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U.S. History with Moore at Rural Retreat High School

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Mayflower compact

document drawn up by the pilgrims in 1620 while on the mayflower. Document for self-goernment. 1st legal document in the new world.

Common Sense

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to expose the wrong doings of the British

Declaration of Independence

The document approved by representatives of the American colonies in 1776 that stated their grievances against the British monarch and declared their independence

This forbids western settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

- Britain does this to prevent unrest with the Indians, but they allow trapping and trading
- Colonists think "Didn't we just fight to make this our land?" and they already in the region

Treaty of Alliance with France

The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty on February 6, 1778

Articles of Confederation

a weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary war, was created weak on purpose

Constitution of the United States

The written document providing for a new central government of the United States, drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and ratified by the states in 1788.

Virginia Plan

A system of representation that was based on the people of each state or their revenue contribution. It favored large states because the states varied in size and wealth

Bills of Rights

First 10 amendments of the Constitution. These were added to get Anti-Federalists to sign Constitution.

Virginia declaration of rights

written by George Mason

gave equal rights to men

Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

1779 - Written by Thomas Jefferson, this statute outlawed an established church and called for separation of Church and State. In VA

Jay Treaty

between US and Britain
Britain gets "favored nation" status
enemies of Britain cannot use US ports
US gets trade access to British West Indies and India

Monroe Doctrine

a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823. It stated that further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention

Missouri Compromise

admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

Compromise of 1850

Cali admitted as a free state (north gets this)
Slave trade prohibited in Wash DC (north gets this)
New and Tough Fugitive Slave Law - returning slaves to their owners (s. gets this)

Kansas - Nebraska Act

Law passed in 1854 creating the Kansas and Nebraska Territories but leaving the question of slavery open to residents, (Popular Sovereignty) thereby repealing the Missouri Compromise.

The Liberator

An abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831

The Seneca Falls Declaration

called for equal rights for women, also known as the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions

1857 SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT STATED THAT SLAVES WERE NOT CITIZENS: THAT LIVING IN A FREE STATE OR TERRITORY, EVEN FOR MANY YEARS, DID NOT FREE SLAVES. DECLARED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 that showed slavery as brutal & immortal

Emancipation Proclamation

September 22, 1862 - Lincoln freed all slaves in the states that had seceded, after the Northern victory at the Battle of Antietam. Lincoln had no power to enforce the law.

Gettysburg address

Nov 19 1863

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation,

...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.

The Compromise of 1877

If Hayes won, they would withdraw the troops from the South, there would be one more Southern cabinet member, the government would use money to rebuild the south, and the South would get its own trans-continental railroad.

The Homestead Act of 1862

allowed any citizen to claim 160 acres of public land by living there for 5 years and cultivating the land or building a home

Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882

Denied citizenship to Chinese in the U.S. and forbid further immigration of Chinese. Supported by American workers who worried about losing their jobs to Chinese immagrants who would work for less pay.

Immigration Act of 1921

Restricted immigration into the United States. The Act restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that same country living in the United States as of the U.S. Census of 1910.

Jim Crow Laws

laws enacted by SOUTHERN states that discriminated against blacks by creating "whites only":
-schools
-theaters
-hotels
-and other public accommodations

square deal

Theodore Roosevelt promise of fair and equal treatment for all

New Freedom

Woodrow Wilson's plan of reform which called for tariff reductions, banking reform, and stronger antitrust legislation

Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890

Prohibits all restraints of trade, including price-fixing, bid-rigging, and market allocation agreements. It also prohibits the monopolization or attempts to monopolize, including domination of market by one company or a few companies.

Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914

Clarified and strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by prohibiting price discrimination, local price cutting, mergers that reduce competition, and exclusive sales contracts.

Open Door Policy

American approach to China around 1900, favoring open trade relations between China and other nations.

Dollar Diplomacy

President Taft's policy of influencing Latin America through economic intervention

fourteen points

Woodrow Wilson's plan 4 peace

one key idea was self determination, allowing People 2 decide how 2 b governed

last point was aimed at creatin "general association of nations" to protect world peace

other nations disagreed

Treaty of Versailles

It was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I . It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers . It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz...
Of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and to disarm, make substantial territorial concessions and pay reparations to...

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930

helped to deepen the depression by cutting off trade and sparking backlash protectionist measures from other Countries

New Deal

The name given to the program of "Relief, Recovery, Reform" begun by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to bring the United States out of the Great Depression.

Lend Lease Act

Allowed the president to lend, lease or dispose of military equipment to England

FDR says this helps America only indirectly affect the war

Geneva Convention

set of treaties that define lawful military combat and protect the rights of prisoners of war

Marshall plan

the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism

Truman Doctrine

US policy initiated in 1947 of providing economic assistance and military aid to countries fighting against communist revolutions or political pressure

Massive retaliation

a policy of responding to any act of aggression with the most destructive capabilities available, including nuclear weapons.

In the 1950's after Stalin died, Eisenhower warned the Soviets that if aggression was undertaken, the U.S. would retaliate with its full nuclear arsenal against the Soviet Union itself. However, the U.S. would not start conflicts.

Vietnamization

President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces

civil rights Act of 1964

outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation

Voting Rights Act of 1965

legislation that abolished literacy tests as a requirement to register to vote

The Reagan Revolution (Reagan)

-Ends 50 years of liberal dominance of government

-Promises to cut government spending/power

-Redefines political parties

-Develop into their more present selves

-Rebuild military might

-600-ship navy

-Pushed U.S.S.R. out

USA Patriot Act

A federal statute passed in the aftermath of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, that broadens government authority to conduct searches and wiretaps and that expands the definitions of crimes involving terrorism.

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