-
Basis of new rule of law instead of rule of man
-
Guarenteed colonists rights of englismen and was one of the first documents to govern the colonists.
-
This document was a list of rights for every citizen and modeled the out line of the Bill of Rights that the US uses to this day.
-
This era had major influence in the writings of the Constitution. Including the ideals of life, liberty, and property.
-
First meeting to try and organize the constitution where delegates from the 13 colonies met.
-
Continental Congress issued paper money known as "continentals"
-
Also known as the Revolutionary war where the 13 colonies fought Great Britain for their freedom.
-
Second meeting to try and organize and sign the Declaration of Independence.
-
Established very weak central government leaving out things like a military and ability to impose taxes)
-
This document made America a free country from England
-
Created new positions as well as created the seal of the tresury
-
The colonies are now free from Britain
-
Gave the freedom to citizens to support whichever religion and church they wanted to
-
Prevented slavery from expanding and had guidelines for the new territory like how many states it can create and a bill of rights
-
This is the outline of our government and laws
-
this helped expand mass media
-
Freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly which helped form our democracy
-
Congress established the US Customs service
-
Congress established the postal service initially requiring the first postmaster to the president through the treasury
-
Established the structure of our Judicial Branch like our federal courts and how they would run
-
HQ in Philadelphia headed by Alexander Hamilton
-
Right to bear arms
-
protects private property from the invasion of the government
-
prohibits unwarranted search and seizure
-
gives rights to those who have been criminally accused and ensure life, liberty, and persuit of happiness
-
Established judicial review
-
Doubled the size of the US
-
America would no longer interfere with European affairs and would not allow Europe to continue colonizing in America
-
Pres. Polk signed treaty with Great Britain to gain he territory that became the states of Oregon, Washington Idaho, Wyoming and Montana
-
Ended the Mexican-American war and fulfilled Manifest Destiney
-
Made California a free sate as well as new Utah territory and New Mexico could decide on slavery through popular sovereignty and banned slave trade in D.C
-
Supreme Court would not give Dred Scott his freedom in a free state because he was "property"
-
Abe Lincoln becomes president and the South succeeds
-
the federal government allotted land to township for public schools in the first case of public aid to education
-
Lincoln abolished slavery yet some southern states rebelled against this new law
-
established a national currency
-
Supplied recently freed African-Americans with job opportunities, education, and agricultural land
-
The VA hospitals that we know today were established by this act by using the facilities for disabled veterans
-
The trial to see if the court saw fit to impeach president Andrew Jackson
-
Outlawed monopolies and considered thm harmful to consumers and the market economy
-
Gave US courts of appeals jurisdiction over the great majority of appeals from the US districts and circuit courts
-
Made segregation legal as long as the facilities were equal (Separate but equal philosophy)
-
Outlawed misbranding of food and drug product moving in interstate commerce
-
The first constitutionally mandated income tax
-
Ended WWI and included the League of Nations Covenant
-
was the first electronic version of mass media
-
Gave Women the right to vote
-
Established annual immigrant admissions per country using a formula based on the 1910 federal population census
-
Limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the US through a national origins quota
-
Required all new drugs to be proven safe and effective prior to approval
-
Banned employment discrimination in the defense industry
-
Provided new opportunities like education, housing, and rehab facilities for veterans.
-
50 nations came together to create the United Nations
-
$400 million used t combat communism
-
restricted activities of labor unions
-
Truman orders integration of all military forces
-
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
-
Prohibits racial discrimination at the voting polls
-
Richard Nixon resigned as president due to the accused break in at the DNC
-
Made all presidential records after Jan. 20, 1981 property of the United States
