US History

By coryjo
  • John Locke encourages the right to vote and ideas of unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and possesion of property

    John Locke encourages the right to vote and ideas of unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and possesion of property

    He wrote A letter Concerning Toleration
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    The Enlightenment enocurages colonists to question the authority of the british government

  • Declaration of Independence elaborates on the idea of natural rights

    Declaration of Independence elaborates on the idea of natural rights

  • Thomas Jefferson changes unalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

    Thomas Jefferson changes unalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

    Thomas Jefferson states that people are best governed by a system of laws
  • The Great Compromise is made to satisfy both large and small states demands

    The Great Compromise is made to satisfy both large and small states demands

  • US Constitution limits the power of the federal government by ensuring checks and balances for the three branches of government

    US Constitution limits the power of the federal government by ensuring checks and balances for the three branches of government

    The US Constitution is the supremem law of the land
  • Bill of Rights is made to protect personal liberties

    Bill of Rights is made to protect personal liberties

  • Most Irish immigrants who were persecuted during the 1800s were Catholic

    Most Irish immigrants who were persecuted during the 1800s were Catholic

    1800s
    The majority of immigrants in the US frequently met resentment.
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    The Industrial Revolution encouraged more Americans to settle in the Northeast and Midwest

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    Political machines controlled activities of political parties

  • John Marshall solidifies the power of the supreme court to review the constitutionality of laws

    John Marshall solidifies the power of the supreme court to review the constitutionality of laws

    Marbury v. Madison Case
  • US Civil War ends with Northern economy expanding and emerging more proseperous than ever before

    US Civil War ends with Northern economy expanding and emerging more proseperous than ever before

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    American political parties in the Gilded Age often controlled local elections by providing people with services and favors in exchange for their votes

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    Majority of Immigrants settled in urban areas in the north because rapid industrialization had created many job oppurtunities

  • Disfranchisement of African Americans in the south caused by poll taxes, literacy tests, and granfather clauses

    Disfranchisement of African Americans in the south caused by poll taxes, literacy tests, and granfather clauses

    late 19th century
  • Factories were dangerous places to work and most employers were very hostile toward workers efforts to organize

    Factories were dangerous places to work and most employers were very hostile toward workers efforts to organize

    Late 1800s
  • Anti-immigration feeling developed in the US primarily because immigrants competed with native-born Americans for jobs

    Anti-immigration feeling developed in the US primarily because immigrants competed with native-born Americans for jobs

    Late 19th Century
  • The Americanization movement sought to assimilate ethnic grouos into the dominant culture

    The Americanization movement sought to assimilate ethnic grouos into the dominant culture

    early 20th Century
  • Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act

    Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act