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42 Cards in this Set
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The rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton led to the establishment of two new political P_ _ _ _ _S |
PARTIES TJ: Democratic Republican AH: Federalists |
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Thomas Jefferson's new Democratic Republican Party stood for: 1. Limited G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T 2. Economic F_ _ _ _ _ M 3. A G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E |
Limited Government Economic Freedom Agriculture |
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Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Part stood for: 1. Production/ Factory based E _ _ _ _ _ Y 2. Greater F _ _ _ _ _L Control |
1. Production Based Economy 2. Greater Federal Control |
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Federalist favor a S _ _ _ _ Federal Government over the S _ _ _ _ |
Federalists favor a STRONG federal government over the States |
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Anti-Federalists want the S _ _ _ _ to have more control |
Anti Federalists want the STATES to have more control |
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The five founding ideals are: 1. D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y 2. R _ _ _ _ S 3. L _ _ _ _ Y 4. O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y 5. E _ _ _ _ Y |
1. DEMOCRACY 3. LIBERTY 4. OPPORTUNITY 5. EQUALITY |
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"A system of government in which everyone participates equally" D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y |
DEMOCRACY |
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"A privilege given to a person by the government"
R _ _ _ _ S |
RIGHTS |
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" The freedom to do what you want "
L _ _ _ _ _ Y |
LIBERTY |
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"The choice or chance to do what you want to improve your life "
O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y |
OPPORTUNITY |
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"The idea that everyone is treated equally and/or fairly"
E _ _ _ _ _ Y |
EQUALITY |
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The Articles of Confederation, were an agreement among all thirteen original states in the United States of America that served as its first C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N.
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CONSTITUTION |
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The Articles of Confederation were considered weak because...
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It did not set up or establish a federal Government with extensive powers over the states. Only a weak general government with limited powers was created. |
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The Articles of Confederation was an agreement between all of the S _ _ _ _ S |
The Articles were an agreement made between all of the STATES - they didn't set up a new federal government though! |
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The weakness of the government created by the Articles became a matter of concern for key nationalists. On March 4, 1789, the general government was replaced with the federal government under the United States Constitution. It provided for a much stronger federal government with Three Tiers:
1. E _ _ _ _ _ _ E 2. L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _E 3. J _ _ _ _ _ y |
1. EXECUTIVE 2. LEGISLATURE 3. JUDICIARY |
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The EXECUTIVE is the: P _ _ _ _ _ _ T OF THE U _ _ _ _ _D S _ _ _ _ _ S |
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
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The L _ _ _ _ _ _ _E is made up of an upper and a lower house. |
LEGISLATURE |
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The job of the LEGISLATURE is to MAKE LAWS. Bills are created in the L _ _ _ _R House and passed to the U _ _ _ _R House. |
Lower House (House of Representatives) Upper House (Senate) Two houses = "Bicameralism" |
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The constitution created a "Separation of powers" that provides for C _ _ _ _S AND B _ _ _ _ S |
CHECKS AND BALANCES |
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The judiciary is also known as the: S _ _ _ _ _ _E C _ _ _ T |
SUPREME COURT |
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The job of the judiciary is to interpret the:
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CONSTITUITION |
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If the Supreme court finds a law to be unconstitutional it will S _ _ _ _ E it Down. |
STRIKE it down. |
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Federal judges serve for L _ _ E |
LIFE unless removed for misconduct. |
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The President has the power to: 1. Make F _ _ _ _ _ Treaties 2. Commander in C _ _ _ F 3. V _ _O Bills |
1. FOREIGN TREATIES 2. COMMANDER IN CHIEF 3. VETO BILLS |
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The election of 1800 is known as: The R _ _ _ _ _ _ N of 1800 |
REVOLUTION OF 1800 |
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The election of 1800 is known as the revolution of 1800 because: |
Thomas Jefferson beat John Adams' Federalist Party. It was the death of the Federalists. From here on it was a democratic - republican government and a two party system. |
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The 12th Amendment set up a system for: |
Electing the President and Vice-President and the electoral college system. |
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The 13th Amendment abolished: S _ _ _ _ _ Y |
SLAVERY (except as a punishment for people that committed a crime) |
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The 14th Amendment: |
1. GRANTED BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. (included former slaves that had been freed) |
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The 15th amendment: |
Prohibits the federal or state government from denying people the right to vote based on RACE, COLOR OR PREVIOUS SLAVERY |
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The compromise of 1877: |
The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era.
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The Black Codes: |
The racist laws in the Southern states that made it illegal for African Americans to work without a license, get married to whites, forfeit money if they were sacked etc |
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Examples of Jim Crow laws that were SEPARATE BUT EQUAL |
1. Separate train cars 2. Black barbor's can't cut the hair of whites 3. White women caught with inter-racial babies get jail for 18 months 4. No mixed card games |
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Brown v Board of Education established that the separate schooling of blacks and whites was UN______________L |
UNCONSTITUTIONAL |
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EMMETT TILL was: |
A black 14 year old that was murdered for talking to a white shop-keeper in the south. Remembered for getting attention to the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT |
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LITTLE ROCK 9 received armored guards so that they could attend H _ _ H S _ _ _ _ L |
HIGH SCHOOL in the south because the state wouldn't let them enter a white only school. President Eisenhower sent the National Guard in! |
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Martin Luther King was successful in using N _ N V _ _ _ _T P _ _ _ _T to gain attention for the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT |
NON VIOLENT PROTEST |
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MLK gave a famous speech at W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N |
WASHINGTON aka March on Washington |
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24th Amendment outlawed: P _ _ L T _ _ _ S |
1. POLL TAXES |
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964: 1. No R _ _ _ _ T state action 2. Established E _ _ _ L R _ _ _ Ts for everyone. 3. Gave C _ _ _ _ _S Power to enforce. |
1. No Racist state action 2. Established Equal Rights for everyone - i.e no discrimination based on color, sex, religion, national origin. |
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VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965: 1. No laws that made voting harder on account of R _ _ E 2. States with a history of R _ _ _ T voting laws needed to get federal approval before changing their voting laws. |
1. RACE 2. RACIST |
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19th Amendment: W _ _ _ _ _S RIGHT TO V_ _ E |
Women's right to Vote. |
