Allies and Axis-- the alliances in world war 2

Ronald Reagan

Strategic Defense Initiative

Fair Deal

Camp David Accords

Jimmy Carter

Bill Clinton

NAFTA

Dwight D. Eisenhower

midway-- the changing point in the war in the pacific.

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Panama Canal

The Jungle

Federal Reserve Act

Square Deal

George W. Bush

9/11 and the War on Terror

17th Amendment

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Mikhail Gorbachev

Iran Hostage Crisis

Glasnost and Perestroika

Square Deal

Dollar Diplomacy

Trustbusting

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Island Hopping-- MacArthurs idea of going island to island to get closer japan shore line

Australian Ballot

Muckraking

McCarthyism

NASA

Teller Amendment

The Maine

Red Scare

Harlem Renaissance

Scopes Trial

Foraker Act

Spanish-American War

Hawaiian Annexation

Dr. Jonas Salk

Yellow Journalism

Great Depression

D-Day-- The storming of Normandy to annex France from german control.

FDR

Lusitania

Zimmermann Telegram

16th Amendment

14 Points

Platt Amendment

Philippine-American War

Boxer Rebellion

Open Door Policy

Chinese Spheres of Influence

Big Stick Diplomacy

#4

Iwo Jima, Okinawa-- two of japans major islands that was taken over during world war 2

Treaty of Versailles

League of Nations

Prohibition

Muckraking-- exposed all the problems with economy

Manhattan Project-- U.S secrete project of building the atom bomb

Hiroshima and Nagasaki-- the two japan cities nuked during world war 2

Geneva Convention--

Australian Ballot-- privet voting

Rosie the Riveter-- inspirational poster to encourage women too join the work force

Holocaust-- Do i seriously have to explain this

Harry Truman-- 33rd president of the united states and final running mate of Theodore Roosevelt.

Iron Curtain-- the "line" that separates communism from the rest of europe

Truman Doctrine--a U.S policy to stop Soviet expansion during the Cold War

16th Amendment--allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states

Marshall Plan-- the u.s recovery plan to rebuild Europe

Containment-- too stop the spread of communism

Berlin Airlift-- airlift all supplies to the people of Berlin while ground was blockaded

NATO and Warsaw Pact-- the alliances during containment

Mao Zedong-- leader of china during containment also was communist

Korean Conflict-- north Korea was communist while south Korea was not

General Douglas MacArthur-- Leader of the u.s army in the 30"s

Dwight D. Eisenhower-- planned the D-Day invasion and is 34Th president

Domino Theory-- if one country falls to communism the bordering countries will too

Nikita Khrushchev-- led the soviet union during the cold war

Sputnik--first artificial earth satellite created by Russians

U-2 Incident-- U.S spy plane shot down after spying on soviet union

John F. Kennedy-- 35Th president and was assassinated

17th Amendment--established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote

bay of pigs-- JFK plan to arm Cuban rebels to overthrow Castro

Berlin Wall-- a massive wall built too separate Berlin east and west

Cuban Missile Crisis-- Russia placed nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at the U.S

Lyndon B. Johnson-- 36th President of the United States

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution--it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia.

Richard Nixon-- 37Th president of the U.S

Vietnamization-- Too train and equip south vietnamese too defend them selves

Gerald Ford-- 38TH president of the U.S

Fall of Saigon-- North Vietnam captures south Vietnam capital

Jimmy Carter-- 39TH president of U.S

Camp David Accords--on 17 September 1978, following thirteen days of secret negotiations at Camp David with egyptian president Anwar El Sadat

Iran Hostage Crisis--Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days by iran

Ronald Reagan-- 40TH president of the U.S

SDI-- A fake 'laser' to block nuclear missles

Mikhail Gorbachev-- Russian leader during Dante

Glasnost and Perestroika--increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union

George H.W. Bush--41TH president of the U.S

Fall of the Berlin Wall-- the infamause Berlin wall was destroyed in between east and west Berlin

Persian Gulf War-- (dessert storm) was fought to expel Iraq and restore Kuwaiti independence.

Bill Clinton-- 42TH president

NAFTA--North American Free Trade Agreement free trade between Mexico and Canada and the U.S

George W. Bush-- 43TH president of the U.S

9/11 and the War on Terror-- the fight against terrorism

Harry Truman--33Th president of U.S

Baby Boom--a greatly increased birth rate

G.I. Bill--a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans

Fair Deal--an ambitious set of proposals put forward by United States President Harry S. Truman

Manifest Destiny

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Labor Unions

J.P. Morgan

Andrew Carnegie

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Populists

Haymarket Riot

John D. Rockefeller

Square Deal--conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection

Compromise of 1850

Whigs

Frederick Douglass

Trustbusting--seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive

Election of 1860

Ft. Sumter

Dred Scott

Charles Sumner

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Bleeding Kansas

John Brown

The Jungle--exposed health conditions for workers and meat factorys

Reconstruction-- the phase of rebuilding at the civil war

Radical Republicans-- were opposed during the war by moderates and conservative factions

14th Amendment

Radical Republicans

Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

15th Amendment

Compromise of 1877

Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment-- for firing the appointed secretary

Federal Reserve Act-- crated the federal reserve system

13th Amendment

Nat Turner

13Th Amendment-- freed slaves

14Th amendment-- citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws

15Th Amendment--prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Clayton Anti-Trust Act--sought to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency

Compromise of 1877--pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era.

Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg

Ulysses S. Grant

Appomattox Courthouse

3 Trends in America from 1861 to 1900-- the assembly line, banking, cereal.

Reconstruction

Robert E. Lee

5 Causes of Industrial Expansion between 1861 and 1900--high birth rate, immigration, increase supply of capital, civil war, increased transportation.

Hawaiian Annexation-- to annex it and make it become u.s.a state eventually

Spanish-American War--a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence

Yellow Journalism--to "create news"

The Maine-- was sunk and Spain was blamed which made conflict between Spain and american

Cornelius Vanderbilt--an American tycoon, businessman, and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.

Teller Amendment--the U.S. would help Cuba gain independence and then withdraw all its troops from the country

Foraker Act--established civilian government and outlawed cockfighting on the island of Puerto Rico

Platt Amendment--seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba

Philippine-American War--an armed conflict between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries.

Andrew Carnegie-- led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry

Chinese Spheres of Influence--a spatial region or concept division over which a state or organization has a level of cultural, economic, military, or political exclusivity, accommodating to the interests of powers outside the borders of the state that controls it.

John D. Rockefeller--was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust

Open Door Policy--policy proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries

Boxer Rebellion-- violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement towards U.S

Big Stick Diplomacy-- idea of negotiating peacefully, simultaneously threatening with the millitary

Panama Canal--in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the paciific ocean

J.P. Morgan--an American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time.

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine--the United States will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries

Dollar Diplomacy-- its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.

Lusitania-- destroyed by germans and and one cause of America entering world war 1

Zimmermann Telegram-- telegram the french intercepted telling Mexico to attack the U.S (sent by Germany)

14 Points-- Wilson wants from the war at treaty of Versailles

League of Nations--the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace

Treaty of Versailles-- peace treaty that ended word war 1

Prohibition-- outlaw of alcohol.

Red Scare-- fear of communism taking over

Harlem Renaissance-- African American left the south and moved north.

Scopes Trial-- creationism VS. evolution

5 causes of the Stock Market Crash, 1929-- uneven distribution of income, stock market speculation, excessive use of credit, overproduction f consumer goods, weak farm economy.

Great Depression-- the crash of the stock market and job losss

FDR-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

5 Programs of the New Deal-- AAA, FDIC, WPA, DIC, SSA

Labor Unions-- an organization of workers who have united together to achieve common goals

Haymarket Riot--a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers by the police, the previous day. An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians; scores of others were wounded.

Populists--for the people party.

Definitions

Jay’s Treaty

Pinckney’s Treaty

Andrew Jackson and the Bank

Andrew Jackson and the Tariff of Abominations

Corrupt Bargain of 1824

Compromise of 1820

Jamestown-- first permanent English settlement in the Americas

Andrew Jackson and the Spoils System

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

Andrew Jackson and the Indians

Plymouth--The settlement, which served as the capital of the colony

Adam Smith

Washington’s Cabinet

Virginia House of Burgesses-- was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America

Causes of the War of 1812

Lewis and Clark (and Sacajawea)

Era of Good Feelings

Henry Clay

McCulloch v. Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Indentured Servitude--a voluntary labour system whereby young people paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a certain number of years

American System

Hartford Convention

Louisiana Purchase

#2

French and Indian War--The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France

Washington’s Cabinet--Thomas

Jefferson,Alexander

Hamilton,Henry

Knox,Edmund

Randolph

Gibbons v. Ogden--a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.[

Whiskey Rebellion

Adam Smith--a British moral philosopher from Scotland and a pioneer of political economy.

Washington’s Farewell Address

John Marshall

Gabriel Prosser

Louisiana Purchase-- the u.s.a spent 15 million purchasing the Lousiana from napoleon

Alien and Sedition Acts

"Join, or Die" flag--used in the French and Indian War to symbolize that the colonies needed to join together with Great Britain to defeat the French and Indians.

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Marbury vs. Madison

Whiskey Rebellion--a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington.

Lewis and Clark (and Sacajawea)-- Lewis and Clark where led by Sacajawea to explore the new Louisiana purchase land

Proclamation of 1763--was issued October 9, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War

Stamp Act--any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents.

Townsend Act--a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767

Boston Massacre--British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others.

1st Continental Congress--a convention of delegates from twelve colonies

Boston Tea Party--a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773.

Jay’s Treaty--a 1795 treaty between the United States and the Great Britain that is credited with averting war

Second Continental Congress--a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775,

Common Sense--a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain

Causes of the War of 1812-- impressment (forced recruitment) of U.S. seamen into the Royal Navy,a possible desire on the part of the United States to annex Canada.

Declaration of Independence--which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states

Battle of Saratoga--a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.

