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John Locke
John Locke's idea that people must give their consent to be governed is the basis for the right to vote for representatives government. -
Unalienable Rights
The idea of "Unalienable rights" amd the people's right to "alter or abolish" a government are most closely associated with Enlightenment thinker John Locke. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence can be attributed to John Locke. -
Thomas Jefferson
In Thomas Jefferson's view, people were best governed by, a system of laws. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence eleborates on the Enlightenment idea of natural rights. -
Enlightenment
The effect that Enlightenment had on the colonies was that the colonists began to question the authority of the British monarchy. -
Supreme law of the land
In the Untied States, the "supreme law of the land" is the U.S. Constitution. -
U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution limits the power of the federal government by ensuring checks and balances for the three branches of government. -
Great Compromise
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan come together to form the Great Compromise. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution to protect personal liberties. -
Supreme Court
Key decisions of the Supreme Court under the leadership of John Marshall solidified the power of the Supreme Court to accept appeals from lower federal courts. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution encouraged more Americans to settle in the Northeast and Midwest. -
Civil War
As a result of the Civil War, the Northern economy, expanded and emerged more prosperous than ever before. -
Political Machines
In the U.S. cities in the 1800s, political machines controlled activities of political parties. -
Gilded Age
American political parties in the Gilded Age often controlled local elections by providing people with services and favors in exchange for their votes. -
Rights for African Americans
During the late 19th century, the end of reconstruction, white goverment officials regining power, and the poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses in the south, resulted in, disfranchisement of most Aferican Americans in the South. -
Labor Unions
The factor that most limited the growth of the Labor Unions during the 1800s was that most employers were very hostile towards workers efforts to organize. -
Immigrants
During the period from 1880 to 1920, the majority of immigrants to the United States settled in urban areas in the North mainly because, rapid idustrilization had created many job opportunities. -
Anti-immigrantion
In the late 19th century, anti-immigration feelings developed in the United States primarily because immigrants competed with native-born Americans for jobs. -
Factory conditions
In the late 1800s, factories were generally dangerous and difficult places to work. -
Feelings toward immigrants
An experience of the majority of immigrants to the United States was that they frequently met resentment. -
Nativism
The statement, "There are too many foreigners and desirables coming into the United States. Let's pull up the latter." , best illustrates the concept of nativism. -
Irish immigrants
Most Irish immigrants who were persecuted in the cities during the 1800s were Catholic. -
Americanization movement
The Americanization movement of the early twentieth century sought to assimilate ethnic immigrant groups into the dominant culture. -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" , influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act.
