History final guide number 2

Declaration of Independence

Declared independence; natural rights; right to overthrow unjust government

Constitution (Preventing Abuse of Power)

Checks and balances, separation of powers, federalism

Impeachment

Process to remove officials for serious crimes

Monroe Doctrine

Europe stays out of the Americas

Democratic-Republicans vs. Federalists

Federalists: strong national gov; DRs: states' rights

Washington's Farewell Address

Avoid political parties and foreign alliances

U.S. Industrialization (5 Reasons)

Resources, labor, technology, capital, railroads

Gilded Age

Rapid growth with corruption and inequality

Unions

Workers united for better pay and conditions

Progressives

Reformers fixing industrial and political problems

Muckrakers

Journalists exposing corruption and abuses

Imperialism

Expanding a nation's power and territory

Spanish-American War

1898 war; U.S. gained overseas territories

Theodore Roosevelt Policies

Trust-busting, conservation, strong foreign policy

Open Door Policy

Equal trade in China

Harlem Renaissance

Black cultural and artistic movement of the 1920s

New Deal

FDR programs to fight the Depression

Great Depression (Causes)

Crash, overproduction, bank failures

Economy of the 1920s

Boom from mass production and credit

Hoover's Response

Limited government action

Amendments

Changes to the Constitution

14th Amendment

Citizenship and equal protection

Plessy v. Ferguson

Segregation allowed ("separate but equal")

Marbury v. Madison

Established judicial review

McCulloch v. Maryland

Federal power over states

Flappers

Women challenging traditional roles

Laissez-Faire

No government in business

Nativism

Anti-immigrant beliefs

Isolationism

Avoid foreign involvement

Great Migration

African Americans moved north for jobs

Anglo-Saxonism

Belief in white Anglo-Saxon superiority