Midterm Flashcards
(47 cards)
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Terrorism
a radical Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988.
Al Qaeda
leader of the terrorist group Al Qaeda, claimed
responsibility for the planning and execution of the 9/11 attacks
Osama Bin Laden
declared a war on terrorism after the attack, not only on terrorist groups, but any government that harbored those groups
President George W. Bush
ordered the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
President Barack Obama
the New York site after the attacks, now the home of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Ground Zero/World Trade Center-Ground Zero
Flight 77 crashes into the western side of the blank and starts a violent fire.
Pentagon
Flight 93 crashes 80 miles (129 km) southeast of blank. Passengers had learned about the World Trade Center and Pentagon crashes and were resisting the hijackers. The 9/11 Commission believed that Flight 93’s target was either the US Capitol building or the White House.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
flight 93 was supposed to go to the Blank
White House
tree that survived the destruction; nursed back to health; symbol of hope and survival
Survivor Tree
two beams that stood above the wreckage in the shape of a cross; now located in the 9/11 Museum- has many objects of that day.
World Trade Center Cross
wrote the constitution
James Madison
the first 10 amendments
The Bill of Rights
1st Amendment
freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of petition to the governme
15th Amendment
All men can vote except native Americans
17th Amendment
established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states.
19th Amendment-
gave suffrage to women
22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
3 branches of government
legislative(make laws), executive(enforces law), judicial(the system of courts that interprets and applies the law)
Missouri requests to be a part of US but they want slavery. To keep the balance they made Maine a free state
Compromise of 1820
CA enters Union as a free state, Territories gained by Mexican American war had popular sovereignty, border dispute settled in New Mexico and Texas, abolished slave trade in WDC, establishes fugitive slave act
compromise of 1850
Would have popular sovereignty but nullifies Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act-
Pppl from North would have to give the escaped slaves back to the south.
Fugitive Slave Act
