EOC Review

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    It is a document that says that america is a free country from Britain. It was a unanimous decision between all 13 colonies to become independent.
  • “E Pluribus Unum”

    “E Pluribus Unum”

    It is a latin phrase meaning "One from many," the phrase offered a strong statement of the American determination from the 13 colonies that joined together.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    It's the first ten amendments in the constitution and it was ratified December 15, 1791. It gives people freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition in America.
  • Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles : Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire.

    Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles : Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire.

    Alexis was a French political philosopher and historian, published the first volume of Democracy in America. Tocqueville determined five values crucial to America as success as a constitutional republic: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez-faire.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    the Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and five years of continuous residence on that land.
  • Tenement

    Tenement

    It established the first standards for minimum room size, ventilation, and sanitation for homes in New York city.
  • Eugenics

    Eugenics

    The immoral theory of ''racial improvement'' and ''planned bleeding'' The goal was to eliminate undesirable genetic traits in the human race though selective breeding.
  • Settlement House Movement

    Settlement House Movement

    This movement embodies a rich heritage of recognizing that all individuals, families, and communities, no matter how challenged, possess aspirations and strengths that can be the foundation for meaningful, lasting change and to bring them together. It peaked in 1920's.
  • U.S. Constitution

    U.S. Constitution

    They are the fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
  • Homestead Strike 1892

    Homestead Strike 1892

    The Homestead act was a tensions between steel workers and management. Pennsylvania discharged workers from the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Union. culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents, The battle was a crucial event in U.S. labor.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    The family of skoohum jim found near the klondike River in Canada's Yukon territory. Their discovery sparked a gold rush from people in the Yukon territory and Alaska. It helped the United States out of a depression. Although the discovery of Yukon gold made a few lucky miners rich beyond their wildest dreams Still it had a horrific impact on the local environment.
  • Spanish-American War, built it and its impact)

    Spanish-American War, built it and its impact)

    What built the war was the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.The significant outcome of the Spanish American War was that the United States became one of the worlds naval power.
  • Political Machines

    Political Machines

    The U.S. in the late 19th century who viewed machines as a vehicle for political enfranchisement. Machine workers helped win elections by turning out large numbers of voters on election day.
  • Muckraker

    Muckraker

    The Muckraker was Progressive Era in the United States who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions.
  • 17th Amendments

    17th Amendments

    It allows voters to cast direct votes for the U.S. senators for the election.
  • 16th Amendments

    16th Amendments

    It established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. In any source without apportioning it among the states and without regard to the census too.
  • Establishment of the National Park System

    Establishment of the National Park System

    It conserves the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life. So that future generations can Enjoy the park.
  • 18th Amendments

    18th Amendments

    This is enforcement of the new restrictions, and defined which “intoxicating liquours” were forbiddenit made brewing and distilling illegal after this amendment.
  • Nativism

    Nativism

    Nativism is the policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures.
  • 19th Amendments

    19th Amendments

    This Amendment gave women the right too vote.
  • “In God We Trust”

    “In God We Trust”

    It was first created in 1864, it was not printed on paper until 1967 Dwight Eisenhower signed a law that made "In God We Trust" the nation's motto.