AHSGE
“Documents of
American
Heritage”
What was signed by King
John in 1215 that marked
a decisive step forward in
the development of a
constitutional
government?
(Ans) The Magna
Carta
What was the first plan
of self government
ever put in force in the
English colonies?
(Ans) Mayflower Compact
Proposal by Benjamin
Franklin in 1754 for the
creation of a grand council
made up by representatives
from Britain’s American
Colonies
(Ans) Albany Plan of
Union
What was the plea by
the colonist to King
George III in 1775 that
he halt fighting?
(Ans) Olive Branch
Petition
Pamphlet written by
Thomas Paine (1776)
Called for Am. Ind.
From Great Britain
(Ans) Common
Sense
Plan of government
that the U.S. operated
from 1781 until its
replacement by the
Constitution
(Ans) Articles of
Confederation
Concept of separation
of church and state
that had been part of
the Am. Fabric since
the 1600’s
(Ans) Virginia Statute
of Religious Liberty
At his farewell
address, Washington
warned against the
dangers of ….
(Ans) Political parties
and sectionalism
Written by Francis
Scott Key during the
British bombardment
of Ft. McHenry during
the War of 1812
(Ans) StarSpangled Banner
Agreement reached in 1820
that would admit Missouri
as a slave state and Maine
as a free state. Outlawed
slavery north of 36 degrees
30’ N Lat
(Ans) Missouri
Compromise
Doctrine introduced by James
Monroe that was designed to end
European influence in the
Western Hemisphere. It became
the cornerstone for Am. Foreign
policy.
(Ans) Monroe
Doctrine
1862 law in which the federal
gov. distributed millions of
acres of western land to state
governments in order to fund
state agricultural colleges
(Ans) Morrill LandGrant Act
Issued by Pres. Abe Lincoln
to dedicate a national
cemetery on the battlefield of
Gettysburg.
(Ans) Gettysburg
Address
Written by Francis Bellamy
who wrote and published this
th
in 1892 to celebrate the 400
anniversary of Columbus’s
landing in America
(Ans) The Pledge of
Allegiance
American approach to
China around 1900 favoring
open relations between China
and other nations
(Ans) Open Door Policy
Pres Theodore Roosevelt’s
1904 extension of the Monroe
Doctrine in which he asserted
the right of the U.S. to intervene
in Latin American nations
(Ans) Roosevelt
Corollary
Speech in 1918 by Pres.
Woodrow Wilson to congress
that called for freedom of the
seas in peace and war, and an
end to secret alliances and
equal trading rights for all
countries
(Ans) The Fourteen
Points
This economic program was
launched by Pres. Franklin
Roosevelt as relief, recovery,
and reform to combat the Great
Depression.
(Ans) The New Deal
Supreme Court case in 1954
that ruled that racial
segregation in public schools
was unconstitutional .
(Ans) Brown v. Board of
Education
Famous Speech written
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Ans) “I Have a Dream”
First ten amendments
to the United States
Constitution
(Ans) Bill of Rights
Amendment that
abolished slavery
(Ans)
th
13
Amendment
Amendment that
ended
prohibition
(Ans)
st
21
Amendment
Amendment that gave
African-Americans
(freedmen) the right to
vote
(Ans)
th
15
Amendment
Amendment that
guaranteed citizens
equal protection of
the laws
(Ans)
th
14
Amendment
Amendment that
started prohibition
(alcohol)
(Ans)
th
18
Amendment
Amendment that
gave women the
right to vote
(Ans)
th
19
Amendment
Laws passed by Congress in
1798 that enabled the
government to imprison or
deport aliens and to
prosecute critics of the
government
(Ans) Alien and
Sedition Act
1878 law that required
the federal government
to purchase and coin
more silver
(Ans) Bland-Allison Act
Law passed in 1882
that prohibited Chinese
laborers from entering
the country
(Ans) Chinese
Exclusion Act
Law passed in 1914 to
strengthen federal antitrust
enforcement by spelling out
business activities that were
forbidden
(Ans) Clayton AntitrustAct
Agreement designed to
ease tensions over the
expansion of slavery in
the western territories
(Ans) Compromise of
1850
Agreement that gave
Rutherford B. Hayes the
election of 1876. In return
he had to remove troops
and end reconstruction
(Ans) Compromise of
1877
Part of the
Compromise that
ordered citizens of the
United States to assist
in the return of slaves
(Ans) Fugitive Salve Act
1862 law that
offered 160 acres
of western land to
settlers
(Ans) Homestead Act
1830 law that called for
the forced movement of
Native Americans to west
of the Mississippi River
(Ans) Indian Removal
Act
1877 law that
regulated railroads
and other interstate
businesses
(Ans) Interstate
Commerce Act
1854 law that called on
citizens in each
territory to decide the
issue of slavery there
(Ans) KansasNebraska Act
1917 law that called on
citizens in each
territory to decide the
issue slavery there
(Ans) Kansas-Nebraska
Act
1917 law
authorizing a draft
of young men for
military service
(Ans) Selective Service
Act
Law passed in 1890 that
outlawed any
combination of
companies that restrained
trade or commerce
(Ans) Sherman
Antitrust Act