Us History Mtel Flashcards
Civil rights act of 1964
No segregation in public places
No discrimination in employment
1620 pilgrims
Made the famous voyage of the mayflower and founded the Plymouth colony
Mass bay colony
Original English settlements in present day Massachusetts
Settled in 1630 by a group of 1,000 puritans refugees from England
13 colonies
NH, MA, RI, NJ, SC, NC, VA, PA, NY, GA, DE, CT, MD
Road to revolution
Founding of the colonies
End of the Indian and French war
Relations between the American colonies and British crown (they wanted their independence)
Declaration of Independence
First formal statement by a nations people asserting their right to choose their own government
1781 articles of confederate
Us constitution - to make a perfect union establishing justice, insuring domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote general welfare, and secure blessings of liberty
1787 us constitution
Signed 9.17.1787 - guaranteed basic rights for people
Legislative branch
Made up of the house of senate
- makes laws
- declares war
- reg foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending
Executive branch
enforces laws
includes the president, vp, cabinet
judicial branch
evaluates laws (supreme court) - applies laws to individual cases and decides if the law violate the constitution
checks and balances
counter balancing influences so system is regulated
- president can be vetod
- leg branch votes to pass a new bill
- judicial branch finds a law to be unconstitutional through the supreme court
1791 bill of rights
first 10 amendments
- freedom of speech
- right to bear arms
- no quartering of soldiers
- freedom from unreasonable search
- due process - double jeopardy
- right to a speedy trial
- right to a trial by a jury
- no unusual punishment
- other rights of people
- power reserved to the states
1794 cotton gin
eli whitney created the gotton gin, machine by speeding up the process of removing the seeds.
19th century cotton was americas #1 leading export
1850 fugitive slave act
passed in 1793 and 1850
provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from 1 state to another
civil war 1861-1864
the war between the states about 1. slavery 2. sectionalism, and 3. secession
confederacy and union
union - known as the north (Lincoln)
confederate - south
robert e lee
commander of the army of N. Virginia (leader of the south armies) - the most successful of the southern armies during the civil war
ulysses s. grant
lead the union army to victory over the confederate army. also the 18th president
why was the us constitution so important?
- changed relationships between the federal government and the government of the states
- highlighted the difference between political and economic democracy
13th amendment
abolish slavery
14th amendment
citizenship and equal rights to freed slaves after civil war
15 amendment
gave the right to vote for African Americans and could not be denied voting rights based on race color, and previous condition of servitude
progressive era (1890-1920)
problems
- industrialization
- urbanization
- immigration
- political corruption
wide spread social activism and political reform across the us
social reformers were mostly middle class men targeting their bosses
wanted to move over to direct democracy