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US Laws, Amendments & Documents

27 terms drawn from across the corpus, in study-list order. Art and cross-links point back to the home category cards.

#271 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence
bdi John Trumbull /span /a · Public domain

American founding document · July 4, 1776 · Philadelphia

Declaration of Independence was the 1776 document by which the thirteen American colonies formally announced their separation from Great Britain.

The kit

  • Drafting — Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson as part of a five-man committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress.
  • Content — Declaration of Independence begins "When in the course of human events" and lists twenty-seven grievances against King George III.
  • Philosophy — Declaration of Independence asserts that "all men are created equal" and possess inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  • Adoption — Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776 after Caesar Rodney rode eighty miles through a storm to break a tie vote.

Runs with

Thomas Jefferson
drafted the document and wrote its famous Preamble open card →
John Hancock
Philadelphia
site of Second Continental Congress meeting open card →
George III
named in twenty-seven grievances for imposing taxes without consent open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

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Two days before this document was signed, a similar document known as the Lee Resolution was passed by the same body.

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Charles Thomson presided over the meeting that produced this document, and sent its final, handwritten copy to John Dunlap for printing.

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This document, similar to the earlier Olive Branch Petition, contains a list of indictments against King George III.

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This document ends with a mutual “pledge to each other” of “our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor” after having condemned a ruler for “imposing Taxes on us without our Consent,” one of numerous “repeated injuries and usurpations” committed by the King.

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The first 200 published copies of this document are called the “Dunlap broadsides.” A tie in votes on this document was broken thanks to a timely ride through a storm by Caesar Rodney.

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Lewis Morris and Josiah Bartlett are among the 42 members of the central group in this painting, whose center depicts a five-man drafting committee.

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One person in this painting appears to be, but is not actually, stepping on a shorter man's foot.

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This document was drafted by Thomas Jefferson following an earlier resolution in the Second Continental Congress by Richard Henry Lee. It begins, “When in the course of human events…”

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Thomas Je↵erson wrote the Preamble of this document which asserts inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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This statement was ratified on July 4th, 1776. name this document by which the fledgling United States declared its separation from Great Britain.

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This document was approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. This document was written to inform the British that America was no longer one of its colonies.

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Adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress, name this 1776 document that contains a list of 27 grievances against Britain.

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The American Revolution was ocially started by this document signed on July 4th, 1776 in Philadelphia.

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One of the truths listed as “self-evident” in this document is the notion that “all men are created equal”.

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The Library of Congress holds the official copy of this document that Thomas Jefferson wrote.

10 more clues from the record
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John Dickinson, the author of Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer, refused to sign this document.

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In this painting, Benjamin Harrison VI [[the sixth]] stood in for his father.

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At the Seneca Falls convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton read a document that parodied this text ratified on July 4th. Answer some questions about feminist clapbacks, :The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions mirrored this text by beginning “When in the course of human events” and describing the “repeated injuries and usurpations” of man toward woman.

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A band of prominent Wilmington white supremacists known as the “Secret Nine” issued a “White” one of these documents demanding the end of rule by “men of African origin.” A 1776 document with the same title stated “all men are created equal.”

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A Danielle Allen book presents a reading of this document "in defense of equality." :Name this document. Allen contrasts this document's use of the phrase "we hold these truths to be self-evident" with the statement "I believe" in the Catholic Credo.

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John Adams successfully lobbied to get Thomas Jefferson the role of writing this document, which pointedly did not include women in its proclamation that "all men are created equal."

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The success of this work was assured after one figure dramatically arrived after riding eighty miles through a storm; that man was Caesar Rodney.

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This work was first published on the so-called “Dunlap broadsides.” In a painting depicting it, one figure is possibly stepping on the foot of his political rival.

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The Committee of Five was commissioned to write this document, and the longest portion of this document contains the personal pronoun “he,” referring to the sitting British king.

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A paragraph from an early draft of this document condemning “a market where MEN should be bought and sold” was removed.

Watch out: Lee Resolution (passed two days before, July 2, 1776)
#272 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Prohibition

Prohibition
Archives of Ontario, C.H.J. Snider fonds, Reference Code F 1 · Public domain

U.S. alcohol ban · 1920–1933 · United States

Prohibition was the nationwide ban on alcohol sale and transport enacted by the Eighteenth Amendment and enforced by the Volstead Act.

The kit

  • Rise — Prohibition was promoted by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union led by Frances Willard and the Anti-Saloon League led by Wayne Wheeler.
  • Achievements — Prohibition became law when the Volstead Act was enacted in 1920 to carry out the Eighteenth Amendment's alcohol ban.
  • Conflicts — Prohibition was widely circumvented through speakeasies and bootleggers, while the Purple Gang thrived and committed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
  • Legacy — Prohibition ended in 1933 when the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment after the Cullen-Harrison Act liberalized the policy.

Runs with

Volstead Act
enforced Prohibition's alcohol ban nationwide open card →
Maine
passed early "Maine Law" enacting alcohol ban open card →
Carrie Nation
violently promoted it with hatchet attacks open card →
Al Capone

The ladder · 15 clues

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The signing of the Cullen-Harrison Act liberalized this policy, which ended later the same year.

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This policy was enabled by the Volstead Act, and its promoters included the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League.

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An early success for this cause was Neal Dow’s passing of the “Maine Law,” though that was eventually overturned by a riot in Portland.

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A riot in Portland, Maine resulted from the “Maine Law” enacting this policy that was advanced by James Appleton and Neal Dow.

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13-year period of American history when sale and transport of alcohol was banned by the 18th Amendment.

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For supporting this movement, Rutherford B. Hayes’ wife, Lucy, received a derisive nickname.

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This policy was largely ignored by Congress as senators flocked to buy from “the man in the green-hat,” George Cassiday.

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This policy became law when the Volstead Act was enacted to carry out the Eighteenth Amendment. name this 1920s policy that banned liquor throughout the US.

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A Christian organization within this movement was led by feminist Frances Willard and was called the WCTU.

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Wayne Wheeler drafted the Volstead Act that enforced this period.

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A group promoting this cause advocated for “Protection for the home” and was led by Matilda Carse and Frances Willard.

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This cause, which the WCTU’s Carrie Nation helped enforce with an axe, was circumvented by the establishment of “speakeasies.” The 1920 Volstead Act was the ultimate success for this cause, but was overturned in 1933 by the 21st Amendment. name this social cause that seeks to ban intoxicating liquors.

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This policy was supported by the hatchet-wielding Carrie Nation and enacted nationwide by the Volstead Act. name this policy that was repealed by the 21st amendment and banned the sale of most alcohol.

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The Volstead Act allowed federal enforcement of this policy, and Speakeasies became commonplace as Americans attempted to skirt this policy. name this policy implemented via the 18th Amendment and repealed in 1933.

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The Anti-Saloon League backed this policy that banned the sale of alcohol.

10 more clues from the record
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The Jewish-led Purple Gang thrived during this period and were suspected of committing the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.

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Wayne Wheeler founded an organization promoting this policy, and the hatchet-wielding Carrie A. Nation promoted it violently.

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To promote this cause, Howard Hyde Russell signed children up to the Lee-Lincoln Legion.

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Attempts to circumvent this policy led to people developing “jake leg” syndrome.

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Speakeasies began to be established during this period following the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, during which alcohol was banned in the United States.

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The so-called “Napoleon” of this movement was Neal Dow, who later fought in the Civil War, but was wounded at the siege of Port Hudson.

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The Volstead Act was passed to carry out this legislation, whose passage led to a rise in speakeasies and bootleggers.

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Walt Whitman’s terrible early novel Franklin Evans was circulated by a group supporting this cause called the Washingtonian Society.

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A violent advocate of this cause interpreted a tornado striking Kansas as God's approval for her first-ever protests in Kiowa in 1900.

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The concept of “pressure politics” was pioneered by a group supporting it whose leaders included William “Pussyfoot” Johnson.

Watch out: Lucy Hayes (Rutherford B. Hayes' wife) received a derisive nickname for supporting this movement but was not its primary leader
#273 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Missouri Compromise

Missouri Compromise
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1820 slavery compromise · 1820 · United States

Missouri Compromise was an 1820 law that admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and banned slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel.

The kit

  • Provisions — Missouri Compromise established the 36°30′ parallel as the boundary prohibiting slavery in territories to the north.
  • State admissions — Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain sectional balance.
  • Opposition — Missouri Compromise prompted Thomas Jefferson to warn it was a 'firebell in the night' signaling the Union's death knell.
  • Overturn — Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act and ruled unconstitutional in Dred Scott v. Sanford.

Runs with

Maine
admitted as free state open card →
Thomas Jefferson
denounced it as firebell open card →
John
Holmes received Jefferson's letter open card →
Henry Clay
helped create agreement open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

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Sanford. name this 1820 law that allowed slavery above the 36-30 line.

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One politician described this law as a “title page to a great, tragic volume.” John Taylor and Jesse Thomas introduced many parts of this law that was described as a “Fire bell in the night” by Thomas Jefferson.

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One part of this legislation was the Tallmadge amendment.

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This legislation led John Holmes to accuse Rufus King of plotting to create a new political party.

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Former president Thomas Jefferson denounced this law as creating something that "held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated." Jesse Thomas introduced the key geographic provision of this act which was passed a year after the Tallmadge Amendment was proposed regarding the same location.

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In a letter to John Holmes, Thomas Jefferson commented that this law had “awakened and filled me with terror.” James Tallmadge unsuccessfully proposed that this law make children of slaves free after reaching 25 years old.

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The Tallmadge Amendment was submitted prior to this agreement and would have achieved the opposite result.

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This agreement was called a “firebell in the night” that would be the “death knell of the Union” by Thomas Jefferson.

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James Tallmadge attempted to add a proposal to this law that would have made children of slaves free after the age of 25.

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This legislation prevented slavery in territories north of the 36-30 parallel, and admitted Maine as a free state in exchange for a namesake territory being admitted as a slave state.

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The Dred Scott case overturned this legislation by which the namesake state and Maine gained statehood. This legislation set the boundary between free and slave states at the thirty-six thirty parallel.

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It was overturned by the Kansas-Nebraska Act and ruled unconstitutional in Dred Scott v.

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Both the title state and Maine were admitted as slave and free states respectively due to this legislation. name this “Compromise” that created a line below the namesake state banning slavery above the 36th parallel.

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This law led to the formation of Maine as a free state and was declared unconstitutional in Dred Scott v.

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Henry Clay helped create this agreement which outlawed slavery north of the 36’30 parallel. name this compromise that admitted a Midwest territory as a slave state.

10 more clues from the record
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Jesse Thomas added a key piece of this legislation, and it was criticized in the Peoria speech.

