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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,
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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
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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
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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
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join or die flag
Jamestown
Plymouth
Virginia House of Burgesses
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.
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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)