Word Assosciations Flashcards
New England town meetings, mayflower compact, Virginia house of burgesses
Self rule, representative democracy
Declaration of Independence
Enlightened, John lock, natural righted, consent of the governed , no taxation without representation -leads to revolutionary war
Articles of confederations
Weak national government, protect states rights, feared strong national government , admitted new states into the union
Constitutional convention
Representation, three fifths compromise, revise article of confederation
Anti-federalist
Bill of rights , states rights
Federalist
Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Washington , Hamilton , Madison
Alexander Hamilton
National bank, pay off national debt, loose interpretation of constitution
Federalism
Balance of national and state government
Electoral college
Popular vote does not determine presidency, each states have “points” based on population of their states, majority of these points wins presidency, the “winner-take all” method can distort the relationship between the popular vote and the electoral vote
Checks and balances
Supreme Court, congress, executive , three branches of government, separation of powers
Marbury v. Madison
Judicial review
Marshall court
Increase the power of the federal government
McCulloch v Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Supremacy of the federal government
Washington
Precedents, cabinet of advisors, unwritten constitution, political parties, strengthen the federal government , farewell address , neutrality , U.S. Needed time to gain economic and military strength
John Adams
Alien and sedition act , XYZ affair
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana purchase, elastic clause, violate/contradict belief of strict interpretation of the constitution
Mississippi
Trade, New Orleans, westward expansion, Louisiana purchase, access to Gulf of Mexico , trade for farmers
Manifest destiny
Westward expansion, expand to the Pacific Ocean, Mexican war , annexation of Texas homestead act
Monroe doctrine
Western Hemisphere, prevent colonization by the Europeans in Caribbean/ Latin America, avoid political conflicts with Europeans
Andrew Jackson
Spoils system ( rewarding jobs ), expand presidential powers, end property requirements , Indian removal act
Trail of tears
Injustice of native Americans , Worcester v Georgia
Homestead act
West, Great Plains , provide free land to settlers , people pay off land
Abolitionist
Against slavery, William Lloyd garrison’s publication of the liberator , Underground Railroad , Harriet Beecher stowe’s uncle toms cabin
Sectionalism
Economic conditions and interests varied in regions ( north-industrialization v south-plantations)
Missouri compromise
The balance between free and Slavs states was maintained, tried to solve issue on extension of slavery into western territories
Fugitive slave act
Runaway slaves ,Canada corpus, emancipation proclamation ( frees slaves )