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During the debates that led to the passage of this law, William Cobb attacked an opponent by saying “You have kindled a fire which all the waters of the ocean cannot put out, which seas of blood can only extinguish.” The final version of this law passed with a proviso named for Jesse Thomas that created a boundary at the 36’30 parallel.

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A former president noted that this legislation “awakened and filled me with terror” “like a firebell in the night.” Directly prior to this legislation, the Senate rejected the Tallmadge Amendment.

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Much of this bill, which became known as the “bombshell to the Era of Good Feelings,” came from the earlier framework of the Tallmadge Amendment.

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The Tallmadge Amendment served as a precursor to this bill which prohibited the expansion of one institution beyond Parallel 36 degrees 30 seconds.

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An aging Thomas Jefferson claimed this act would destroy the Union in a letter addressed to John Holmes.

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This agreement took land that was formerly part of Massachusetts and created the new state of Maine.

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This legislation was the subject of the proposed Tallmadge Agreement which mandated the freeing of slaves at age 25.

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Joshua Cushman was a member of a group of six congressmen strongly opposed to this legislation, and claimed it would result in a “pestiferous mischief” that would “take deep root in that luxuriant soul.”A speech by Felix Walker during debates about this legislation is the origin of the word “bunk” to describe inflated rhetoric. The debates concerning this legislation also led John Randolph to coin the term doughface to refer to pliant politicians.

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Thomas Jefferson described the prospect of this law as "like a firebell in the night." This law specified the thirty-six-and-a-half degree latitude line as a border that was, thirty-four years later, repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Watch out: Tallmadge Amendment—proposed before this compromise to free slave children at age 25, but was rejected
#274 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Fourteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment
Ssolbergj · Public domain

Reconstruction-era constitutional amendment · 1868 · United States

Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States and established the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses.

The kit

  • Citizenship & structure — Fourteenth Amendment's first section granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States, originally applied to freed slaves after the Civil War.
  • Key clauses — Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause became the basis for incorporation doctrine, applying the Bill of Rights to states.
  • Ratification & rejection — Fourteenth Amendment was originally rejected by Georgia and former Confederate states were required to ratify it for re-admittance to the Union.
  • Section Three enforcement — Fourteenth Amendment's Section Three disqualifies officeholders for insurrection or rebellion and was used against Socialist Victor Berger in 1919.

Runs with

Lochner v. New York
struck down maximum work-hours law using Due Process Clause open card →
Bill of Rights
applied to states through incorporation doctrine open card →
Women's SuffrageBakumatsu Period

The ladder · 15 clues

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The only usage of this amendment's Section Three was against the Socialist Victor Berger, who was convicted of violating the Espionage Act.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that this amendment “does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics” in the case Lochner v.

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Extends the guarantee of due process and equal protection to all persons, and grants citizenship to “all persons born... in the United States.”

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In explaining his support for this text, Thaddeus Stevens claimed he voted for it “because [he lived] among men and not angels." This text was originally rejected by Georgia.

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A district court in Texas ruled in 2019 that male-only conscription was unconstitutional as it breached the equal protection clause of this Constitutional amendment.

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John Bingham reworded one section of this amendment to remove language describing racial discrimination in favor of broader protection.

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Nancy Pelosi tried to invoke a little-known section of this amendment that disqualifies people for office on the basis of insurrection.

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Its fourth section refused to honor debts made by the Confederacy, and its first section notes that “[no] State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” The Equal Protection clause is contained in, what Reconstruction amendment that granted “all persons born [...] in the United States” citizenship?

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Connecticut held that this amendment established a “right to privacy." name this Constitutional amendment that established the Equal Protection Clause.

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The Supreme Court struck down restrictive covenants on the grounds that they violated the equal protection clause of this amendment to the Constitution.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act led to the 1898 case United States v. Wong Kim Ark, which helped cement birthright citizenship as stated in this amendment, originally applied to freed slaves.

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Ferguson created the doctrine of “separate but equal” to satisfy this amendment’s requirements. name this amendment, passed in 1868, which guaranteed due process to freed black slaves.

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The Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses are found in, what second of the three reconstruction amendments that redefined citizenship.

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It's not the Fifth Amendment, but this amendment’s Due Process Clause was used to apply the Bill of Rights to states.

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Incorporation is typically justified by the “Equal Protection Clause” of this constitutional amendment, which was the second of three amendments passed after the end of the Civil War.

10 more clues from the record
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The “Privileges and Immunities” Clause of this amendment were essentially read out of it by the Court’s decision in the 1873 Slaughter-house Cases.

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Laws that are facially race-neutral were found to still potentially violate this amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

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In 1919, socialist Victor Berger’s seat in Congress was disqualified under this amendment’s third section.

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Compulsory public education in Oregon was struck down in Pierce v.

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Jurisprudence arising out of this amendment established the only two ways to lose citizenshsip, and Lochner vs New York used this amendment to strike down a law setting maximum work hours.

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The case against Trump in Colorado focused on this constitutional amendment, which was adopted following the American Civil War to disqualify candidates who had engaged in “insurrection or rebellion against the United States”.

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One Supreme Court case cited this constitutional amendment in order to strike down a California law limiting welfare benefits for recently-arrived residents.

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Former Confederate states were required to ratify this amendment in order to secure re-admittance to the Union, and it contains provisions for incorporating the Bill of Rights. name this Amendment referenced in Saenz v.

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The process of attributing rights to one of its clauses is called “incorporation doctrine” and was first laid out in Gitlow v.

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Southern Pacific Railroad Company, allowing trusts to thwart state prosecutions in cases like Smyth v.

Watch out: Fifth Amendment also contains a Due Process Clause but applies to federal government, not states
#275 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1850
Made by User:Golbez /a . See Charles O. Paullin and John K. · CC BY 2.5

1850 sectional compromise · 1850 · United States

Compromise of 1850 was a package of five laws brokered by Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas that admitted California as a free state while strengthening fugitive slave protections.

The kit

  • California & territories — Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state while establishing New Mexico and Utah territories under popular sovereignty.
  • Fugitive Slave Act — Compromise of 1850 included a harsher Fugitive Slave Law and banned the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
  • Texas boundaries — Compromise of 1850 set Texas's western border near the Rio del Norte and paid ten million dollars for relinquished territorial claims.
  • Passage & impact — Compromise of 1850 failed as an omnibus bill but passed as separate measures shepherded by Stephen Douglas, postponing the Civil War a decade.

Runs with

Henry Clay
Clay brokered the compromise and assembled the coalition to pass its five separate bills open card →
California
California was admitted as a free state under the compromise's terms open card →
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The compromise included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law requiring Northern aid in returning fugitives open card →
Texas
Texas received ten million dollars for relinquishing western land claims and settling its borders open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

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William Seward gave the “Higher Law” speech to oppose this proposal, which was supported by the Georgia Platform.

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This legislation created New Mexico and Utah as territories and led to the admission of California as a state.

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The terms of this legislation were debated by delegates from nine southern states in the Nashville Convention.

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The Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin could not nullify a part of this bill in Ableman v.

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The issue of slavery in the new territories prompted the signing of this agreement, which saw California admitted as a free state and the establishment of popular sovereignty for deciding whether or not a territory would allow slavery.

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It set the western border of Texas near the Rio del Norte and promised ten million dollars to the state if it relinquished claims to land west of that border.

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An alternative to this measure was proposed by a president who had sent T. Butler King to bring a certain state into the union without it first going through the territorial phase.

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In this legislation, California was admitted as a free state, but the New Mexico and Utah Territories were established under popular sovereignty. name this deal brokered by Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas that many historians believe postponed the Civil War for a decade.

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During a debate over this legislation, Henry Foote pulled a gun on Thomas Hart Benton.

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Signed what omnibus bill which sought to resolve free-slave state concerns?

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Group of laws drafted by Henry Clay that admitted California as a free state.

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By the terms of this legislation, Texas gave up claims to western lands in exchange for trading off ten million dollars of debt.

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Provisions of these laws included the admission of California as a free state and a harsher Fugitive Slave Law. name this compromise proposed by Henry Clay, which revised the earlier Compromise of 1820.

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Under this proposal, California was admitted as a free state, the slave trade was banned in the District of Columbia, and a stronger Fugitive Slave Law was enacted. name this compromise that prolonged the Civil War for ten years.

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The boundaries of Texas were set by this agreement in exchange for the assumption of $10 million of debt.

10 more clues from the record
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A senator gave the Seventh of March speech in support of this agreement, resulting in him being mocked in the poem “Ichabod.” The “Higher Law” speech was an attack on this agreement given by William Seward.

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This legislation failed in its original omnibus form because of its unpopularity with Democrats and Whigs, but Stephen Douglas was able to usher these laws through Congress separately.

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A dying Daniel Webster was carried into the Senate chamber on a litter to speak in favor of this law, which got Webster condemned as “Ichabod” in a John Greenleaf Whittier poem.

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This agreement was supported by a platform written by Charles J. Jenkins in Milledgeville, which fought back against the radicalism of William Lowndes Yancey.

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The main thrust of this law was admitting California as a free state in exchange for increased Northern aid in returning fugitives to the south.

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This proposal set the present borders of Texas and rejected a law governing the Utah and New Mexico territories, the Wilmot Proviso.

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The Oklahoma panhandle exists because Texas gave up its land north of 36-30 as part of a compromise passed in this year.

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In anticipation of this bill’s consequences, the Nashville Convention was held.

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This piece of legislation was shepherded through Congress by Henry Clay, who put together a coalition to pass each separate bill. :Name this compromise that, among other things, added California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.

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One part of this compromise involved taking away of parts of Texas above the Missouri Compromise line. :Name this compromise signed in a namesake year. It consisted of five bills that reduced tension surrounding the territories acquired after the Mexican-American war.

Watch out: Students confuse this with the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which it revised
#276 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Sherman Antitrust Act

Sherman Antitrust Act
U.S. Government · Public domain

1890 federal antitrust law · 1890 · United States

Sherman Antitrust Act was an 1890 federal law giving government power to oppose trusts and monopolies, later modified by the Clayton Act.

The kit

  • Major cases — Sherman Antitrust Act was first tested in U.S. v. E.C. Knight Company, where the Supreme Court limited its application to manufacturing.
  • Enforcement — Sherman Antitrust Act broke up Standard Oil Company and was used by Theodore Roosevelt against Northern Securities Company in 1902.
  • Legal doctrines — Sherman Antitrust Act violations are evaluated using the "rule of reason" doctrine, distinguishing unreasonable restraints from per se violations.
  • Unintended use — Sherman Antitrust Act was applied against labor unions in Danbury Hatters and during the Pullman Strike, contradicting its original purpose.

