U.S. History Review

Flashcards covering key people, terms, and events from Colonial America to modern US History.

__, Virginia

Settled by businessmen from England to grow and sell tobacco.

__ Bay

Settled by Puritans from England seeking religious freedom.

New __

Settled by Dutch traders on Manhattan Island for fur trade, later became New York.

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The 'mother country' uses colonies to get raw materials and create new markets, restricting colony's economic competition.

__ neglect

British policy of leaving American colonies alone as long as raw materials were shipped and British products were bought.

The __ Compact

Agreement made by first Puritan settlers in Massachusetts to follow self-government.

The House of __

First elected legislature in the American colonies in Virginia, a step towards representative government.

No __ Without Representation"!

Americans had no one to represent them in the British government.

"All men are created __ equal"

Said that every human being has natural rights that they are born with and which are 'unalienable,' meaning they can’t be taken away.

__ contract

People owe loyalty only to a government that acts in their best interests.

__ of the governed

The government gets its power from the people; they must give their permission to be governed.

__ of Confederation

Document that created a weak government after the American Revolution.

__ Ordinance

Defined the procedure for adding new states into the nation.

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Wanted a strong central government.

Anti-__

Wanted a weaker government and demanded a Bill of Rights.

__ government

Gov’t should not have too much power.

Separation of __

Executive, legislative, judicial.

Checks and __

Each branch has the power the limit the power of the others.

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Power is shared between state governments and the federal government.

George Washington

The foreign policy of the US should be isolationism.

The XYZ __

Fought over relations with France, and the Alien and Sedition Acts passed by Federalists.

__ review

The Supreme Court has the right to declare laws unconstitutional.

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Any group in the US has the right to try and influence members of Congress to vote in a certain way.

__ destiny

God had given the US the right to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean, even if it meant taking the territory of other people.

__ Purchase (1803)

Thomas Jefferson bought a huge territory from France which doubled the size of the US.

__ Cession (1848)

As a result of this war, Mexico was forced to give up over 1/3 of its territory (the modern-day states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada).

Dred __ Decision

The Supreme Court said that slaves were not citizens.

Civil Rights Act of __

Made segregation officially illegal everywhere and banned employment discrimination based on race, sex, religion, etc.

Voting Rights Act of __

Made literacy tests and other voter restrictions illegal.

Black __

The idea that African Americans should be more forceful in demanding equality and maybe even use violence as a means of self-defense.

__ action

sets aside educational and job positions for minority groups as a way of making up for past inequalities.

Great __

President Lyndon Johnson’s campaign aimed to make a “War on Poverty”.

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The slowing down of the Cold War.

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Was a “free-trade” treaty between US, Mexico, and Canada.

__ interdependence

the idea that the US economy has become more entwined and interdependent with the economies of other countries.