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founding documents Flashcards

(16 cards)

1
Q

No one is above the law
Earliest document to place limits on King(what document)

A

Magna Carta
1215

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2
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Earliest social contract
First attempt at forming a government(what document8

A

Mayflower
Compact
1620

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3
Q

Rights for individuals
Right to petition king(document

A

English Bill of
Rights
1689

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4
Q

Social Contract influenced founders
Natural Rights, Right to Rebel.(document

A

Locke’s Two
Treatises of
Government
1689

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5
Q

One of many taxes imposed by British to collect for war debt.
“no taxation without representation!”

A

Stamp Act
1765

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6
Q

Influential in convincing colonists to declare independence -
Most effective piece of propaganda for the colonial cause
Written by Thomas Paine

A

Common Sense
1776

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7
Q

statement of independence from Great Britain.
Written by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman
and Robert Livingston
Heavily Influenced by Locke; “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

A

Declaration of
Independence
1776

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8
Q

Loose agreement among states with most of the power
remaining with the states
Had many weaknesses causing founders to call for the
Constitutional Convention

A

Articles of
Confederation
1777-1788

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9
Q

Second attempt at government (current governing document)
Established a Federal system where central and state
governments share power

A

U.S.
Constitution
1787

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10
Q

essays written to argue for the ratification of the Constitution
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
under the name “Publius”

A

Federalist
Papers -
1787

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11
Q

First ten amendments of the Constitution - protect basic
individual rights from gov interreference
Anti-Federalists argued for their inclusion

A

Bill of Rights
1791

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12
Q

Attributed to Benjamin
Franklin
* Published originally in 1754
to encourage unity among
the colonies to join the
British in the French and
Indian War
* Later became a symbol of
unity to rally the colonies to
band together and fight
against the British in the
Revolutionary War

A

“Join, or Die”

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13
Q

Ended WWI;
Example of checks and balances
Senate did not ratify the treaty, which meant the U.S. would not be part of the League of
Nations that President Wilson had helped negotiate

A

Treaty of
Versailles
1919

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14
Q

Banned discrimination in public accommodations, education,
and employment
Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson

A

The Civil
Rights Act
1964

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15
Q

Banned discrimination in voting (i.e. literacy or understanding
tests)
Resulted in a massive increase in Black voter registration in the
South.

A

The Voting
Rights Act
1965

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16
Q

Bans discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex
familial status, national origin and disability in housing

A

Fair
Housing Act
1968