WW2 Flashcards
New England, Middle, Southern
New England- Mass, New Hampshire, RI, & Conn (Puritans. Shipbuilding, trade, & fishing. Promoted public education)
Middle- NY, New Jersey, Penn, & Delaware (religious tolerance. depend on farming & commerce. Quakers- William Penn)
Southern- Maryland, VA, NC, SC, GA (Jamestown is the first settlement. Tobacco was the cash crop.)
Representative Gov (Virginia House of B)
gov in which the people elect their own officials and have a voice. House of B is the 1st ex of limited self-gov. Consisted of one elected by the people & one appointed by king
Limited Gov (Magna Carta)
This document granted the nobles various legal rights and prevented the king from imposing taxes w/out the consent of a council
Self-Salutary neglect
Sal neg- letting the colonies govern themselves
Federalism
2 levels of gov share power. Shared b/w the national ( federal) & state gov.
Manifest Destiny (Railroads)
many leaders believed in the country’s destiny to expand & possess territory all the way to the Pacific (new trade markets)
Monroe Doctrine
the US would not tolerate European intervention in the affairs of any independent nation in the Americas. Us was no longer open to European colonization
Declaration of Independence
formed ground work for US constitution, written by Thomas Jefferson, it asserted the principal of egalitarianism.
Taxation without Representation
under British law, no tax could be imposed except one approved by Parliament
Acts…Purpose/Why (Navigation Act)
restricted trade
Articles of Confederation- strength vs. weaknesses
1st set of laws but failed bc it did not give enough power to the federal (national) gov to lead effectively. It didn’t grant congress the power to impose taxes
Battle of Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown. Ended Revolutionary war. Would not have won w/ out french army
Progressive Reformers vs Robber Barons
robber barons monopolies recon. after the war
Social Darwinism
based ideas on the theories of Charles Darwin, Spencer believed that life was a battle for “survival of the fittest”
Reconstruction
attempt to rebuild the south
Poll tax, Literacy Test
people had to pass these in order to vote
Jim Crow Laws
required blacks & whites to use separate public faciliites
Solid South
whites teamed up & joined democrtic
Plessy v Ferguson
separate but equal
Nativism
opposing immigration
Quotas
limitations
KKK
a secretive organization whose members often dressed in hooded white robes, the Klan used violence, murder, & threats to intimidate blacks & those who favored giving African Americans equal rights
Red Scare
US feared that Communism would occur in the US
Japanese
fearful of jap. & created camps to put them in
