Changes to the Articles of Confederation by the US ...
Principles of the US Constitution
|Constitutional Principle |Definition |How it promotes Freedom |
|Popular Sovereignty | | |
|Federalism | | |
|Separation of Powers | | |
|Checks and Balances | | |
|Limited Government | | |
Changes to the Articles of Confederation by the US Constitution
|Articles of Confederation (weaknesses) |Constitution (Changes) |
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| |Government change through the Constitution |
|The Amending Process | |
|The Elastic Clause | |
What were the Articles of Confederations strengths?
Flexibility and Change in the National Government
| |Presidential change of the Government (Unwritten Constitution) |
|The Cabinet | |
|Political Parties | |
|Judicial Review | |
Bill of Rights 1791
|Amendments |Description |Court Case |
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|Additional Amendments |Description (List) |
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US Territorial Expansion (Manifest Destiny)
|Territory |Description (How was this land acquired?) |Importance |
|Louisiana 1803 | | |
|Western Florida 1818 | | |
|Florida 1819 | | |
|Texas 1845 | | |
|Mexican Cession 1848 | | |
US Foreign Policy
|Policy |Description (One sentence summary) |Importance |
|Washington’s Farwell Address 1796| | |
|War of 1812 | | |
|Monroe Doctrine 1823 | | |
|Manifest Destiny | | |
|1800’s | | |
|Spanish American War 1898 | | |
|American Imperialism | | |
|Roosevelt Corollary 1903 | | |
|WWI 1917 | | |
|Wilson’s 14 Points | | |
|Neutrality Acts 1930’s | | |
Foreign Affairs
|Act / Treaty |Description (One sentence – what occurred) |Importance |
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|Treaty of Ghent 1814 | | |
|US Mexican War | | |
|1848 | | |
|Treaty of Paris 1898 | | |
|Panama Canal 1903 | | |
|WWI 1917 | | |
|Treaty of Versailles 1919 | | |
|Kellogg-Briand Treaty 1928 | | |
|Lend Lease Act | | |
|1941 | | |
|Executive Order 9066 | | |
|Untied Nations Treaty 1945 | | |
|Marshall Plan 1947 | | |
|NATO 1949 | | |
|WARSAW Pact 1949 | | |
|War Powers Act 1973 | | |
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|Nixon Visit to China 1973 | | |
|Persian Gulf War | | |
|Sept 11, 2001 | | |
|War in Iraq | | |
|Persian Gulf War | | |
American Wars
|War |Description (Who was the war between? What was it over?) |Outcome |
|American Revolution | | |
|1775-1783 | | |
|War of 1812 | | |
|The Civil War | | |
|1861-1865 | | |
|Spanish American War 1898 | | |
|WW I | | |
|1917 | | |
|WWII | | |
|1941-1945 | | |
|Cold War | | |
|1945-1991 | | |
|Korean War | | |
|1950-1953 | | |
|Vietnam 1959-1973 | | |
|Persian Gulf War | | |
|1990 | | |
|Bosnia and Kosovo | | |
|1990-1991 | | |
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|War on Terrorism | | |
|2001 | | |
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|Iraq War 2002 | | |
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|Middle East Today | | |
Milestones in American History
|Milestone |Description (Who was involved? What did they achieve?) |
|The Constitutional Convention 1787 | |
|Westward Expansion | |
|1804-1848 | |
|The Civil War 1861-1865 | |
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|Reconstruction | |
|1865-1877 | |
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|Industrialization | |
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|Grangers and Populists | |
|1867-1896 | |
|The Progressive Era | |
|1900-1920 | |
|The Roaring 1920’s | |
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|The Great Depression | |
|And The New Deal | |
|1930’s – 1940’s | |
|Post War Prosperity | |
|1950’s-1960’s | |
|Civil Rights Movement | |
|1950’s-1960’s | |
|The Decade of Change 1960’s | |
|The Presidency in Crisis | |
|1968-1980 | |
Milestones in American Economic History
|Milestone |Description (What was created/achieved?) |
|Industrialization | |
|Abolition of Slavery 1965 | |
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|Transcontinental Railroad | |
|1869 | |
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|Urbanization and Immigration 1880’s | |
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|Gilded Age 1880’s | |
|Rise of Labor Unions | |