Runs with

Ohio
sponsored by an Ohio senator open card →
Standard Oil Company
broken up under this law open card →
George
Theodore Roosevelt
first used it to sue Northern Securities in 1902 open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

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Antitrust litigation used to break up unions, later replaced by the Clayton Act.

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This law may be legally circumvented using the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine and the Parker immunity doctrine of state sovereignty.

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In the Federal Baseball Club case, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. stated that this law did not apply to Major League Baseball.

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Potential violations of this law are considered using the “rule of reason” doctrine.

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In U.S. vs. E.C. Knight, the Supreme Court ruled that this act could did not give Congress the power to disrupt local manufacturing.

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Alan Greenspan claimed that this act “kept our standard of living lower than would otherwise have been possible." This 1890 act was sponsored by a senator from Ohio who also sponsored a silver purchase act in the same year.

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This act is broken into violations “per se” and violations of “rule of reason.” Though the E.C. Knight case held that this act could not be applied to manufacturing, this act was used against the American Railway Union during the Pullman Strike.

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Alan Greenspan claimed this law killed many products and inventions.

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The Danbury Hatters court case applied this law to labor unions, but it did not apply to manufacturing after the government failed in their suit against the E.C. Knight Company.

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U.S. v. E.C. Knight was the first case concerning this piece of legislation. :Name this 1890 act that gave the federal government the right to oppose the formation of trusts.

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Its effectiveness was limited by the Supreme Court in a case involving the E. C. Knight Company. name this 1890 act sponsored by a senator from Ohio, the first federal law to regulate trusts.

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Theodore Roosevelt first used the powers granted by this act in 1902 to sue the Northern Securities Company.

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The Standard Oil Company was broken up using this 1890 antitrust law, named for an Ohio senator and later modified by the Clayton Antitrust Act.

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An Ohio senator names this law which deals with violations that are "per se" and of the "rule of reason." This law, which was modified by the Clayton Act, was used against Northern Securities Company and Standard Oil, among other monopolies. name this 1890 antitrust act.

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The “Billion Dollar Congress” under Harrison passed this antitrust law, which was supplemented by the 1914 Clayton Act.

10 more clues from the record
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Earlier, Kennesaw Mountain Landis struck down a civil suit brought by the newly created "Federal League" against the MLB this the Federal League brought to court using which 19th century antitrust act.

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It has been argued that this law’s namesake used it to lessen the blow of his ally William McKinley’s harsh tariff passed three months later.

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George Toolson, who he believed he was too good for the minor leagues, unsuccessfully used this law to sue Major League Baseball.

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William Radovich used this law to sue the NFL after he was blacklisted from signing in the Pacific Coast League.

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This earlier antitrust act was also meant to break up monopolies, but was often used against labor unions instead. It was passed under Benjamin Harrison’s “Billion Dollar Congress”.

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This law was deemed unconstitutional in the E.C. Knight case. :Name this law that established the "rule of reason" test. The Danbury Hatters case, also known as Loewe v. Lawlor, established that secondary boycotts were illegal under this law.

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Earlier, however, the Court had greatly weakened the spirit of this legislation in the E.C. Knight case of 1895, arguing that a company controlling 98% of the trade in sugar was not in violation of the letter of this legislation.

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Former Judge Robert Bork’s 1966 article on this legislation insisted its only goal was “consumer welfare,” a position which greatly influenced the Chicago School’s economic analysis of this legislation.

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The aforementioned doctrine is in line with the ideas of George Hoar, this law’s part-author, and states that only unreasonable situations are governed; it is appropriately known as the Rule of Reason.

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The decision of the Supreme Court in the Northern Securities case of 1904 applied the so-called “rule of reason” to this legislation, arguing that the title entities in and of themselves were not illegal.

Watch out: Clayton Antitrust Act—later law that modified and replaced Sherman Act provisions, especially regarding labor unions
#277 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights
National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the · Public domain

First ten Constitutional amendments · proposed 1789, ratified 1791 · United States

Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 to protect individual liberties.

The kit

  • Origins — Bill of Rights was promised in the Massachusetts Compromise negotiated by John Hancock and Sam Adams to secure ratification.
  • Authorship — Bill of Rights was authored by James Madison in 1789, originally containing 39 provisions though only 10 were ratified.
  • Protections — Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech in its first section and prohibits cruel and unusual punishment in another.
  • Application — Bill of Rights was ruled inapplicable to states in Barron v. Baltimore but later incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Runs with

James Madison
authored and proposed in 1789 open card →
Glorious Revolution
English Bill of Rights (1689) followed this event open card →
U.S. Constitution
first ten amendments added in 1791 open card →
Massachusetts
compromise promised their creation for ratification open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

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Their absence had been a reason why many Anti-Federalists had opposed the Constitution. give the name used to refer to the first ten constitutional amendments.

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The line “half a loaf is better than no bread” was used to describe these things by Thomas Jefferson.

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This document originally contained 39 separate provisions, though only 10 were ratified. :Name this set of 10 amendments added to the U.S. Constitution in 1791.

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Baltimore ruled that this document could not be applied to state governments; now, courts use the 14th amendment to incorporate parts of this document to the states.

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The Massachusetts Compromise negotiated by John Hancock and Sam Adams promised the creation of these things, which were proposed by James Madison in 1789.

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An article arguing these things are unnecessary uses the term “parchment barriers” to refer to their usage by the states.

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This group of things included a proposed-yet-never-implemented regulation on congressional apportionment.

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A 1689 act with this name in England created free elections and let Parliament levy taxes.

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Set of the first ten Constitutional amendments, introduced in the House in 1789.

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A document with this name that granted parliamentary privilege was passed in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution. The first ten amendments of the US constitution were proposed in a different document with this name.

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In 2003, the FBI recovered a copy of a document with this name that went missing in the Civil War.

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Perhaps one of the most famous individual Federalist Papers is Federalist 84, written by Hamilton. In Federalist 84, Hamilton argues against the need for these, later introduced by James Madison, decrying them as unnecessary exceptions to powers not explicitly granted by the Constitution.

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One part of this document protects against cruel and unusual punishment, and its first section protects freedom of speech. name this set of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

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The 27th Amendment was originally proposed as a part of this set of the first ten amendments.

E

A rejected addition to a document with this name suggested that each state should have at least two representatives.

4 more clues from the record
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Set of Constitutional amendments authored by Madison.

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This document ratified in the Massachusetts Compromise was derided as a “parchment barrier” by James Madison, and William Douglas argued that its penumbra protected a “zone of privacy” in Griswold v Connecticut.

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A second version of this document was proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944.

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The Exclusionary rule is grounded in the 4th Amendment, which was part of this document consisting of the first 10 amendments.

Watch out: English Bill of Rights (1689) created free elections and parliamentary tax authority after Glorious Revolution
#278 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

U.S. Constitution

U.S. Constitution
Constitutional Convention · Public domain

U.S. founding document · 1787–1788 · Philadelphia

The U.S. Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation and established the supreme law of the United States in 1788.

The kit

  • Drafting — The U.S. Constitution was largely written by James Madison at the 1787 Philadelphia convention.
  • Compromises — The U.S. Constitution incorporated the Connecticut Compromise, which merged the Virginia and New Jersey plans for representation.
  • Ratification — The U.S. Constitution's preamble begins with "We the People" and promises to "form a more perfect union."
  • Controversies — The U.S. Constitution included the three-fifths clause, counting each enslaved person as three-fifths for representation purposes.

Runs with

Articles of Confederation
replaced by the Constitution in 1788 open card →
Federalist Papers
argued for ratification and protection of property open card →
Bill of Rights
first ten amendments added after ratification open card →
Charles
Beard's Economic Interpretation argued Framers' property interests shaped it open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

Answer these questions about prominent ideas from the study of American history, .Charles Beard's Economic Interpretation of [this document] argued that the property interests of its Framers heavily influenced the form of government it laid out.

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This document was the subject of the Virginia and New Jersey plans, which were eventually combined by the Connecticut Compromise.

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Was the third state, after only Delaware and Pennsylvania, to ratify what document?

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An issue during the drafting of this document was resolved by the Connecticut Compromise.

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This document’s predecessor was revised by the Annapolis Convention.

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While arguing in support of this document, one writer discussed how a large republic was necessary to prevent single factions from taking too much power.

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Garrison shocked even his abolitionist allies when he wrote in The Liberator that this legal document was “a covenant with death and an agreement from hell” due to its allowance of slavery.

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In books subtitled for this thing’s “Intellectual Origins” and “Economic Origins,” Forrest McDonald repudiated an earlier analysis of this thing that discussed its role in protecting public securities.

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Garrison burned a copy of this document after calling it a “covenant with death.”

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This document replaced the Articles of Confederation, and its first article describes the powers and structure of Congress.

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The beginning of this document promises to “Promote the general welfare” and “Insure Domestic Tranquility.” Edmund Randolph and George Mason refused to sign this document until the introduction of a Bill of Rights. name this document, largely written by James Madison, the foundational document of the United States.

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This thing was created to antagonize small landowners and debtors according to an “Economic Interpretation” of it by Charles Beard, which cites an earlier essay that supported this thing over the dangers of class-based “factions.” the Federalist Papers supported the protection of property enshrined in what document that was drafted at a namesake 1787 convention?

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The Articles of Confederation were replaced in 1788 by this current supreme law of the U.S. According to its preamble, it was established in order to "form a more perfect union."

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In 1882, Bancroft published a book on the formation of this document. Eric Foner's The Second Founding is subtitled for how Reconstruction “Remade” this 1787 document.

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This document was written to replace the Articles of Confederation. the Bill of Rights added the first ten amendments to what foundational document of US law?

5 more clues from the record
H

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. claimed that politicians had far exceeded the powers allotted by this document in The Imperial Presidency. :Name this document that was amended by the Bill of Rights.

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Much jurisprudence concerns itself with interpretations of this document and its meaning. Original intent approaches seek to interpret this document from its framers’ perspective.

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One thinker compared this thing to the Norman Conquest, since both benefited their recipients but were not implemented in the name of justice.

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This document opens its preamble with the words “We the People.”Name this document that was created in 1787 to replace the Articles of Confederation.

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This document’s three-fifths clause agreed to count eachslave as three-fifths of a person.

Watch out: William Lloyd Garrison called it a "covenant with death," not the Compromise of 1850
#279 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

First Amendment

First Amendment
Ssolbergj · Public domain

Constitutional amendment · ratified 1791 · United States

First Amendment guarantees freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition in the Bill of Rights.

