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| Articles of Confederation | First Constitution of the United States |
| Weakness of the Articles of Confederation were: | No power to tax, no national army or military, no system of courts, national government could not force states obey the federal laws |
| Strengths of the Articles of Confederation were: | Declared are own rules to make us "independent" from foreign powers, first document of laws put forth in our nation, "stepping stone" towards the Constitution. |
| Federalists | Favored the Constitution and National government. James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton |
| Anti-Federalists | Favored states rights and individual state government. Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Richard Henry Lee |
| First Amendment | Freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly |
| Second Amendment | Right to bear arms |
| Third Amendment | No quartering of troops |
| Fifth Amendment | Rights of accused persons. |
| Why did we need the Bill of Rights? | First 10 amendments used to keep basic order |
| De jure segregation | Government by law can segregate |
| De facto segregation | Social segregation |
| Monroe Doctrine | Doctrine that declared any European involvement in Central American or Latin American countries as a form of aggression |
| Policy of Isolationism | Keeping to yourself |
| Roosevelt Corollary | States that if American interests are threatened in Latin American countries, The U.S. can then intervene by force if necessary |
| Importance of Trans-continental railroad | Links entire U.S. Goods travel to the east from the west and people can then travel to the west. Helps with settlement. Mainly built by the Chinese. |
| Dredd Scott case 1857 | Whether free or enslaved, African Americans still could not be considered citizens and could not sue. 14th amendment directly relates to the case (gave citizenship to former slaves) |
| Plessy v Ferguson 1896 | "separate but equal." Plessy was order to move from his train car. 14th amendment |
| Brown v. Board of Education 1954 | separation is no legal. Causes desegregation in schools. 14th amendment |
| What was the time period of the Civil War? | 1861-1865 |
| Time period of Reconstruction is? | 1865-1877 |
| 13th Amendment | Abolishes slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Gives citizenship to former slaves |
| 15th Amendment | Gives black MEN the right to vote |
| Describe the importance of the Ku Klux Klan | Formed in Tenn. by former Confederate soldiers. Created after the Civil War to stop the spread African Americans rights and cause problem for immigrants. Used fear and intimidation, especially at voting polls |
| When did the KKK have the most members? | 1924 |
| Purchase of Alaska 1867 | William Seward(Secretary of State). Purchased from Russia. Known as "Seward's Ice Box" or "Seward's Folly". Big for gold mining and the fur trade |
| Midway Islands | purchased in order to expand Imperialistic territory into the Pacific. |
| Laissez Faire capitalism | "Hands off" economics. No intervention by the government. |
| When did the U.S. have Laissez Faire capitalism? | Turn of the 20th century. "Gilded Age" |
| Command Economy | Total control over the economy from the government. Russian economy |
| Free Market Economy | Market kept in check by companies and the consumers. United States Economy |
