Key Documents And Speeches In US History Flashcards
Who was issued the Magna Carta? In what year?
King John of England in 1215
** we will tell you how to rule
What was the Magna Carta?
The 1st document forced upon a king by his subjects which limited his powers under the law
The Magna Carta has heavily influenced modern concepts of what?
Government
The Magna Carta has helped to form what today?
Great deal of the foundation of
The Bill of Rights
The Founding Fathers
The Constitution
The Magna Carta influenced what kind of thinkers?
Enlightenment thinkers
- John Locke
Explain the “Divine Right of Kings” & where did it come from?
Was the document before the Magna Carta
Came about from a writing called “The True Law of Free Monarchy”
What did the “Divine Right of Kings” state?
“Im the king b/c God made me the king, thats why I get to rule you”
The people did not like the way that King John was running things, so they said that we needed a what?
Representative government
** big moment for any democracy or representative government **
Life Liberty & Property (inherent rights) started with what?
The Magna Carta
Where was due process introduced?
Cant be convicted without evidence or trial
Magna Carta
- also “habeus corpus” stemmed from the Magna Carta
Who said, “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!”
Patrick Henry
When did Patrick Henry say, “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!”
Where? What did it do?
1775
Virginia Convention
- credited with swinging Virginia House of Burgesses with putting the Virginian troops into the Revolutionary War *
With the addition of the Virginia Army in the Revolutionary War, what happened?
Presented a good defense against the British
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4th, 1776
Who authored the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson & others
What did the Declaration of Independence (1776) state?
We are independent states, free from the British
When was The Constitution ratify?
What did it set up?
1778
Federal Government 3 branches Balance of power Wanted a united nation States rights
When did the Bill of Rights come about?
1791
What were the Bill of Rights and what were they designed for?
The first ten amendments
Designed to protect individual freedoms and right
*** freedom of press, assembly, bear arms, speech
Who introduced the Monroe Doctrine and when?
James Monroe
1823
What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
Americas were off-limits by European powers to colonize and intervention
*if they continued — seen as threat
“This is our land!!!”
“Stay away”
When was the Emancipation Proclamation? Who signed it and put it into place?
1863
Abraham Lincoln
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Free the slaves
North & South
2 years into Civil War 1861-1865
*** done for effect / was not followed
*** north has no right to tell us what to do because we are the confederate states of America — not in the Union
The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) helped to state this was a war to battle what?
Battle slavery
When was the Gettysburg address and what document was it built from?
1863
Built from the Emancipation Proclamation
What did the Gettysburg Address state? (Abraham Lincoln)
Everyone in the Americas has a right to equality
*** found from the Constitution and the Founding Fathers
What kind of moved did the Gettysburg Address make?
Ideological moves
Political moves
Strategic moves
*** everyone has freedom and equality
How did the Gettysburg Address
(1863)
Alienate the South?
- B.c. Lincoln made the War about battling slavery here
- Countries like France and England (morally opposed) slavery
- They would not come to the South’s aid
When was the “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, but What you can do for your Country” speech
1961
Who said “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, but What you can do for your Country” ?
John F. Kennedy during his Inaugural Address in 1961
*** asking Americans to give back, step and contribute to growth and prosperity of the country
When was the “I Have A Dream” speech? By whom?
1963
Martin Luther King
Where was the “I Have A Dream” Speech given?
How many people were there?
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
Over 200,000 thousand Civil Rights supporters / to rally in Washington
What was MLK laying out with his “I Have A Dream” speech?
Idea of his dream
- Everyone treated equally / opportunities regardless of skin
- Important speech for Civil Rights Movement
