U.S. History and Culture Flashcards
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823) warned European powers against doing which of the following?
Answer: Further colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere
President Monroe declared that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization and that any intervention there would be considered a threat to U.S. security.
During Reconstruction, the 'Black Codes' enacted by Southern states were designed primarily to do what?
Answer: Restrict the rights and freedoms of formerly enslaved African Americans
Black Codes imposed severe restrictions on the civil rights, labor, and movement of formerly enslaved people, effectively maintaining conditions close to slavery.
The 'iron curtain' speech delivered by Winston Churchill in 1946 referred to the division between which two blocs?
Answer: Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the democratic West
Churchill's Fulton, Missouri speech described the ideological and political divide separating Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe from the free nations of the West.
Which constitutional principle refers to the division of power between the federal government and state governments?
Answer: Federalism
Federalism is the system by which governmental authority is divided between national and state governments, each with defined areas of jurisdiction.
The Trail of Tears (1838–1839) refers to the forced relocation of which Native American nation?
Answer: Cherokee
The Cherokee were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in the Southeast to present-day Oklahoma, with thousands dying from disease, starvation, and exposure.
Which federal legislation, enacted in 1935, established Social Security in the United States?
Answer: The Social Security Act
The Social Security Act of 1935, part of FDR's New Deal, created a federal program providing retirement benefits, unemployment insurance, and assistance to vulnerable populations.
The U.S. Constitution's system of checks and balances ensures that no single branch of government can do which of the following?
Answer: Accumulate too much power by limiting each branch through the others
Checks and balances distribute power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches so each can limit the others, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful.