American Revolution Principles

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According to Jefferson and Locke, government gets its power from the ______.

People

The British saw their relationship with the colonies as a ______ relationship.

Parent/child

The main purpose of government, according to Locke and Jefferson, is to ______ people's rights.

Protect

The group that supported the Constitution was called the ______.

<p>Federalists</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Constitution is a balance between the ______ and Articles of Confederation governments.

<p>British</p> Signup and view all the answers

The term for the Supreme Court's power to determine constitutionality is ______.

<p>Judicial Review</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ Amendment created women's suffrage.

<p>19th</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ broadcasts were a series of radio addresses by FDR.

<p>Fireside Chats</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ was the nickname of the liberal and energetic women of the 1920s.

<p>Flappers</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ Act allowed the US to provide aid and supplies to its allies during WWII.

<p>Lend Lease</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ Death March was a forced march of US soldiers in the Philippines during WWII.

<p>Bataan</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ was the turning point in the Pacific during WWII.

<p>Midway</p> Signup and view all the answers

The US policy of _______________ helped the nation to bypass heavily defended areas and focus on strategic islands in the Pacific.

<p>island hopping</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Germans hoped to force _______________ out of the war through bombing attacks and submarine warfare.

<p>Britain</p> Signup and view all the answers

Japan's surprise attack on US and allied forces in the Pacific in December 1941 was meant to persuade the US to accept _______________ dominance in the Pacific.

<p>Japanese</p> Signup and view all the answers

The _______________ Trials showed that soldiers are responsible for their actions in battle.

<p>Nuremburg</p> Signup and view all the answers

The US government apologized and made payments to the families of Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII through the _______________ of 1988.

<p>Civil Rights Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Axis Powers, which consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan, were characterized by _______________ governments.

<p>Fascist</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt to overthrow ______ Castro.

<p>Fidel</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ War was a conflict where the Soviet Union gave communist forces much aid and equipment.

<p>Vietnam</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Brown vs. Board of Education case asserted that “separate” was not “______” equal.

<p>inherently</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ Act of 1965 abolished literacy tests as a voting rights violation.

<p>Voting</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ Civil Rights Act largely desegregated the US.

<p>1964</p> Signup and view all the answers

Immigrants who moved to the US since the 1970s have largely come from ______ America and Asia.

<p>Latin</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Wright Brothers are credited with inventing and building the world's first ______________.

<p>airplane</p> Signup and view all the answers

The 17th Amendment gave people the right to directly elect __________________.

<p>senators</p> Signup and view all the answers

Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the ______________.

<p>telephone</p> Signup and view all the answers

The __________________ Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act were created to fight monopolies.

<p>Sherman</p> Signup and view all the answers

Booker T. Washington pushed for slow, gradual equality through __________________ education.

<p>vocational</p> Signup and view all the answers

The __________________ Era was a time period in which government was called on to fix the problems of the Industrial Revolution.

<p>Progressive</p> Signup and view all the answers

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