US History Flashcards

Flashcards for US History Exam Review

Great Compromise

Conflict resolution during the Constitutional Convention on representation in Congress

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Established judicial review

Federalist Papers

Encouraged ratification of the Constitution

Jacksonian Democracy

Expansion of political power to common citizens

'Manifest Destiny'

Justified Westward expansion in the 1840s

Election of Abraham Lincoln

Led Southern states to secede from the Union in 1860-1861 because of the election of Abraham Lincoln

Laissez-faire economics

An example is allowing monopolies to operate freely

Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair

Exposed corruption and social problems

Sherman Antitrust Act

Outlaw business practices that limit competition

Dawes Act (1887)

Assimilate Native Americans into American culture

Panama Canal (U.S. building)

Increased trade by linking oceans

Wilson's Fourteen Points

Promote world peace and cooperation

Senate rejection of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919

Fear of being drawn into future wars

Harlem Renaissance

Black cultural expression

FDR's views during the Great Depression

FDR believed in more government involvement

FDIC

New Deal program insures bank deposits

Executive Order 9066

Internment of Japanese Americans

GI Bill (1944)

Help returning veterans with education and housing

U.S. policy of containment

To stop the spread of communism

Cuban Missile Crisis resolution

The Soviet Union removed missiles from Cuba

Brown v. Board of Education

Segregation in public schools is unconstitutional

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Poll taxes and literacy tests

Reaganomics

Policy of Ronald Reagan

War on Terror (2001)

Defeat terrorist groups and prevent future attacks

Concern about Social Security

Baby boomers are depleting the system

Monroe Doctrine

Warned against European interference in the Western Hemisphere

Major result of the New Deal

Federal government became more involved in daily life

Main goal of the Seneca Falls Convention

Promote women's rights, especially voting