McCulloch v. Maryland
--- Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law
--- 1819, Cheif justice john marshall limits of the US constitution and of the authority of the federal and state govts. one side was
Necessary and Proper Clause
--- constitutional authorization for Congress to make any law required to carry out its powers
---It states that Congress, in addition to its express powers, has the right to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out all powers the Constitution vest
The Progressive Era
--- time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically
--- 1890 - 1920, government influence to solve societal problems.
Noblesse Oblige
--- the inferred responsibility of privileged people to act with generosity and nobility toward those less privileged
--- the duty of the wealthy and privileged to look after those less fortunate
New Deal
--- The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the depression
--- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Domestic Policy (It increased the power of the Federal government
---Relief, Recovery, and Reform outlines the new
Deunionization
...
Phantom Opinion
...
Conspiracy Theory
--- explains an important social, political, or economic event as being caused or covered up by a covert group or organization
--- Highly knowledgeable conservative
are likely to endorse confirming conspiracy theories than low knowledgeable conservatives
The Tea Party
--- A Conservative political movement in the US that opposes government spending and taxes
--- This act was passed in 1773 and allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists.
Occupy Wall Street
A protest movement against social and economic inequality
Counterelites
...
What was the political and social impact of the United States' westward expansion?
---Native Americans lives were ruined by westward expansion.
--- People would come in and they would be forced to move off their land.
--- There were many acts that were created to work against them, such as the one that restricted their religious practic
What was the most important lasting impact of the New Deal?
a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1936. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression.
--- Ame
Why does the book argue that mass political apathy contributes to the survival of democracy?
- The masses are generally apathetic and inactive, leaving the elites with more leeway to protect them.
-If they are active in democracy, all that is necessary is that they fail to support actively radical anti-democratic movements.
- Mass apathy results