Us History Mid Term

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 agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution

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Articles of Confederation

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a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them

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Republic

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when the powers of two governments overlap

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dual sovereignty

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the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.

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executive

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the branch of the United States government that has the power of creating/passing laws

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legislative

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the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice.

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judicial branch

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 an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.

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Senate

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the lower chamber, or larger branch, of the U.S. Congress, or a similar body in the legislature of many of the states

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House of Representatives

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The specific powers and duties of the U.S. Congress are enumerated in several places in the Constitution.

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Necessary and Proper Clause

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a political power that is not enumerated in the U.S. Constitution but that exists as it is needed to carry out an express power. 

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Implied powers

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an alteration/specifically in the US Constitution, the Ammendments are changes to improve the document

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ammendments

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A declaration of individual rights and freedoms, usually issued by a national government.

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bill of rights

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not in great favor of change, more conservative, less affiliation with labor unions, strong belief in personal responsibility, limited government, and corporate entrepeneurship

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republicans

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 a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people

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popular sovereignty

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a span of over 5 years where the U.S. expanded its territory into the west

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western expansion

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the north had a bigger population and more industrialization, the South had more skilled fighters and better land

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advantages

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a person who has extremely Republican views; supported Federal civil rights

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radical republicans

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formation of state's armed forces

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military districts

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 The period (1865-1877) during which the states that had seceded to the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government

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Reconstruction governments

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a series of anti-black laws which operated primarily in the south

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Jim Crow Laws

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A tax levied on people rather than on property, often as a requirement for voting

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Poll tax

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A clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights

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Grandfather Clause

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An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786.

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Shay's Rebellion

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a territorial battle which started in the 1630s and lasted for over 200 years, although the parties involved took periodic breaks from the hostilities.

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Oyster Wars

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the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787

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Constitutional Convention

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formal acceptance of the Constition by the states, 9 of 13 needed to ratify

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ratification of the Constitution

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known as the corrupt bargain, John Quincy Adams won the election, defeating Andrew Jackson

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electron of 1824

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A war (1846-1848) between the United States and Mexico, resulting in the cession byMexico of lands now constituting all or most of the states of California,

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Mexican War

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a dude led 21 volunteers to raid military facilities in harper's ferry

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John Brown's Raid

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In the Presidential Election of 1860, the four candidates were Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas. Abraham Lincoln was elected from the state of Illinois and was a Republican, John Breckinridge represented the southern states and was nominated by the Democratic Party, John Bell represented the Constitutional Union, and Stephen Douglas candidate for the Democrats.

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Civil War

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marital law

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imposition of military rule

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When Lincoln supressed the right of press/free speech during the Civil War

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suppression of the 1st ammendment

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Suspension the right to hold trials

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habeus corpus

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 fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, this was the end of the war

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surrender at appotomox

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was a staggered process, and the period of Republican control ended at different times in different states.

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end of reconstruction

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refers to a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election, regarded as the second "corrupt bargain", and ended Congressional ("Radical") Reconstruction

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compromise of 1877

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a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native

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battle of little bighorn

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 a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation,

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Industrial revolution

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began as a rally in support of striking workers. An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they dispersed the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of eight police officers, mostly from friendly fire, and an unknown number of civilians.

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haymarket massacre

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in response to the cutting of wages for the second time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O).

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great railroad strike of 1877

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also known as The Maximilian Affair, War of the French Intervention, and The Franco-Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by an expeditionary force sent by the Second French Empire, supported in the beginning by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain.

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french intervention in mexico

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conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence.

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spanish-american war

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(July 1, 1898), also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish-American War.

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battle of san juan hill