The kit

  • Religious freedom — First Amendment begins with the Establishment Clause and protects free exercise of religion through separation of church and state.
  • Speech protections — First Amendment protects speech except 'clear and present danger' situations like shouting fire in crowded theaters or using fighting words.
  • Incorporation & scope — First Amendment was applied to states through Gitlow v. New York and protects flag desecration and corporate political donations.
  • Press freedom — First Amendment requires 'actual malice' standard for libel cases against public figures, established in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.

Runs with

York
applied to states in Gitlow v. New York open card →
Joe Hill
Eugene Debs argued conviction violated First Amendment rights open card →
Brezhnev Doctrine
Texas
cited in Texas v. Johnson flag desecration ruling open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

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This amendment guarantees freedom of religion and freedom of the press. :Name this amendment that also establishes freedom of speech.

H

The clause is found in this amendment of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, which offers freedom of speech, religion, and press.

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The Supreme Court’s requirement that “actual malice” be involved in libelous pieces was the basis for their ruling in New York Times v.

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One section of this amendment is praised in an 1802 reply to the Danbury Baptists for “building a wall of separation between Church and State.”Name this Constitutional amendment that guarantees freedom of religion, as well as four other fundamental freedoms.

H

The Supreme Court ruled that this amendment protects corporate donations to political campaigns in the Citizens United case.

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New Hampshire unanimously declared that “fighting words” did not apply under this amendment.

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An exception to this Constitutional amendment which was applied in the 1940s and 1950s was established in the Chaplinsky v.

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Gitlow applied this amendment to the states through incorporation. This amendment was also applied in Near v. Minnesota and New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.

M

Des Moines established that this amendment applies to public school students, and this document’s incorporation by the ruling in Gitlow v.

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The Establishment Clause is found in this amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects the free exercise of religion.

M

This amendment was cited in Texas v.

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Shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater is often cited as an exception to this amendment of the United States Constitution protecting the freedom of speech.

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This amendment is held to imply a right to freedom of association, and it begins with the Establishment Clause. name this Constitutional amendment, which protects freedom of religion and speech.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes ruled that this amendment was subject to the “clear and present danger” test, as exemplified by shouting fire in a crowded theater. name this amendment that guarantees freedom of speech.

E

Johnson, a ruling that found it protected flag desecration.

10 more clues from the record
H

Valeo used this amendment to overturn the Federal Election Campaign Act.

H

This amendment was also the subject of the West Virginia v.

H

Barnette decision and the draft card case U.S. v.

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Supreme Court judge (and Hunter College High School alum) Elena Kagan analyzed this text in her journal article about draft-card burning and flag burning. :Name this text, relied on in United States v. Alvarez to strike down the Stolen Valor Act, which had prohibited false statements about military awards.

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A test used to interpret this amendment was described by Antonin Scalia as a “a ghoul in a late-night horror movie that repeatedly sits up in its grave.” Laws accused of violating this amendment must not fail the “purpose,” “effect,” or “excessive entanglement” prong under a three-part test established in 1971.

H

In connection with the Griswold decision, Bork was grilled by Joe Biden about an article that he had written about “Neutral Principles and Some,” problems concerning this legislation. Bork argued that the Court was not sufficiently theoretical and advocated a narrow reading of this Amendment.

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In his opinion in Gertz, Lewis Powell wrote that under this amendment, “there is no such thing as a false idea.” This amendment prohibits infringements on the freedom of the press and speech in general.

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Clarence Brandenburg successfully challenged an Ohio law as unconstitutional under this amendment, and Eugene Debs argued his conviction violated his rights granted by this amendment.

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The case Gitlow v. New York ruled that this amendment does apply on the state level. :Name this amendment, which guarantees the freedoms of speech, religion, and assembly.

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This document was interpreted in an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists and by William Jennings Brennan’s 1989 majority opinion in the case Texas v.

Watch out: Students confuse First Amendment incorporation case Gitlow v. New York with other incorporation cases
#280 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act
U.S. Government · Public domain

1854 territorial organization law · 1854 · Kansas and Nebraska territories

Kansas-Nebraska Act created two western territories in 1854 and allowed popular sovereignty to determine slavery's legality, repealing the Missouri Compromise.

The kit

  • Origins — Kansas-Nebraska Act was drafted by Stephen Douglas to organize land for a transcontinental railroad through Illinois and win support from the F Street Mess.
  • Popular sovereignty — Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and established popular sovereignty, letting territorial settlers vote on slavery's legality in the new territories.
  • Opposition — Kansas-Nebraska Act was denounced in the Appeal of the Independent Democrats by Joshua Giddings and Salmon Chase, and in Lincoln's Peoria speech.
  • Legacy — Kansas-Nebraska Act sparked interstate violence from border ruffians and provided the impetus to create the Republican Party in response.

Runs with

Stephen Douglas
drafted and championed the act open card →
Missouri Compromise
repealed by this act open card →
Republican Party
created in response to this act open card →
Charles Sumner
opposed act in speeches, later caned open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

The wording in this law was changed by Philip Phillips partially to please a group of congressmen known as the “F Street Mess.” Joshua Giddings co-wrote the “Appeal of the Independent Democrats” denouncing this law, which Thomas Hart Benton said was “breaking down the sacred laws.” This law was denounced in a former congressman’s Peoria speech, and the Illinois senator who drafted it was most focused on organizing land that a transcontinental railroad would pass through. name this 1854 law championed by Stephen Douglas, which allowed for popular sovereignty regarding slavery in two newly created territories.

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Ohio representative Joshua Giddings contributed to a manifesto outlining opposition to this legislation, the Appeal of the Independent Democrats.

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This legislation was meant to increase support for a transcontinental railroad which would pass through its sponsor’s home state.

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During the debate over this law, Louis T. Campbell's prolonged obstruction nearly led to an assault by Henry A. Edmundson.

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This legislation was opposed by Theodore Parker in a speech in which he cautioned that "Spain... stands there a perpetual warning for all of us," while Charles Sumner's notable "landmark" speech was delivered in opposition to this act.

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Some of the main objections to this piece of legislation were given in the “Peoria” speech.

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This act was the impetus to create the Republican Party and led Senator Thomas Hart Benton to declare, "What is the excuse for all this turmoil and mischief?” after it led to interstate violence.

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This 1854 act created the two namesake territories and allowed them to decide whether to become slave states using the doctrine of popular sovereignty.

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The authors of this act were attacked in a speech by Charles Sumner, who was later beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks.

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Stephen Douglas designed this 1854 act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery according to the vote of a territory's settlers.

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Josiah Miller and R.G. Elliott organized the Sandbank Convention as a consequence of the passage of this act, which also stimulated the activity of the Emigrant Aid Company.

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Also denounced in the Peoria Speech, this bill’s underpinnings were central to its formulator’s “Freeport Doctrine”.

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Introduced by Stephen Douglas, identify this 1854 act which repealed the Missouri Compromise and established the principle of popular sovereignty in its namesake western states.

E

"Border ruffians" arrived after this legislation implemented popular sovereignty.

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name this 1854 act that would have used popular sovereignty to determine slavery's legality in new states.

10 more clues from the record
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The person who drafted this bill believed that it would enable the construction of a transcontinental railroad.

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Duringthedebates,Douglaswasheavilyquestionedabouthissupportforthispieceoflegislation, which repealed the Missouri Compromise.

H

Salmon P. Chase signed a manifesto opposing this piece of legislation called the “Appeal of the Independent Democrats.” The proposed Lecompton Constitution had many fraudulent votes and therefore did not conform to a standard set in this act.

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A fourteenth section was added to this legislation to meet the demands of a group of politicians named for the house where they all resided during the negotiations, the “F-Street Mess.” In response to this legislation, Eli Thayer convinced a group of businessmen to form the Emigrant Aid Company.

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In one speech, a critic of this legislation denounced it for “enabl[ing] the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites.” The final version of this legislation was influenced by the F Street Mess, whose members included David Atchison.

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Lewis D. Campbell staged a filibuster of this legislation called the “ham sandwich speech” because he constantly ate food as he spoke, until he was nearly attacked by Henry Edmundson.

H

One political cartoon related to this bill depicts a man being pushed into the mouth of a giant, and a group called the “F Street Mess” was influential in revising it.

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Another response to this bill was a propaganda piece in the Cincinnati Gazette called the “Appeal of the Independent Democrats,” signed by men like Joshua Giddings.

H

Alice Malavasic's book about this legislation's passage focuses on how it was rewritten due to a group of Congressmen who schemed at a house on F Street.

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The man who introduced this law did so to win the approval of a congressional bloc called the "F Street Mess," which included Senator David Atchison.

Watch out: Lecompton Constitution—fraudulent pro-slavery Kansas constitution that violated this act's popular sovereignty standard
#281 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation
The U.S. Government. · Public domain

first U.S. governing document · 1777–1789 · United States

Articles of Confederation established a weak federal government with a unicameral legislature where each state had one vote.

The kit

  • Structure — Articles of Confederation created a unicameral legislature where a majority of nine states was needed to pass legislation.
  • Limitations — Articles of Confederation denied Congress the power to levy taxes or maintain an army, leaving it unable to deal with Shays' Rebellion.
  • Achievements — Articles of Confederation enabled passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the major law under this framework.
  • Replacement — Articles of Confederation were replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1789 after failed revision attempts at the Annapolis Convention.

Runs with

Shays' Rebellion
exposed the document's weakness and federal inability to muster troops open card →
U.S. Constitution
replaced this document in 1789 open card →
Canada
included provision allowing automatic admission without a vote open card →
Quebec
Article XI pre-approved Quebec's potential joining open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

The first president under this document was Samuel Huntington, and a majority of nine states was needed to pass any legislation under it.

H

This document contained a provision for uniting with Canada and was supposed to be revised at the Annapolis Convention.

H

The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Morocco and the US was signed by a congress governed by this document. This document established the first unicameral legislature in the US.

H

The thirteen articles of this document include provisions to admit Quebec and limited powers of taxation to states.

H

In this document, a provision was included to allow Canada to join the United States at any time.

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The eleventh section of this document promised Canada automatic admission, should they wish to join the United States.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was passed under this document. :Name this weak governing document which was replaced by the United States Constitution in 1789.

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A committee of 13, chaired by John Dickinson, drafted this document, which was first ratified by the state of Virginia.

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The major law passed under this framework was the Northwest Ordinance.

M

Shays’ Rebellion demonstrated the weakness of this document which governed the United States prior to the creation of the Constitution.

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This document left the government unable to deal with Shays’ Rebellion, since it denied Congress the power to levy taxes or maintain an army. name this predecessor to the U.S. Constitution, a document that provided for a weak federal government.

