US Hist TAKS set #1
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- Abraham Lincoln
- 16th president of the US (1861-1865); responsible for Emancipation Proclomation (1862).
- George Washington
- commander of the Continental Army appointed by The Continental Congress; 1st president of the US (1789-1797)
- unalienable rights
- basic human rights that cannot be taken away from them
- popular sovereignty
- refers to a system of government in which the people hold supreme power
- federalism
- system in which power is shared between the national and the state governments
- separation of powers
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Constution divided the main powers of the central governmet into three separate branches:
*Legislative Power: U.S. Congress
*Judicial Power: U.S. Supreme Court
*Executive Power: U.S. President - checks and balances
- creation of the Constitution making sure that no one branch of the federal government became too powerful; provided each branch of government with ways to "check" or limit the other branches
- nullification
- the alleged right of a state to suspend operation of a federal law within its boundaries
- 1st Amendment
- free speech, press, religion
- 2nd Amendment
- right to bear arms
- 13th Amendment
- (1865) Abolished slavery in the nation.
- 14th Amendment
- (1868) Guaranteed that states give citizens basic civil rights includind "due process of law" and "equal protection."
- 15th Amendment
- (1870) Gave the right to vote to former slaves.
- 17th Amendment
- (1913) Provided for direct election of US Senators
- 19th Amendment
- (1920) Gave women the right to vote.
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- (1896) decision permitted the continuation of "separate but equal facilities"
- Dredd Scott Decision
- (Dredd Scott v. Sanford, 1857) the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in any U.S. territory
- Marbury v. Madison
- (1803) landmark court case in which the Supreme Court of the US established its authority to review and invalidate government actions that conflict with the Constitution
- Brown v. Board of Education
- (1954) Ended segregation in public schools
- 1776
- Declaration of Independence adopted (July 4th)
- 1787
- new Constitution drafted
- 1898
- Spanish-American War
- 1914
- World War I begins in Europe
- 1941
- U.S. entry into World War II
- causes of Civil War
- Sectionalism, Slavery, Extension of Slavery, States' Rights
- causes of American Revolution
- "No Taxation Without Representation" (British Parliament, Boston Tea Party), Lexington & Concord (1775)
- causes of Spanish-American War
- Humanitarian Concerns, Yellow Journalism, Economic Interests, De Lome Letter, Sinking the Maine
- The Jungle
- (1906) by Upton Sinclair; exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat-packing industry and led to passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- book by Harriet Beecher Stowe; increased the sense of moral outrage against slavery.