Treaty of Alliance--was the defensive alliance between France and the America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War,

Battle of Yorktown--a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington

Hartford Convention-- New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812

Pinckney’s Treaty-- established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain

Era of Good Feelings--United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans

Henry Clay--an American lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans--

Washington’s Farewell Address--the letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement to his home Mount Vernon

American System-- a tariff to protect and promote American industry; a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other 'internal improvements'

Alien and Sedition Acts--increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from 5 to 14 years. The Alien Friends Act allowed the president to imprison or deport aliens considered "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" at any time

Compromise of 1820-- It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions-- the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.

Gabriel Prosser--a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800.

Corrupt Bargain of 1824--Clay used his political clout to secure the victory for Adams

Andrew Jackson and the Spoils System-- if you help a Jackson he gave you a job.

Andrew Jackson and the Bank-- fired to secretary of treasury and withdrew all money out of national bank and bankrupt it

Andrew Jackson and the Tariff of Abominations-- Jackson opposed and supported tariffs and non stopped changed his view.

John Marshall--the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Andrew Jackson and the Indians-- Andrew Jackson disobeyed the supreme courts decision and drove the indians out of Georgia

Marbury vs. Madison-- the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution

McCulloch v. Maryland-- First, the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government. Second, state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government.

Gibbons v. Ogden--a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

Indentured Servitude

French and Indian War

"Join, or Die" flag

french and indian war

indenture servitude

#3

join or die flag

Jamestown

Plymouth

Virginia House of Burgesses

3 characteristics of the New England Colonies

Jamestown

Plymouth

Whigs--the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Presidency and favored a program of modernization and economic protectionism.

Proclamation of 1763

Stamp Act

Townsend Act

proclamation of 1763

stamp act

Townsend act

3 characteristics of the Southern Colonies

5 Problems with the Articles of Confederation Government

3 characteristics of the Middle Colonies

less structure between church and state

social life more relaxed

Most people where average

no unity among states/all decision had to be unanimous/ no taxes/ no commerce/ shays rebellion.

#5 starts at slide 71

Frederick Douglass--After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement

commerce argument between mother countries and state

Virginia house of burgesses- first elected assembly

First rebellion towards gov. Bacons rebellion.

Virginia houses of Burgesses

Nat Turner-- an African-American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 55 white deaths.

Second Continental Congress

Common Sense

Declaration of Independence

Boston Massacre

1st Continental Congress

Boston Tea Party

common sense

1st continental congress

Boston Massacre

second continental congress

declaration of independence

they were largely founded by puritans.

New England had a very strict life style

And they all lived my the mayflower compact.

Boston tea party

Manifest Destiny--a god given right to expand the u.s.a from coast to coast.

Battle of Saratoga

Treaty of Alliance

Battle of Yorktown

battle of Saratoga

treaty of alliance

battle of Yorktown

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo--U.S. and Mexico that ended the Mexican–American War (1846–48).

James Madison

George Washington

Compromise of 1850--a package of five separate bills passed in the United States in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848).

Virginia Plan

Shays' Rebellion--The rebellion took place in a political climate where reform of the country's governing document, the Articles of Confederation, was widely seen as necessary.

Enlightened Thinkers

Shays' Rebellion

Enlightened Thinkers-- John lock/Voltair/Montisque.

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854--created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory.

Harriet Beecher Stowe--an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

Bleeding Kansas--a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery

Dred Scott--a slave in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom

Charles Sumner--Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans

John Brown-- a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.

Election of 1860--Abraham Lincoln VS. John C. Breckinridge

3 Characteristics of the Union--better political leader (Lincoln), worst army, less qualified generals.

3 Characteristics of the Confederacy-- better trained army, weak political leader, better generals.

Ft. Sumter-- first battle (skirmish) of the civil war. only 1 casualty .

Emancipation Proclamation-- makes abolish of slavery a priority of civil war.

Gettysburg--the largest number of casualties of the entire war, and is often described as the war's turning point.

Gettysburg Address--the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg

Robert E. Lee--commander of the confederate army

Ulysses S. Grant-- commander of the union army

Appomattox Courthouse-- Robert E Lee surrendered to the union at the Appomattox courthouse

Constitutional Convention-- a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution.

Great Compromise

New Jersey Plan

Delegated Powers/Concurrent Powers/Reserved Powers

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Judicial Branch

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

3/5 Compromise

George Washington-- 1st president and leader of continental army.

James Madison--an American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States

Virginia Plan--a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.

Constitutional Convention

Anti federalists

Federalists

Legislative Branch

The Bill of Rights

The Constitution

New Jersey Plan--a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention

Executive Branch

Great Compromise--an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

3/5 Compromise-- every 5 slaves counts as 3 slaves for population

Federalists--in favor of the constitution

Anti federalists-- against the constitution

The Constitution-- a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed

The Bill of Rights--most important rights to the citizens of a country.

Legislative Branch--a decision-making organization, usually associated with national government, that has the power to enact, amend and repeal laws

Executive Branch--has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state.

Judicial Branch--the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.

Virginia Declaration of Rights--a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom--guaranteed freedom of religion to people of all religious faiths

Delegated Powers--a list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that set forth the authoritative capacity of Congress

Concurrent Powers--powers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the State and the federal government.

Reserved Powers--powers which are not "enumerated" (written down, assigned)

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