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The eleventh section of this document pre-approved the potential joining of Quebec. The Annapolis Convention was called to revise this document, under which each state had one vote in a unicameral legislature.

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The weakness of this document was exposed by Shays’ Rebellion which proved that the federal government was unable to effectively muster troops.

E

The lack of tax powers and the requirement for unanimous consent of states created a weak federal government under, what document that was replaced by the U.S. Constitution?

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Approved by the Second Continental Congress this is this agreement that served as the first organizing framework of the United States.

10 more clues from the record
H

After a failed attempt to revise this document to include impost taxing, frustrated officers began planning the Newburgh Conspiracy.

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The first draft of this document was written by John Dickinson, who chaired an attempt to fix this document at Annapolis.

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This document’s Article XIII [”thirteen”] stated that “the union shall be perpetual,” a phrase omitted from its successor.

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The flaws of this document were addressed at the Annapolis Convention which focused on reducing protectionist trade tariffs.

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This document excluded "paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice" from a right to interstate travel.

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The government created by this document negotiated the Treaty of Fort Stanwix with the Iroquois.

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Under this document, two land ordinances stipulated the layout of townships.

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This agreement allowed for a union with the Providence of Quebec without a vote.

H

This document allowed the national government to set standards of weights and measures and to declare war, but did not provide a national mechanism for taxation. :Identify this document, drawn up in 1777 but not fully ratified by all 13 colonies until 1781, which provided a working government for the United States for six years.

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Its sixth provision allowed for the outfitting of “vessels of war” without prior approval in the advent of piracy, while the fifth section prohibited anyone from being a delegate more than three years out of six.

Watch out: Samuel Huntington was the first president under this document, not George Washington
#282 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Alien and Sedition Acts

Alien and Sedition Acts
United States Federal Government · Public domain

1798 federal laws · 1798 · United States

Alien and Sedition Acts were four 1798 laws that extended naturalization to fourteen years, enabled deportation of foreigners, and criminalized criticism of government.

The kit

  • Passage — Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress during the Quasi-War with France following the XYZ Affair.
  • Provisions — Alien and Sedition Acts increased the residency requirement for citizenship from five to fourteen years and allowed presidential deportation of dangerous non-citizens.
  • Prosecutions — Alien and Sedition Acts led to the arrest of Vermont congressman Matthew Lyon, who won reelection while jailed, and Philadelphia Aurora editor Benjamin Franklin Bache.
  • Opposition — Alien and Sedition Acts were secretly denounced by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, contributing to Jefferson's 1800 victory.

Runs with

John Adams
Adams approved these laws during his presidency open card →
Kentucky
Kentucky Resolutions secretly authored by Jefferson opposed these laws open card →
Virginia
Virginia Resolutions written by Madison denounced these laws open card →
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson secretly wrote Kentucky Resolutions against these laws open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

These laws were used by Samuel Chase to target the author of The Prospect Before Us, James Callender.

H

A subsection of one of these acts was used during World War II to detain former citizens of Axis countries.

H

The first person prosecuted under this legislation was Vermont congressman Matthew Lyon, and another of its targets was the Philadelphia Aurora.

H

While he was in jail for violating these laws, Matthew Lyon won a congressional reelection campaign.

H

The unpopularity of these laws contributed to Thomas Jefferson’s win in 1800.Name these laws that were passed amid fear of a war with France. One of these laws, the Naturalization Act, increased the residency requirement for citizenship from 5 years to 14 years.

H

Under these laws, the naturalization period for some immigrants was changed from five to fourteen years, and non-citizens deemed dangerous could be deported.

H

The first of these laws forced foreigners to reside in the country for 14 years before receiving citizenship, but was repealed four years following its passage.

M

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison secretly denounced these acts in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.

M

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions opposed this set of four controversial laws passed in 1798 during the Adams Administration.

M

Set of 1798 laws he passed restricting freedom of speech and delaying the time before an immigrant could become a citizen R

M

John Adams approved what 1798 set of laws that punished dissident speech and expelled foreigners?

M

One of them resulted in the arrest of both congressman Matthew Lyon and Benjamin Bache.

E

These acts were passed in response to the Quasi-War with France, with one allowing deportation from the US. name this John Adams-era legislation that made it harder to immigrate to the United States.

E

These laws, passed during the Quasi-War, were criticized by the Democratic-Republican Party. name these controversial national security laws enacted under John Adams.

E

As President, Adams enacted this set of laws. They include the Naturalization Act, which increased the amount of time it took to become a citizen from five years to fourteen years.

10 more clues from the record
H

An opponent to this set of laws originated the argument of interposition, whereby the action of several states could invalidate a federal statute.

H

Benjamin Franklin Bache's arrest came shortly after the implementation of this act due to his fiery rhetoric in the Aurora.

H

These laws required a 14-year pre-residency requirement before immigrants could become citizens.

H

These statutes were addressed in James Madison's Virginia Resolution and the anonymously-authored Kentucky Resolutions.

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Set of four controversial laws for which the incumbent party was accused of subverting democratic principles.

H

Answer the following about a 1798 piece of legislation, for the stated number of points.1. points) This name is given to four laws enacted by the Federalist-controlled congress partly in response to hostile French actions. The most controversial part proscribed nearly all criticism of the government.

H

Answer stuff about xenophobic American legislation of the 1790s, FTPE.This infamous set of four acts passed in 1798 included the Naturalization Act, setting a period of 14 years of residence, and an act facilitating deportment.

H

Another casualty of that day was Thomas Jefferson, whose criticism of Adams led to these laws. These laws criminalized making false statements about the government and allowed the president to deport non-citizens.

H

Allegedly a response to a possible war with sparked by the XYZ affair, one of them increased the naturalization period and another empowered the President to deport persons considered a threat to the national government.

H

These laws were first denounced in the House by Albert Gallatin, and one victim was Matthew Lyon, who would later be elected to Congress while serving time for breaking these laws.

Watch out: Samuel Chase used these laws to prosecute James Callender, but Chase is known for his later impeachment trial
#283 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Nineteenth Amendment

Nineteenth Amendment
a rel="nofollow" The U.S. National Archives · No restrictions

U.S. constitutional amendment · ratified 1920 · United States

The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits denying American citizens the right to vote based on sex, granting women's suffrage in 1920.

The kit

  • Passage — The Nineteenth Amendment was introduced by Senator Aaron Sargent more than forty years before ratification and passed Congress as a war measure.
  • Ratification — The Nineteenth Amendment's adoption was secured when Harry Burn cast the deciding vote in Tennessee after being persuaded to "put the rat in ratification."
  • Legal challenges — The Nineteenth Amendment overruled Minor v. Happersett and survived challenge in Leser v. Garnett, where the Supreme Court unanimously upheld it.
  • Legacy — The Nineteenth Amendment came seventy-two years after the Seneca Falls Convention and is sometimes called the Anthony Amendment in Susan B. Anthony's honor.

Runs with

women
granted women the right to vote open card →
Women's Suffrage
codified women's suffrage into U.S. law open card →
Woodrow Wilson
passed during his administration with his support open card →
Susan B. Anthony
sometimes called the Anthony Amendment in her honor open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

Answer the following about the women’s rights movement, .Ratified in 1920, this amendment prohibits American citizens from being denied the right to vote based on sex.

H

Supporters of this legislation organized the “Prison Special” in which members of the Silent Sentinels traveled from city to city giving speeches.

H

The deciding vote for this amendment was cast by Harry Burn, a Tennessee legislator who was persuaded to “put the rat in ratification.” This amendment overruled Minor v.

H

Senator Aaron Sargent introduced this amendment in Congress more than forty years before it was adopted.

H

This amendment effectively reversed the Supreme Court’s 1875 case of Minor v.

H

Garnett upheld this piece of legislation after declaring one process a “federal function.” To promote this amendment, Carrie Chapman Catt endorsed U.S entry into World War One.

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Tennessee’s ratification of this amendment guaranteed its adoption, although Mississippi would not actually ratify it until 1984.

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Constitutional amendment which stopped states from denying the right to vote to women.

M

Women's right to vote was officially codified into U.S. law with the passing of this amendment to the Constitution, seventy-two years after the Seneca Falls Convention.

M

This amendment was supported by a group of picketers known as the Silent Sentinels.

M

Carrie Chapman Catt worked to ratify this amendment adopted in 1920 guaranteeing women’s suffrage.

M

Women’s suffrage was officially granted by what amendment to the Constitution?

E

The actions of the group NAWSA eventually led to Woodrow Wilson expressing support for this amendment.

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Passed during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, this amendment is sometimes called the Anthony Amendment in honor of a Susan B. Anthony. name this American amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote.

E

Number of the constitutional amendment that gave suffragists the right they sought.

10 more clues from the record
H

Oscar Leser sued to stop this amendment, saying that Maryland’s constitution directly contradicted it.

H

Happersett, and its ratification was upheld in Leser v.

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After an unexpected setback for this legislation in Delaware, all eyes turned to a state where opponents of it plied people with liquor in the so-called Jack Daniels Suite.

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Specters of a new Force Bill were used by "antis" like Josephine Parker to argue against this legislation on racial grounds.

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Despite popular legend, Harry T. Burn was not chased out of a building by opponents of this piece of legislation after voting in favor of it.

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Governor Albert H. Roberts waffled on whether it was legal to call a special session to vote on this legislation without a new election.

H

This amendment passed Congress with the justification that it was a war measure, rather than a woman's rights issue.

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This amendment was necessary due to the failure of test cases like Bradwell v.

H

Garnett unsuccessfully argued that this amendment violated the Maryland State Constitution.

H

Garnett, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled this legislation was constitutional.

Watch out: Minor v. Happersett - earlier Supreme Court case that denied women's voting rights, overruled by this amendment
#284 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation
Thomas Nast · Public domain

1863 executive order · January 1, 1863 · United States

Emancipation Proclamation was Abraham Lincoln's 1863 executive order freeing slaves in Confederate-controlled territory.

The kit

  • Timing — Emancipation Proclamation's preliminary version was issued five days after the Battle of Antietam in September 1862.
  • Scope — Emancipation Proclamation specifically excluded New Orleans, Tennessee, and areas becoming West Virginia from its provisions.
  • Military impact — Emancipation Proclamation allowed for black troops to serve and urged freed people to labor for reasonable wages.
  • Legacy — Emancipation Proclamation was replaced by the Thirteenth Amendment and referenced in King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Runs with

Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln issued it after reading draft to cabinet members Seward and Welles open card →
Horace Greeley
Greeley advocated for it in "The Prayer of Twenty Million" editorial open card →
Battle of Antietam
Union victory at Antietam emboldened Lincoln to issue preliminary version five days later open card →
American Railway Union

The ladder · 15 clues

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This executive order was called for in Horace Greeley’s “Prayer of Twenty Millions.” An early draft of this executive order was approved by Vice President Hannibal Hamlin.

