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Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thames, and signed by King John on June 15, 1215, under pressure from his rebellious barons. -
Jamestown House of
The House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. About 140 years later, when Washington was elected, the electorate was made up of male landholders. -
Petition of Right
An English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. -
Colonial Settlement
England sought to emulate other European powers by establishing colonies in the New World. The goal of the colonists and their supporters was to increase England's territorial hegemony and to enrich themselves. -
First Continental Congress
A group of delegates from all of the 13 colonies (except Georgia) met in Philadelphia to discuss the situation with England and decide how to react. They sent a Declaration of Rights to King George III in which they protested the unfair laws that had been imposed upon them. -
Revolutionary War
A war fought mainly between England and the American colonies. The war began at Lexington and Concord after Britain again and again refused to listen to the colonists' protests against the strict policies that were pressed upon them -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America that united in the American Revolutionary War -
Declaration of Independence
This declaration announced the independence of America from Britain about a year after the Revolutionary War began. After this document was signed, the United States of America became an official nation of independent states. -
Articles of Confederation
The first governmental structure of the United States. Work on this document was begun immediately after the Declaration of Independence but it was not ratified on March 1, 1781. -
Constitution of the United States
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. This founding document, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Wikipedia -
Constitutional Convention
met to address and solve the problems that were present in the Articles of Confederation. -
Ratification of the Consitution
39 ut of 41 delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed our modern constitution into law. -
Dual Federalism
Both state and national governments were equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence
Strict reading
National government only had powers listed in Constitution
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Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. ... It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the Federal Government to the people or the States. -
1st Amendment
The amendment was adopted in 1791 along with nine other amendments that make up the Bill of Rights—a written document protecting civil liberties under U.S. law. The meaning of the First Amendment has been the subject of continuing interpretation and dispute over the years. -
3rd Amendment
Quartering of Soldiers -
4th Amendment
Search and Seizure -
7th Amendment
Jury Trial -
8th Amendment
Protections against Excessive Bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment -
9th Amendment
Non-Enumerated Rights -
10th Amendment
Rights Reserved to States -
2nd Amendment
right to bear arms -
5th Amendment
Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process -
6th Amendment
Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions: Rights to Jury Trial, to Confront Opposing Witnesses and to Counsel -
11th Amendment
Suits Against a State -
12th Amendment
Election of President and Vice-President -
National Expansion and Reform
Overview During this period, the small republic founded by George Washington's generation became the world's largest democracy. Pre-Civil War African-American Slavery African Americans had been enslaved in what became the United States since early in the 17th century. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Maryland taxed the national bank
Court ruled bank was necessary and proper
Maryland couldn’t tax bank b/c it could weaken the national government
"The power to tax is the power to destroy." -
Morrill Act
Granted large tracts of land to states; states sold land and used money for colleges -
13th Amendment
Abolition of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude -
14th Amendment
Protects rights against state infringements, defines citizenship, prohibits states from interfering with privileges and immunities, requires due process and equal protection, punishes states for denying vote, and disqualifies Confederate officials and debts -
15th Amendment
Voting Rights -
Rise of Industrial America
Overview In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. The American West, 1865-1900 The completion of the railroads to the West following the Civil War opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
16th ammendment
- gave Congress authority to set a federal income tax Main source of US income
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19th Amendment
Women's Right to Vote -
Cooperative federalism
States and national governments worked together to deal with the Great Depression
Many cases about FDR's New Deal reached the Supreme Court. -
21st Amendment
Repeal of 18th Amendment (Prohibition) -
20th Amendment
Commencement of Presidential Term and Succession -
US v. Darby
Upheld Fair Labor Standards Act. Commerce clause allows congress to regulate employment conditions -
22nd Ammendment
Two-Term Limitation on President -
23rd Amendment
District of Columbia Presidential Vote -
Creative Federalism
Government program to eliminate poverty and social inequality
Johnson created creative federalism, which released national funds to achieve national goals.
If states didn’t cooperate, they would lose federal funding. -
Great Society
Government program to eliminate poverty and social inequality
Johnson created creative federalism, which released national funds to achieve national goals.
If states didn’t cooperate, they would lose federal funding. -
24th Amendment
Abolition of Poll Tax Requirement in Federal Elections -
Miranda v Arizona
Expanded rights of people acused of crimes . "Miranda Rights" -
Freedom of Information Act
Allows citizens access to written records kept by federal agencies -
Loving v Virginia
Struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage -
25th Amendment
Presidential Vacancy, Disability and Inability -
Tinker v Des Mois
RUled that schools couldnt prevent students from protesting the Vietnam War -
17th Amendment
Popular Election of Senators -
18th Amendment
Prohibition -
26th Amendment
Right to Vote at Age 18 -
War Powers of Resolution
It stipulates the president must notify Congress within 48 hours of military action and prohibits armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days. The Constitution divides war powers between Congress and the president. -
New Federalism
Ronald Reagan believed state governments could better provide services to the people
Cut national grant money and relaxed national requirements -
27th Amendment
Congressional Compensation -
Homeland Security
Reorganization of agencies already in place
Law enforcement
Border security
Transportation -
D.C v. Helen Keller
2nd amendment protects an individuals rights to keep and bear arms for self defense -
Obergfell v. Hodges
states must grant and recognize same-sex marriage -
Iron Triangle
forms an unofficial alliance
Bureaucratic agencies
Congressional oversight committees
Outside interest groups
