us history test unit 1

state vs federal power over elections

state: controls regulations and how to implement the standards

federal: sets standards for states

article 1, section 4

time place and manner is decided via states but the government can make or alter them

2026 admin debate

trump wanted to enforce voter integrity at polls and add more federal control but fontes wanted states to have control

federalism

division/sharing power between the federal level and states

5 shared demcoratic principles

representative democracy

leaders can be removed if not working for welfare

two branches of legislature to pass laws

balance of power between confederacy and tribes

who ha spower to declare war

indigenous gov before european arrival

confederacies and alliances

cause of native population decline

old world diseases

european ideas about land ownership

land belonged to state/individuals

Why Native perspectives on colonization are less represented

native americans had oral history

Enlightenment ideas

individual liberty, representative gov, rule of law, religious freedom

Common Sense purpose, audience, major argument

Advocted for American independence from Britain, meant for colonists,

Intolerable Acts

Series of laws passed by British Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the Boston tea party and reassert authority

Declaration of independence

To show the revolution was justified against king george

Problems with the articles of Confederation

They barely had any power, couldn't impose taxes or anything so the gov was broke

Constitutional convention

Originally meant to revise Confederation articles; led to Constitution

Separation of power/checks and balances

Make sure one branch doesn’t take too much power

Representative democracy

Citizens vote for officials to run the country on their behalf

Bicameral legislature/great compromise

One system is based on state population, the other provides equal representation

Federalists vs anti federalists

Anti fed: power in the States

Fed: power in government

Bill of rights

First 10 amendments

Federalist no. 10

Faction: A group of people united by a common interest or passion that goes against the rights of others or the best interests of the whole country

Large republic can better serve the citizens and divide up factions

Election of 1800s

Exposee the uncertainty in the government because there was a tie and left up to electoral colleeg

Andrew Jackson

Represented the “common man”, drove put native americans, stood up to a British soldier as a kid, fought against the national bank, used the veto power liberally

Fredrick douglass

Born into slavery, taught how to read and write by mistress of owner, fought against a racist, attempted escape, caught, escapes again for good, went to Massachusetts, joined abolition movement and wrote an autobiography

Lincoln

Prioritized the union foremost, only prioritized abolition later; but also focused on forgiveness for confederate States instead of punishment

Susan b anthony

Broke the law by voting as a woman, but argued that it was constitutional for women to vote