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Roughly sixth months before the issuing of this document, its author read a preliminary version to Gideon Welles and William Seward.

H

This document is labeled a hoax and part of an insidious scheme in Lerone Bennett Jr.’s book Forced Into Glory.

H

Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech opens with a reference to this policy, which had been signed “five score years ago.” This policy said a class of people should “labor faithfully for reasonable wages” and offered military service as an option.

H

It specifically excluded the area surrounding New Orleans and most of Tennessee. –Name this 1863 executive order that allowed for black troops and declared Confederate-owned slaves free.

H

According to its invocation, this ruling was “sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution.” This ruling came with one hundred days’ notice and specifically exempted New Orleans and the land that was to become West Virginia.

H

This document specifically exempted the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth and it contained a window of three months during which targeted states could avoid its provisions.

M

The Thirteenth Amendment replaced this 1862 order by Abraham Lincoln issued to free slaves.

M

This edict was inspired by Horace Greeley’s “The Prayer of Twenty Million.” The Confiscation Act of 1861 served as a precursor to this executive order.

M

The preliminary version of this order was issued five days after the Battle of Antietam, and it did not apply to what would become West Virginia. name this 1863 order from Abraham Lincoln freeing all slaves in rebellious areas.

M

This 1863 speech freed all slaves in states under Confederate control.

M

The Second Confiscation Act and Militia Act preceded the issuing of this document.

E

Document that President Lincoln announced after the victory, pledging to free slaves in the New Year.

E

Horace Greeley advocated for this document in “The Prayer of Twenty Million.” A Union victory at Antietam emboldened the formulator of this document. name this executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln which freed the slaves in Confederate territory.

E

This document, issued after the Union victory at Antietam, only applied to civilians living in the “rebellious states” of the South.

10 more clues from the record
H

This document was a follow up to the Second Confiscation Act, which created a sixty day period before violators were subject to criminal proceedings.

H

Attempts to suppress news of this document were countered by a group of secret messengers called the 4Ls.

H

This document excluded twelve Louisiana parishes and seven Virginia counties.

H

The major turn away from that strategy came with the publication of this document dated January 1, 1863. It was given as an ultimatum to rebellious states on September 22, 1862, five days after the Battle of Antietam.

H

The goal of this policy was supported in Horace Greeley’s “The Prayer of Twenty Million.” New Orleans and recently-occupied Tennessee were excluded from this policy, as it only applied to territory in rebellion.

H

Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson and two others helped pass a precursor to this legislation for the District of Columbia and urged its creator to hurry with a national version.

H

In a cartoon by Currier and Ives, this legislation is represented with an axe, which its drafter claims "is the only thing that can fetch" a chained dog labelled "Rebellion".

H

After the issuance of this document, Giuseppe Garibaldi congratulated its drafter by saying that he had gained "a more enviable title than any crown could be".

H

Greeley’s Tribune openly supported this 1862 Presidential decree by Lincoln which freed slaves in areas under Union control.

H

The "preliminary" version of this document set a deadline of January 1 the following year before its provisions would take force.

Watch out: Often misdated to 1862; the final order was January 1, 1863, though preliminary version issued September 1862
#285 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Monroe Doctrine

Monroe Doctrine
Louis Dalrymple · Public domain

U.S. foreign policy statement · 1823 · United States

Monroe Doctrine was an 1823 policy declaring that European attempts to colonize or interfere in the Americas would be considered hostile acts against the United States.

The kit

  • Origins — Monroe Doctrine was formulated in response to the Russian Ukase of 1821 asserting sovereignty over present-day Alaska and concerns about Spanish reconquest.
  • Content — Monroe Doctrine stated that Europe was unsettled and that further European colonization or intervention in the Western Hemisphere would not be tolerated.
  • Enforcement limits — Monroe Doctrine was appreciated by Simón Bolívar, though he understood the United States could not actually stand against European powers to enforce it.
  • Expansions — Monroe Doctrine was expanded by the Roosevelt Corollary in the early 20th century, allowing U.S. intervention in Caribbean and Latin American affairs.

Runs with

Brezhnev Doctrine
Soviet Cold War analog limiting satellite state sovereignty open card →
America
Policy declared the Americas off-limits to European colonization open card →
John Quincy Adams
Theodore Roosevelt
Issued the Roosevelt Corollary expanding the doctrine open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

Was the Secretary of State who composed what statement against European intervention in the Americas?

H

This policy was formulated in response to the Russian Ukase of 1821, and it was used by Richard Olney to insist on mediation in a border dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela in 1895.

H

Simon Bolivar appreciated this policy, but understood that the United States ultimately could not stand against European powers to enforce it. name this policy that stated the Americas were off-limits for European colonization, issued by the 5th President of the United States.

H

In the speech announcing this policy, its namesake stated that “the late events in Spain and Portugal show that Europe is still unsettled.” In 1833, a failure to act on this policy angered Argentina after the United Kingdom reaffirmed its claims on the Falkland Islands.

H

Secretary of State Cordell Hull openly condemned a violation of this edict committed by the Free French after their seizure of Vichy-held Saint Pierre and Miquelon [[meek-LOHN]].

H

The Russian ukase that asserted sovereignty over present-day Alaska led to the formulation of this policy, which was extended by the Clark Memorandum and Roosevelt Corollary.

H

This political doctrine officially stated, in 1823, that the United States would not allow Europeans to control independent states in the Western Hemisphere.

M

European attempts to further colonize the New World were seen as an affront to the U.S. via this “doctrine” named for the fifth president.

M

The refusal by Venezuela to pay back foreign debts led toamodificationof this edict known as the Roosevelt Corollary.

M

Roosevelt’s corollary allowing intervention in the Caribbean was a modification of this doctrine that told European powers to stay out of affairs on the American continent.

M

Debt collection and other enforcement actions were subsumed into U.S. responsibility under the Roosevelt Corollary to this statement, which was formulated in response to Russian advances on the Pacific Northwest. identify this 1823 proclamation against European involvement in the Americas, named for the fifth president.

M

Richard Olney cited this policy to justify interference with British negotiations in the Venezuela Crisis. name this decree opposing European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, named for the successor to James Madison.

E

In the early 20th century, the Roosevelt Corollary expanded this policy.

E

The Roosevelt Corollary modified this policy, allowing the U.S. to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries. name this “Doctrine” opposing European intervention in the politics of newly- independent nations in the Americas.

E

The Roosevelt Corollary expanded American influence under this doctrine, which was originally created to dissuade Spain from reconquering its former colonies. name this doctrine formulated by the fifth president of the United States, which defended Latin America from European influence.

10 more clues from the record
H

George Canning had originally proposed a joint effort to enact this decree, but it was rejected by John Quincy Adams.

H

What 1823 political statement proclaimed that European interference in North and South America would not be tolerated?

H

The Lodge Resolution issued a modification to this decree, which halted a Japanese company from buying Magdalena Bay in Baja California.

H

A 2011 book by Jay Sexton argues that this policy was ironically most often invoked against Americans.

H

This policy was the subject of the Clark Memorandum, which noted that the United States had the right to use intervening force.

H

From 1895 to 1933, this principle was subject to a clarification about border disputes known as the Olney Interpretation.

H

The purview of this statement included foreign-controlled corporations as deemed by the 1912 Lodge Resolution.

H

A speech to Congress noted “We owe it [...] to candor and to amicable relations” to engage in this policy.

H

: name some policies of the United States concerning its relations with Latin America.This first American policy on Latin America was named after the fifth president that declared that any further European colonial incursions in Latin America will be considered ill will towards the United States.

H

The United States has an extensive history of getting involved in Caribbean countries and politics. :This doctrine named for a former U.S. president asserted that European intervention in the Americas would be considered hostile to the U.S. The Roosevelt corollary to this doctrine justified U.S. intervention in the Caribbean.

Watch out: Confused with the Brezhnev Doctrine, a Soviet policy limiting Eastern European sovereignty
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Chinese Exclusion Act

Chinese Exclusion Act
U.S. Government · Public domain

1882 immigration ban · 1882–1943 · United States

The Chinese Exclusion Act was an 1882 law signed by Chester Arthur that banned Chinese laborers from immigrating for ten years.

The kit

  • Passage — Chinese Exclusion Act reversed immigration provisions in the Burlingame Treaty and followed the less-comprehensive Page Act of 1875.
  • Support — Chinese Exclusion Act was supported by Denis Kearney and the Workingman's Party, who blamed coolies for depressed wages in San Francisco.
  • Extensions — Chinese Exclusion Act was extended by the Geary Act, which added residency permit requirements and removed the right to be a witness.
  • Repeal — Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1943 by the Magnuson Act, supported by Franklin Roosevelt during World War II.

Runs with

San Francisco
supporters blamed coolies for depressed wages there open card →
Chester Alan Arthur
signed this law in 1882 open card →
Knights of Labor
America
banned Chinese laborers from entering open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

This piece of legislation, which was ultimately repealed by the 1943 Magnuson Act, reversed provisions set forth in the Burlingame Treaty.

H

This law was opposed by the man who wrote the essay "Why Am I a Heathen?" The Scott Act expanded upon this law, leaving over twenty thousand people stranded.

H

The Magnuson Act repealed this law, which negated immigration provisions in the Burlingame Treaty.

H

The Geary Act extended this law, which was meant to last 10 years.

H

This act was preceded by D the less-comprehensive Page Act and later repealed by the Magnuson Act.

H

Name these things from U.S.-Asia relations .This 1882 bill ended immigration from a certain country and prohibited the extension of citizenship to its laborers.

H

A precursor to this law known as the 15 Passenger Bill was resolved by Richard Angell after it was struck down by Rutherford Hayes.

M

Wong was detained at Angel Island because of this law. Chester A. Arthur signed this law which restricted the immigration of a certain Asian ethnic group.

M

This law extended the Page Act of 1875 and followed the Angell Treaty.

M

Passed in response to growing unrest in the western U.S., this 1882 act banned the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.

M

This infamous 1882 act reversed the Burlingame Treaty to limit immigration of a certain group of people who became prominent in the west coast because of the California gold rush.

M

This law was extended indefinitely by the Geary Act and was annulled by the Magnuson Act.

E

A reaction to the "Yellow Peril," what was this 1882 law which restricted immigration to the U.S. from a certain Asian country?

E

1875 act, supported by the earlier Page Act, meant to limit Asian workers supported by the Knights of Labor

E

In 1892, Thomas Geary added to this law by removing the right to be a witness and adding a residency permit requirement.

