APUSH Review #1 - Acts, Laws, Strikes and Landmark Cases

Affirmed that under the 14th Amendment, all persons born in the United States are US citizens

Law allowed African American soldiers to serve in the Union military

Allowed the federal government to negotiate land trades with Indians in the Southeast

This overturned the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery in places where it had been banned

Limited a state government's power to interfere in business contracts 

Presented at the Seneca Falls Convention, starting the women's rights movement

The Sherman Antitrust Act does not apply to manufacturers located in a single state

Struck down state law regulating interstate railroad rates since fed. govt. had exclusive power

Banned any trust that restrained interstate trade or commerce

Established during the Era of Good Feelings by Congress to encourage "buy American"

Laws that allowed the government to imprison or deport foreigners, and to prosecute its critics

Trivia:  Muckraker who went after Standard Oil

Proposed ban on slavery in new territory gained from Mexican-American War

Struck down a law setting a 10-hour day for employees since it violated their right to contract

Allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned mislabeling of food

Divided reservation land into private family plots

Proposed const. amend. that attempted to prevent secession by allowing expansion of slavery 

Concept in which states could void a law deemed unconstituional

Trivia:  Long time governor of Plymouth Colony

Stated the 14th amendment only applied to discriminatory action taken by states, not people

Allowed poll taxes and literacy tests to stand, limiting voting rights of African Americans  

The case established the power of judicial review for SCOTUS

Trivia!  Inspiration for the donkey as mascot for the Democratic Party

Trivia!  The Great Compromiser

Agreement by which Hayes won the election and fed troops were withdrawn from the South

Quotes!  "Remember the Ladies!"

Trivia!  The "small state" plan

Triggered the Nullification Crisis

This laws gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for 5 years

Our first framework for self-government

Constitutional guarantee that no one can be held in prison without charges being filed

Foreign policy that discouraged European intervention in the Western Hemisphere

Trivia!  What does this represent?

Ended the American Revolution and affirmed American independence

Laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote

Ruled Congress could make whatever Indian policies it chose, ignoring all existing treaties

Made money available to states to establish universities that taught agriculture & engineering

Required that a majority of prewar voters in the Confederate states swear loyalty to the Union

Policy of designating units in terms of their value in gold

Colonial consumer boycotts of British exports in response to taxes passed by Parliament

What was the main argument of the Worcester v. Georgia majority decision?

Ruled the federall govt. could halt a railroad strike due to interference w/ commerce and mail

Ruled the Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty violated 5th Amendment property rights

Sherman Antitrust could apply to any co. seeking to eliminate competition in interst. commerce

Law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay taxes on printed materials

Law that created a civil service system for the federal government to hire based on merit

Permitted segregated facilities, arguing "separate but equal" doesn't violate the 14th Amend. 

Upheld a state law limiting women's work hours, viewing women as a special class

Law designed a system for managing and settling lands in the Northwest Territory 

Required all citizens to aid in the apprehending of runaway slaves

Trivia!  Dolly Madison's favorite flavor of ice cream (no points just bragging rights!)

Trivia!  In 1846 Ashland was named after which Whig's estate?

Violent 1894 railway strike which spread nationwide, drawing support from the ARU and Debs

Trivia!  Number of  "accidental" presidents in the 19th century

Guaranteed property rights for women in New York; became a model for other states

Trade laws enacted by Parliament that regulated colonial commerce

Led to increased Southern representation in Congress

Trivia!  Which African American took Jefferson Davis' seat in the Senate during Reconstruction?

Caused constitutional problem for Thomas Jefferson since he pushed strict construction

Ruled slaves were property, not citizens, and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

Trivia!  Father of the American political cartoon

States can't deny citizens equal protection of the laws, without due process of law

Upheld power of the national government and denied the right of a state to tax a federal agency

The "necessary and proper" clause can be found here, allowing Congress to make laws as needed

British retribution for the Boston Tea Party

Violent strike at Carnegie's steel plant that led to decreased public support for unions

Segregation laws enacted in the South after Reconstruction

Meeting of Federalists from New England who opposed the War of 1812

Gave the federal government the power to sell land  for dams and irrigation projects

Upheld a state law regulating railroad rates since movement of grain was in the public interest

Declared the Alien & Sedition Acts unconstitutional

Quotes!  "Give me liberty or give me death!"

Upheld and established broad congressional power to legislate and regulate interstate commerce

Proposal to create one government for the 13 colonies ("Join or Die!")

Trivia!  Who would more likely agree with Populist views?