American Revolution Principles

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

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

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

The group that supported the Constitution was called the ______.

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

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

The ______ Amendment created women's suffrage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ______ Civil Rights Act largely desegregated the US.

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

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

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

Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the ______________.

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

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

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