Declaration of Independence

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1776

• Declaration of Independence

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1787
James Madison Father of Our Constitution

• U.S. Constitution

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Articles of Confederation

• America first written constitution giving most
  governing powers to the states.

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Bill of Rights

• First 10 Amendments to the Constitution listing
  rights guaranteeing life, liberty and property.

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Checks and Balances

• Each branch of the government has a control on
  the power of the other branches. Example the
  President can veto a law passed by Congress.

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Federalism

• Division of powers between the states and the
  national government.

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Popular Sovereignty

• This means that the people have the power to make
  decisions about government, for
  examplereferendums or passing state laws.

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Republicanism

• Another name for representative government.

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Separation of Powers

• The idea that each part of the national
  government is given a specific powerthe Congress
  has the power to make laws, the president
  enforces laws and the Supreme Court interprets
  laws.

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States Rights

• Powers given(reserved) to the states to control
  excessive power of the national government and
  the idea that states can act independently from
  it.

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Unalienable Rights

• Basic human freedoms no government can take away,
  such as life, liberty and the pursuit of
  happiness.

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Civil War (18611865)

• War between the states when the Union (north)
  defeats the Confederacy (south.)

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13th Amendment

• Freed the slaves

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14th Amendment

• Made the former slaves citizens with the
  right to due process and equal protection of the
  laws.

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15th Amendment

• Gave freedmen the right to vote.

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GILDED AGE

• Period of the 1890s when things were not as good
  as they seemed

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PROGRESSIVE ERA

• Period in the early 1900s during which Americans
  tried to reform government, regulate industry and
  improve the workplace

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16th Amendment

• Income tax is legal

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17th Amendment

• Allowed for the direct election of senators by
  the people

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19th Amendment

• Gave women the right to vote

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• First law passed to control monopolies that were
  in restrain of trade

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US Expansion

• Time period when US practices manifest destiny

John Gasts American Progress (1872)
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International Trade

• US used this to increase markets for US goods -
  it led to imperialism

A modern example of the lengths to which US
leaders will go to help US companies
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US Becomes a World Power

• Time period when US obtains colonies,
  territories, and bases overseas

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Spanish-American War 1898

• A "splendid little war" that made US a world power

Tableau representing the North and South
reconciling to free Cuba from Spain
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World War I 1914-1918

• US and the allied countries defeat Germany and
  Austria-Hungary in the trenches on the western
  front

Europe before WWI, 1914
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

• Main reason for US entry into WWI against Germany

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Treaty of Versailles

• US refused to sign this formal agreement ending
  World War I

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Panama Canal

• Theodore Roosevelt wanted this to increase trade
  and enhance US Naval defenses

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• 1ST flight across the Atlantic symbolizing
  American ingenuity, courage, and ability.

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• Defense lawyer for John Scopes right to teach
  evolution in the great monkey trial.

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PROHIBITION

• 18th amendment made alcohol illegal and led to
  the rise of organized crime.

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• October 29, 1929 when stock prices fell
  drastically in one day marking the start of the
  Great Depression

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• Fear of communism in the 1920s led to limits on
  immigration almost closing our borders.

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Homefront

• Refers to all of the work inside a country at war
  to produce materials needed, such as weapons,
  food, airplanes, ships, etc

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Japanese Internment

• Xenophobic anti-Japanese policy that forced many
  Japanese-Americans from their homes and into
  prison camps during WWII.

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Midway

• Turning point navalk battle in WWII ending
  Japanese threat to Hawaii and the US mainland

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Normandy Invasion / D-Day

• The battle that opened a second front in France
  and was the beginning of the end for Hitler and
  Germany

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World War II

• Global Conflict between the Axis powers and the
  Allies

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Pearl Harbor

• Attack by the Japanese on Hawaii forced US to
  enter WWII

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Rationing

• System used to conserve food and scarce materials
  in WWII

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Women in WWII

• Filled jobs on the homefront formerly done by men
  to produce the materials needed to win the war.

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WWII Ends
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CESAR CHAVEZ

• Organized the United Farm Workers to improve
  working conditions for migrant workers.

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MALCOLM X

• African-American leader who promoted Black
  Nationalism and self-sufficiency.
• Assassinated in 1965.

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REVEREND, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

• Civil Rights leader in Southern Christian
  Leadership Conference, March on Washington, Bus
  Boycott, Selma March, and Birmingham protests.

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ROSA PARKS

• Leader in Montgomery bus boycott by refusing to
  give up her seat to protest segregation.

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BROWN v BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA, KANSAS

• Court case that reversed Plessy vs Ferguson by
  ending the separate but equal doctrine and
  integrating public schools.

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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

• Law that prohibited discrimination by race in
  public places and set legal consequences for it.

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LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

• President Eisenhower enforced integration of this
  school giving momentum to the Civil Rights
  Movement.

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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

• 1960s struggle for equality for
  African-Americans and other minorities under the
  14th and 15th amendments.