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KeyDates
ConstitutionalPrinciples
Amendments FamousWars
FamousPeople Economy
Declaration of Independence signed, start of Revolutionary
War
What is the year 1776?
Year in which United States purchased Louisiana from
France for $15 million dollars
What is the year 1803?
Years of the American Civil War
What are the years 1861-1865?
The year World War I broke out in Europe.
What was the year 1914?
Principle that divides the powers of government among the executive,
legislative, and judicial branches
What is separation of powers?
Principle that distributes the powers
of governments between the national
and state governments
What is Federalism?
Principle that states that all powers of
government belong to the people who can change or abolish their government.
What is popular sovereignty?
Principle which states that people hold the
powers of government through their elected
representatives.
What is republicanism?
Amendment adopted in 1920, it extends the
right to vote to women.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Amendment adopted in 1913 that provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators by
the voters?
What is the 17th Amendment?
Amendment adopted in 1913 which
established an income tax.
What is the 16th
Amendment?
Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote to African
Americans.
What is The 15th
Amendment?
Conflict in which the United States
participated in Asia from 1950 to 1953.
What is the
Korean War?
Conflict in which the United States participated in
Southeast Asia in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
What is theVietnam War?
Conflict that the United States won in 1898
and acquired the Philippines and other territories.
What is the
Spanish-American War?
Global conflict that the United States
participated in during the early 1940’s.
What isWorld War II?
Civil Rights leader who used non-violent protest
Who is Martin Luther King
Jr.?
U.S. official who developed a plan to
rebuild postwar Europe
Who is George C. Marshall?
U.S. president who dropped the bomb on
Japan
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Used the assembly line and mass
production to build cars
Who is Henry Ford?
Exchange of goods and services by
bartering
What isTraditional Economy?
People producing what they can and buying what
they can afford
What is Free Enterprise System?
Products made in a factory by a machine
to sell
What is Commercial Industry?
Consumer demand determines goods and
services
What is Market Economy?
