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| form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people supreme power |
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| Under, voters hold sovereign power. The people elect representatives and give them responsibility to make laws and conduct government. |
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| first 10 amendments to the Constitution that detail the protection of individual liberties. |
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| This guarantees the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury; right to a lawyer; right to cross examine witnesses;& right to force witnesses at a trial to testify. |
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| This states that the people have rights other than those specifically mentioned in the Constitution. |
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| Freedom of private business to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation. |
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| A leader of the Federalists, 1st Treasurer of the United States, creator of the Bank of the U.S., killed in a duel by the V President of the US, Aaron Burr. |
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| Economic system based on private property and free enterprise. |
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| This states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states. |
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| This guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil suits. |
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| This prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bails or fines. |
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| This gives freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. |
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| This protects an accused person from having to testify against him or herself (self-incrimination); bans double jeopardy, and guarantees that no person will suffer the loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law |
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| Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature. |
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| This forbids the government to order private citizens to allow soldiers to live in their homes. |
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| Right of the Supreme Court to determine whether laws passed by Congress are constitutional or not |
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| This guarantees the rights of states to organize Militias, or armies, and the right of individuals to bear arms. |
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| System set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to control, the actions of the other branches. |
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| This requires that warrants be issued if property is to be searched or seized (taken) by the government |
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| Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
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| Sharing of power between the states and the national government. |
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| system in which each branch of government has its own powers. |
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| Washington's Farewell Address |
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| This advised the United States to stay “neutral in its relations with other nations” & to avoid “entangling alliances”. |
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| Staunch Federalist & the longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history. He played a key role in the development of the American legal system |
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| Invention by Eli Whitney that sped up the cleaning of cotton fibers and, in effect, increased the need for slaves |
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| Court case (1803) that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It set up the principle of judicial review. |
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| Thomas Jefferson purchased the ______from France in 1803, which doubled the size of the US. |
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| Leader of the original Democratic Party & “President of the people”. He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears |
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| Era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place. |
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| belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
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| created by Eli Whitney, are uniform pieces thatcan be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces. This invention greatly helped the growth of American industry. |
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| Invention by Robert Fulton that revolutionized transportation and trade in the U.S. |
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| Court case that established the doctrine of implied powers in the Constitution ultimately expanding Congressional authority |
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| refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief |
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| author of the Monroe Doctrine, which shut down the western hemisphere to European expansion or interference. |
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| foreign policy statement by President James Monroe stating that 1) the U.S would not interfere in European affairs, and 2) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/or interference by European nations. |
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| idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal. |
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| was a powerful Kentucky Congressman and Senator who proposed the American System and the Compromise of 1850. |
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| With the ____ from Mexico in 1853, the United States mainland reached its present size. |
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| The was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol. |
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| was a South Carolina Congressman and Senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War. |
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| person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. |
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| strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country. |
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| was a Massachusetts Congressman and Senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union |
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| former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country. |
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| Amendment guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race. |
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| guarantees citizenship and right to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. |
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| escaped slave who became a vocal member of the abolitionist movement as well as women’s rights. |
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