|Late 1800’s- Early 1900’s | |
|Progressive Era | |
|Early 1900’s | |
|Establishment of Federals Reserves 1913 | |
|The Great Depression and New Deal | |
|1929-1939 | |
|Post War Prosperity | |
|1945-1950’s | |
|The Great Society | |
|1960’s | |
|Reganomics 1980’s | |
|(Supply Side) | |
Major Supreme Court Cases
|Case |Description and Importance (2-3 words to memorize) |
|Marbury v. Madison (1803) | |
|McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | |
|Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) | |
|Munn v. Illinois (1877) | |
|Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | |
|Schenck v. United States (1919) | |
|Korematsu v. United States (1944) | |
|Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) | |
|Engel v. Vitale (1962) | |
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|Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) | |
|Miranda v. Arizona (1966) | |
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|New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) | |
|Roe v. Wade (1973) | |
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|United States v. Nixon (1974) | |
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|New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) | |
Key US Presidents
|President |Successes and Failures |
|George Washington | |
|1789-1797 | |
|Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 | |
|Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 | |
|Theodore Roosevelt | |
|1901-1909 | |
|Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 | |
|Franklin D Roosevelt | |
|1933-1945 | |
|John F Kennedy 1961-1963 | |
|Lyndon B Johnson | |
|1963 1969 | |
|Richard Nixon 1969-1974 | |
|Ronald Reagan 1980-1988 | |
|William Clinton 1992-1996 | |
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|George W. Bush 2000-2008 | |
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Key Congressional Actions
|Action |Description |
|Homestead Act 1962 | |
|Dawes Act 1887 | |
|Interstate Commerce Act 1887 | |
|Sherman Anti Trust Act 1890 | |
|Pure Food and Drug Act 1904 | |
|Social Security Act 1935 | |
|Civil Rights Act 1965 | |
|War Powers Act 1973 | |
|Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 | |
Movements for Civil Rights in America
|Movement |Description |Legislation Passed |
|Women | | |
|Voting | | |
|African-Americans | | |
|Workers | | |
Define these key terms and show the connection between the grouped terms.
1. Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Albany Union
2. Article of Confederation
3. Declaration of Independence
4. NJ and Virginia Plans
5. Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers
6. Implied powers, Elastic Clause
7. George Washington’s Farewell Address
8. Alexander Hamilton Financial Plan
9. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War
10. Reconstruction (13th, 14th, 15th Amendments)
11. Black Codes
12. Manifest Destiny
13. Interstate Commerce Clause
14. Sherman & Clayton Anti Trust Acts
15. Railroads
16. Industrial revolution
17. Nativism
18. Populist & Grange Movement
19. Progressive Reforms (Progressive Income Tax, 19th Amendment)
20. Temperance Movement (Prohibition)
21. Teddy Roosevelt (Square Deal, trustbuster, Panama Canal)
22. Woodrow Wilson (14 Points)
23. League of Nations & Treaty of Versailles
24. WEB Dubois v. Booker T Washington
25. Jim Crow Laws
26. Captains of Industry v. Robber barons
27. Monopolies. Pools, Trusts
28. Protective Tariffs
29. US entry in WWI
30. Great Depression (Causes and Results)
31. Herbert Hover (Trickle Down)
32. FDR – New Deal (3R’s)
33. FDR Supreme Court Packing
34. Kellogg-Briand Pact, Lend Lease Agreement & Cash and Carry Act
35. Harry Truman (Atomic Bomb, Truman doctrine)
36. McCarthyism fear of communism
37. US Imperialism in Southeast Asia 1950 –60’s (Korea and Vietnam)
38. Civil rights Movement – Martin Luther King Jr.
39. JFK (By of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, US Russian relations)
40. Lyndon Johnson Great Society
41. Nixon (Kent State, Watergate, China Relations)
42. Ronald Regan (Supply-side economics, fall of Communism)
43. George Bush and Global Politics
44. Bill Clinton (Health Care Reform, Yugoslavia)
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