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42 Cards in this Set
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US Revolution Fall 1774 |
Creates national militia, votes to boycott British trade |
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US Revolution 1760s |
Merchants wanted expanded tradeaArtic |
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Articles of Confederation 1781 Types of Powers |
Unitary Confederal Federal |
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Unitary power |
Single power |
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Confederal power |
States have power |
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Federal power |
States and government Independent |
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US Revolution Problems |
Taxes National military National debt Currency |
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Why constitution important? |
Separation of power Inalienable rights |
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1787 key questions to constitutional convention |
Slavery (half population were slaves) State demands for power |
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Key answers to constitutional convention |
Federalism-dual sovereignty Separation of power(bicameral legislature and 3 branches of government) Republic representatives (electoral college) |
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Bill of rights |
Amendments like freedom of religion or speech |
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Trail of tears 1548 |
Confederation and Empires(trading routes) Constant battles:trade Huron confederacy |
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Worcester v Georgia |
Cherokee assimilation policy Georgia’s Cherokee removal act |
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Final resistance occurs during and after civil war |
1860 soldiers leave frontier and Great Plains move south west |
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Northwest ordinance |
New states Ohio river slavery boundary |
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Necessary and proper clause |
Federal government has authority to execute its powers |
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Nullification doctrine |
Right of states to nullify federal laws |
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Missouri compromise |
Prevent slavery from expanding outside the south Congressional effort to balance slaves and free states |
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Scott v Sanford |
Slaves are property Not obtain citizenship Missouri compromise is unconstitutional |
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The south responds |
Legal separation by states (Jim crow laws) Terror/intimidation by state police militias |
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Plessy v Ferguson |
Separate but equal doctrine Reasonable to separate citizens as long as the facility is equal |
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National bank acts of 1863/1865 |
Created system of federally charted banks supervised by the office of the comptroller of currency |
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National bank acts |
Purchased treasury bonds and issued “greenbacks” for up to 90% of their bond holdings |
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The Pendleton act |
Examination(take a test) Tenure (protected in their jobs) |
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Australian ballet reforms 1887 |
Secret ballers Registration |
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Democratic Party splits |
Northern organize immigrants concentrates on local governments Working people and the rise of the cities |
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Populism |
Bigness In government and businesses |
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Progressives |
Use of government authority to reform society |
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Women’s rights |
Right to vote Women’s suffrage movement 19th amendment |
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Federal reserve act of 1914 |
Established 12 regional federal reserve districts |
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Roaring twenties |
General improvement in prosperity |
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1933 federal depository insurance act |
Guaranteed bank deposits |
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1935 social security act |
Retirement and disability |
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1935 labor relations act |
Right to form unions Right to strike |
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Cooperative federalism |
Federal funds to the states and federal rules accompany the funds |
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American empire arises: takes over from the British |
4 trillion spend on the wars in the Middle East and Afghan war |
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Breton woods conference 1944 |
Lower trade barriers New institutions ——international monetary fund and world bank |
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International Monetary Fund |
Stabilize currency |
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World banknation |
Infrastructure development |
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National security act |
Establish a large military Intelligence agency |
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Intelligence agency |
National security act NSA, electronic spying Central Intelligence Agency CIA, human spying |
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Truman doctrine 1947 - president Truman |
Containment theory Us drew lines |