10 more clues from the record
H

For helping write this law, Ambassador Henry Blair was denied entry into another nation.

H

This Congressional act was extended 10 years later by the Geary Act, which added a residential permit requirement for those affected.

H

Supporters of this act blamed “coolies” for depressed wages in places like San Francisco.

H

A confession program was created for families who violated this act with the “paper son” ruse.

H

This policy was expanded by the Scott Act, which prohibited re-entry to the United States.

H

In 1943, Franklin Roosevelt supported the Magnuson Act to repeal this legislation.

H

Support for this act was drummed up by Denis Kearney and the Workingman’s Party.

H

Answer the following about shameful US immigration Laws,Most infamous, this law passed by Chester Arthur banned Chinese laborers for 10 years. This law flamed anti-chinese sentiment and led to the Rock Springs and Hells Canyon massacres

H

Despite the ruling in Yick Wo v. Hopkins, the Supreme Court limited certain rights of immigrants after this 1882 act was signed by Chester A. Arthur. This act restricted an Asian ethnic group from coming to the U.S.

H

Wong Kim Ark made it up to the Supreme Court because he was prohibited by this 1882 act to be eligible for naturalization, despite the fact that it allowed members of his nationality already in the US to stay.

Watch out: Page Act of 1875 (earlier, less comprehensive Asian immigration restriction)
#287 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
U.S. Government · Public domain

Federal slavery enforcement law · 1850 · United States

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a federal law requiring Northern states to return escaped slaves and criminalizing assistance to runaways.

The kit

  • Rise — Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850 and superseded a similarly named 1793 law.
  • Conflicts — Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 sparked the Christiana Riot where Edward Gorsuch was shot and the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue.
  • Conflicts — Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 led to Anthony Burns's arrest in Boston, contested unsuccessfully by Richard Henry Dana.
  • Legacy — Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was upheld in Ableman v. Booth after Wisconsin's Supreme Court refused to enforce it.

Runs with

Compromise of 1850
was part of this compromise open card →
Boston
enforced in Anthony Burns trial open card →
Wisconsin
Supreme Court refused enforcement open card →
Pennsylvania
prompted by Prigg v. Pennsylvania ruling open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s refusal to enforce this law was ruled unconstitutional in Ableman v Booth.

H

1850 “bloodhound” law that was briefly ruled unconstitutional in Wisconsin, until the case of Abelman v. Booth.

H

Edward Gorsuch was shot to death after citing this act in front of William Parker’s house in Christiana.

H

This act was proposed after the Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v.

H

The legality of this bill was upheld by the 1859 decision in Abelman v. Booth. :What was this 1850 act which superseded a similarly named bill of 1793 and stated that anyone helping or harboring those who had fled servitude in the South could be fined $1,000?

H

Groups which resisted enforcement of this law engaged in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue and the Christiana Riot.

H

Defiance of an early version of this law led to a mass migration to Cass County, Michigan.

M

This law was contested by Richard Henry Dana unsuccessfully after it led to the arrest of Anthony Burns in Boston.

M

Booth ruled Wisconsin’s overturning of this law unconsitutional.

M

Riots over the enforcement of this act did not prevent Anthony Burns from being returned to the South. name this 1850 act that required Northerners to assist in the capture of escaped slaves.

M

This law mandated higher pay for judges who found this law applicable than for those who ruled in favor of accused escapees. name this controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 that mandated free states return slaves to the South.

M

After the passage of this legislation, John Whittier crusaded for the Habeas Corpus law during Vermont’s jury nullification controversy.

E

This law led to a contentious trial in Boston over Anthony Burns. name this portion of the Compromise of 1850 which required northern free states to help recapture escaped slaves.

E

Richard Henry Dana protested how this law, which was prompted by the ruling in Prigg v Pennsylvania, was applied to Anthony Burns in Boston.

E

This act was called the “Bloodhound Law” by abolitionists. name this act, part of the Compromise of 1850, that required Northerners to return runaway slaves to the South.

10 more clues from the record
H

This act was opposed by William Parker who took up arms during the Christiana Incident.

H

Booth, which invalided the "personal liberty laws" many states passed to undermine it.

H

Law that criminalized aiding an escaped slave and inspired massive civil disobedience.

H

Wisconsin's attempt to invalidate this law was thwarted by the Supreme Court in Ableman v.

H

This act was declared indisputable and superior to state laws in Prigg v.

H

Tubman’s efforts were partially stymied by this 1850 act, which required all runaway slaves found in the North to be returned to their masters. Tubman bypassed this act by extending the Underground Railroad to Canada.

H

The Habeas Corpus Law in Vermont was meant to challenge this law, whose offenders were defended by the writer Richard Henry Dana Jr. and other members of the revived Boston Vigilance Committee.

H

Fergus Bordewich claims that while this legislation was in the House of Representatives, many individuals in New York quickly attempted to gain job positions working on the Erie Canal.

H

The Compromise of 1850 also reinforced this piece of legislation which enforces Article 4, Section 2 of the Constitution. It fined officers who did not arrest a certain category of people.

H

The Compromise of 1850 also passed a harsher version of this law which governed the recapture of the title people. Many people protested Anthony Burns’s conviction under this law.

Watch out: Confusion with the earlier Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, which this law superseded
#288 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Tariff of Abominations

Tariff of Abominations
James Baillie · Public domain

1828 protectionist tariff · 1828 · United States

Tariff of Abominations was the 1828 protectionist law raising import duties to nearly 50 percent, triggering the Nullification Crisis.

The kit

  • Purpose — Tariff of Abominations raised duties on iron, wool, and hemp to nearly 50 percent to protect Northern manufacturers.
  • Southern opposition — Tariff of Abominations enraged slave states because it reduced the price at which Great Britain would purchase cotton.
  • Political response — Tariff of Abominations prompted John C. Calhoun to write the South Carolina Exposition and Protest arguing geographically biased taxes were unconstitutional.
  • Crisis — Tariff of Abominations triggered the Nullification Crisis four years later when South Carolina threatened secession over federal authority.

Runs with

South Carolina
threatened secession and nullified the tariff open card →
Nullification
sparked the Crisis four years later open card →
John Quincy Adams
signed the tariff into law open card →
John C. Calhoun
wrote Exposition and Protest opposing it open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

Along with a similar law passed four years later, this legislation triggered the Nullification Crisis.

H

Name these tariffs, :This tariff was passed by John Quincy Adams and earned its nickname for its effect on the Southern economy, which would later lead to the Nullification Crisis.

H

Also described as “Black,” John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest against it.

H

One president pledged to enforce this law in a speech called "Proclamation to the People" which asked, "Can you consent to become traitors?" William Harper was among the strident opponents of this law, which was backed by promises to send the military in the Force Bill.

H

It was unusually proposed by Southern Democrats, who planned it to be voted down by New England Whigs opposed to its impact on wool imports.

H

A cartoon about this law shows an extremely fat man and an extremely thin man standing on either side of a weather vane.

H

A document written to oppose this law differentiates between government and sovereignty to argue that geographically biased taxes are unconstitutional.

M

William Harper organized a nullification ordinance for this legislation. :Name this controversial law signed by John Quincy Adams that severely taxed imported goods and raw materials, leading to the nullification crisis in South Carolina.

M

John Randolph claimed that the only thing this legislation would manufacture was the next President of the United States.

M

A compromise that was worked out five years after this law also allowed military personnel to ensure policies via the Force Bill.

M

This law raised duties up to 50 percent on iron, hemp, and wool in a backfired scheme to create a law too destructive to New England manufacturers to garner Congressional support, name this 1828 excise measure that caused South Carolina to threaten secession.

M

It saw charges on foreign iron, wool, and hemp increase to nearly 50 percent, while rates on clothing rose to 45 percent, creating the highest import duties until the Morrill Tariff. what was this * 1828 tariff whose universally loathed nature led to its nickname?

M

The Kentucky Resolution proposed state nullification of “unjust” federal laws, which inspired South Carolina to nullify this 1828 bill. This bill was designed to fail by targeting both Northern and Southern imports, but passed anyway.

E

The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was written by John Calhoun in opposition to this 1828 tariff, the highest ever in American history, which triggered the Nullification Crisis four years later.

E

John C. Calhoun’s South Carolina Exposition and Protest opposed this 1828 tariff.

10 more clues from the record
H

Slave states opposed this law’s 38 percent tax rate on most imported goods.

H

This protectionist act was expected to be repealed with the defeat of John Quincy Adams.

H

Future governor George McDuffie led a boycott in response to this act.

H

1828 tariff that enraged the South and inspired Calhoun’s Exposition and Protest.

H

Answer the following about an 1828 controversy per part.At the urging of northern manufacturers and western material producers, this 1828 tarriff raised both import and export prices, screwed up the economy for years, and rightly led John C. Calhoun to develop the nullification doctrine.

H

Enacted as a protectionist measure against imported goods from Europe, this act sparked controversy in the South as it reduced the price at which Great Britain would purchase cotton. :Name this American law passed in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars. Its effects would eventually initiate the Nullification Crisis.

H

This legislation was criticized in two anonymously published manuscripts which stated, “The unequal lot is ours; we are serfs of a system.” A “rich and flourishing Danzig” being sustained by a “poor and wretched Poland” were parts of a criticism of this legislation cited by Rollin Mallory.

H

Answer the following about tariffs in American history, .This tariff on low-cost imports, the highest in US history, was passed towards the end of the presidency of John Quincy Adams. This tariff was especially resented in the South.

H

This law was passed by John Quincy Adams and set a certain rate to 38%. :Name this law which was amended in a compromise in 1832 that was seen as insufficient by many in the South. It sparked an “Exposition and Protest” by the sitting vice president.

H

Robert Remini argued in one of his works that Martin van Buren did not introduce this bill to congress just to have it defeated, and support for this bill grew after a meeting in Harrisburg.

Watch out: Kentucky Resolution (1798-99) proposed nullification earlier but did not directly cause this tariff
#289 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Volstead Act

Volstead Act
U.S. Government · Public domain

Prohibition enforcement legislation · 1919 · United States

The Volstead Act was 1919 legislation that enabled the Eighteenth Amendment by defining intoxicating liquor and establishing enforcement mechanisms.

The kit

  • Drafting & passage — The Volstead Act was drafted by Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League and named for Minnesota Representative Andrew Volstead.
  • Key provisions — The Volstead Act defined intoxicating liquor as beverages exceeding 0.5% alcohol and gave enforcement power to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
  • Opposition & modification — The Volstead Act passed despite Woodrow Wilson's veto and was later modified by the Cullen-Harrison Act to allow 3.2% beer.
  • Enforcement — The Volstead Act's violations were upgraded to felonies by the Jones Law, though states like Maryland openly refused enforcement.

