US History Regent Test

Proclamation 1763

it prohibited the British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, happened after the French and Indian war

Common Sense

written by Thomas Paine in 1776. It helped sway the Thirteen Colonies toward independence and fight for independence from Great Britain in 1776.

Federalist Papers

it's a collection of essay that persuade New York voters to ratify the newly drafted
United States Constitution

Louisiana Purchase of 1803

the acquisition of vast territory from France by the United States in 1803

Embargo Acts

a U.S. law in 1807 that closes U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain.

Emancipation Proclamation

an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln an January 1, 1863, that declared to free all enslaved people in the confederate state.

Manifest Destiny

a belief/idea that United States was destined, by God to expand westward across North America

Homestead Act of 1862

a law that granted free land, 160 acres to settlers wha agreed to live on and improve it far a certain period.

Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

1st significant law restricting immigration into the United States, it prohibited Chinese immigration to the United States for 10 years

Yellow Journalism

a style of newspaper reporting that is sensationalistic and may not be entirely factual.

Isolationism (as a foreign policy)

idea of non involvement in international politics and conflicts, focusing primarily on domestic issues and national interests, at the end of WW2.

Harlem Renaissance

a period of great cultural and artistic achievement by African American, mainly centered in the Harlem neighborhood, during the 1920s and 1930s.

Schenck V. United States (1919)

a Supreme Court case that ruled that freedom of speech and freedom of the press under she First Amendment could be limited only if the words created "a clear and present danger,".

New Deal

a series of programs and policies on Relief, Recovery and Reform due do the effects as the Great Depression.

Court Packing (PDR)

also known as the "Judicial Procedures Reform Bill as 1937; it was proposed by President Roosevelt to expand the Supreme count. It's aim was to gain support for his "New Deals" programs by appointing justices who will probably support them.

Karematso V. United States (1944)

a landmark Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality an Executive order, which allowed the internment of Japanese Americans during WW2.

Marshall Plan

a U.S. initiative to aid Western Europe after WWII

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1951)

A landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional even if all the schools are equal in quality.

Great Society

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic agenda to push for social welfare programs aimed as eliminating poverty and racial injustice, pushed for social Security benefits.

War Powers Resolution (1973)

congressional law to limit the President's ability to use U.S. military force without congressional consent