Runs with

Prohibition
enforced the Eighteenth Amendment's prohibition open card →
Minnesota
named for Minnesota Congressman Andrew Volstead open card →
Bakumatsu Period
no connection shown in clues open card →
American Railway Union
no connection shown in clues open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

This law named for the Chair of the House judiciary Committee enabled the Eighteenth Amendment by defining “intoxicating liquor” and listing the penalties for breaking the law.

H

"Act" named for a Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee which enforced Prohibition.

H

This legislation's namesake, a Minnesota Congressman, also co-sponsored a bill that made farm combines exempt from anti-trust laws with Arthur Capper.

H

1919 Congressional act that legislated prohibition once it became constitutional law.

H

It was supported by rectangular yellow pamphlets encouraging voters to vote yes on May 24 “for the sake of our boys and girls.” This support was galvanized by the WCTU and was lobbied for in Washington under the aegis of its formulator Wayne Wheeler.

H

This act was drafted by Wayne Wheeler and named after the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. :Name this Act that prohibited the production, transport, and sale of a certain class of substances, but did not explicitly prohibit their consumption.

H

This act drafted by Wayne Wheeler defined the scope of the Eighteenth Amendment’s prohibitions, and its “non-intoxicating cider and fruit juice” exception effectively legalized home winemaking.

H

Carrie Nation would have been pleased at the passage of this 1919 act named for a Minnesota senator. It enforced the alcohol prohibition of the eighteenth amendment.

M

Sponsored by a namesake Minnesota representative, this act passed despite Woodrow Wilson’s veto.

M

To enforce the 18th Amendment, in 1919 Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, which is better known by this name after the Minnesota Congressman who proposed it.

M

This legislation's restriction of 0.5% as the legal limit for certain substances were ignored by operators of blind pigs and speakeasies. name this legislation which enforced the 18th Amendment.

M

It was supported by organizations like the Anti-Saloon League. name this companion piece to the Eighteenth Amendment that enforced prohibition.

M

The 18th Amendment was reinforced by this act prohibiting the production of "intoxicating liquors," which President Wilson tried to veto.

E

What act, drafted by the Anti-Saloon League’s Wayne Wheeler and named for a Minnesota Congressman, helped to enforce the 18th Amendment?

E

Legislative act that defined the regulations of Prohibition.

10 more clues from the record
H

The Cullen-Harrison Act of 1933, which allowed beer at 3.2% alcohol-by-weight, marked the beginning of the end for this legislation. :Name this act that established the enforcement of the 18th Amendment.

H

This act was passed in 1919 to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. As a result, gangs took over production and distribution of alcoholic beverages.

H

John Collier introduced one attempt to modify this piece of legislation, the violation of which led to the wire-tapping case Olmstead v.

H

It was sponsored by the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, a congressman from Minnesota, and it gave power of enforcement to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

H

It defined as being illegal items with more than one-half of one percent of the involved substance.

H

Maryland governor Albert Richie openly refused to enforce this act, which was drafted by Wayne Wheeler.

H

A mother of ten named Etta Mae Miller was sentenced to life in prison for violating this legislation.

H

The Cullen-Harrison bill modified it to set a limit of 3.2 percent, raised from the original 0.5 percent.

H

Name these acts from US history .This law authorized enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.

H

Violations of this law were changed from misdemeanors to felonies by the Jones Law.

#290 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Embargo Act of 1807

Embargo Act of 1807
U.S. Government · Public domain

U.S. trade ban · 1807 · United States

Embargo Act of 1807 was a law banning all American foreign trade to pressure Britain and France over impressment and ship attacks.

The kit

  • Rise — Embargo Act of 1807 was passed by Congress in response to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair and British Orders in Council.
  • Achievements — Embargo Act of 1807 aimed to punish Britain and France by banning all foreign trade at U.S. ports without military confrontation.
  • Conflicts — Embargo Act of 1807 was widely circumvented by smuggling at Passamaquoddy Bay and Lake Champlain into Canada.
  • Legacy — Embargo Act of 1807 was satirized as "Ograbme" the snapping turtle biting a merchant in a famous political cartoon.

Runs with

Thomas Jefferson
signed by Jefferson; repealed in final days of his presidency open card →
France
targeted alongside Britain for attacks on American ships open card →
George
George Washington Cabell led committee to revise the act open card →
Alexander

The ladder · 15 clues

H

1807 Act represented as “this cursed Ograbme” biting a merchant.

H

George Washington Cabell from Tennessee led a committee that decided to revise this act instead of preparing for war.

H

This law was particularly ignored at Passamaquoddy Bay, where smugglers moved barrels of flour from Maine into New Brunswick.

H

This Jeffersonian act was repealed two years later by the Nonintercourse Act, and it was created in part to stop the impressment of U.S. sailors by European powers. name this 1807 law that banned U.S. trade to foreign states.

H

Henry Dearborn threatened to occupy Lake Champlain to enforce this legislation.

H

The first supplementary act to this legislation removed an exception for individuals possessing a letter of marque, as well as whaling vessels.

H

In a famous cartoon criticizing its effects, a man carrying a barrel labeled “super fine” attempts to break free of a snapping turtle’s grasp.

M

This act was personified as a turtle in a political cartoon biting a man who says “Oh!

M

A cartoon satirizing this law shows a man holding a barrel of flour being bitten by a turtle named "Ograbme" (oh-GRAB-me).

M

This legislation, which was precipitated by the Orders in Council and the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, was circumvented by smuggling goods into Canada.

M

One response to this law features the saying “Darn it, how he nicks ‘em.” This legislation, passed in response to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, was replaced two years later by the Non-Intercourse Act in the final days of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.

M

Superseded by Macon’s Bill No. 2 and earlier by the Non-Intercourse Act, name this 1807 piece of legislation that forbade all US trade with Britain and France.

E

This law was replaced by the milder Non-Intercourse Act. name this 1807 attempt to punish Britain and France for attacks on American ships by banning all foreign trade at U.S. ports.

E

A political cartoon of the snapping turtle Ograbme lampooned this unpopular 1807 law attempted to prevent any American exports.

E

This law, prompted by the Chesapeake- Leopard Affair, was replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act, which was in turn replaced with Macon’s Bill No. 2.

10 more clues from the record
H

This act was opposed by Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, who proposed Macon’s Bill Number One as an alternative.

H

Act signed into law by Thomas Jefferson that succeeded the Non-Importation Act, preceding the War of 1812.

H

Jedidiah Huntington led efforts to circumvent this law, which was succeeded by Macon’s Bill No. 2 shortly after its repeal.

H

This law was entirely unenforceable in the Lake Champlain region, which consequently became a hotbed for smuggling.

H

This legislation reacted to the execution of Jenkin Ratford, who worked for James Barron.

H

This act was meant to pressure another country into repealing its Orders in Council.

H

This bill, a replacement for the Non-Importation Act, failed diplomatically and economically.

H

Acknowledgingmilitaryinferiority,ThomasJeffersonchampionedthisbillthatalsoaddressedimpressment.

H

Congress passed this piece of legislation thanks to public pressures over incidents like the Chesapeake-Leopard affair. A political cartoon about this act depicts a turtle biting the butt of a man clinging to a barrel.

H

Tudor's ice empire was hurt by this bill, but nonetheless he managed to ship much of his goods to Havana. This bill, which was repealed by Macon's Bill No. 2, was satirized as a cursed snapping turtle in one political cartoon.

Watch out: Non-Importation Act preceded this law; Non-Intercourse Act replaced it
#291 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Northwest Ordinance

Northwest Ordinance
Isochrone · CC BY-SA 4.0

1787 federal land ordinance · 1787 · Territory north of Ohio River

Northwest Ordinance was a 1787 law organizing territory north of the Ohio River into future states and banning slavery there.

The kit

  • Framework — Northwest Ordinance allowed for creation of three to five states once they reached populations of 60,000 free inhabitants.
  • Governance — Northwest Ordinance established a five-man council of large landholders as one legislative house for the territorial government.
  • Slavery ban — Northwest Ordinance's Article 6 prohibited slavery in the territory, making the Ohio River the dividing line between free and slave states.
  • Legacy — Northwest Ordinance's protections of freedom of worship and natural rights influenced the Bill of Rights written two years later.

Runs with

Ohio
first state created from territory, admitted 1803 open card →
Slavery
banned in territory by Article 6 open card →
Land
organized land north of Ohio River open card →
Articles of Confederation
most significant act passed under this government open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

This law allowed for the creation of between three to five states, which today include Indiana and Michigan.

H

act of Congress that organized the land that became midwestern states from Ohio to Minnesota.

H

Under this law, a five-man council of large landholders comprised one house of newly established legislatures.

H

Arthur St. Clair was removed as governor of this territory after saying that its people had no more an obligation to listen to Congress than they did to the first consul of France.

H

Maxwell’s Code was the first written law of this region, which had subdivisions such as Randolph, Ross, and Wayne.

H

Five thousand free males were required to have a representative in office according to this law, which called for the creation of a public educational institution, later called Ohio University.

H

This law’s protection of things like freedom of worship has led to it being called the first National Bill of Rights.

M

This law provided for three to five states to be established within its namesake territory once they reached a population of 60,000, the first of which became Ohio. name this 1787 land management ordinance.

M

The 1787 ordinance that established this territory specifically banned slavery within it, leading the Ohio River to serve as the dividing line between free and slave states. name this massive tract of land that included what became Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

M

Little Turtle's War was fought in the territory created by this act, which mandated appointments for governors and population thresholds for future statehood. name this organic act that established a namesake territory between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

M

The Congress of the Confederation created the first U.S. Territories through this 1787 law.

M

A provision on natural rights in this act is thought to have influenced the Bill of Rights written two years later. name this act which created a territory encompassing an area now including Indiana and Ohio.

E

Territory that Ohio’s land was part of, prior to statehood in 1803.

E

For the points, identify this 1787 law that organized territories across the Ohio River from the south into a directionally named unit.

E

This law was possibly the most significant act passed under the Articles of (*) Confederation.

10 more clues from the record
H

Manasseh Cutler helped secure Congressional support for this bill, after which a group called “the forty-eight” established a settlement at Marietta.

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This law partially preserved an idea from Thomas Jefferson that required new states to copy the constitution and law code of an existing state.

H

Graham held that this law's prohibition of slavery did not extend to states created from the territory it covered.

H

Article 7 of this law was supposedly written by Nathan Dane or Manasseh Cutler and banned slavery in one region.

H

This territory names a university in Illinois, whose name currently does not make geographical sense.

H

Nathan Dane claimed to have authored the sixth article of this act which included a prohibition on slavery.

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A five- man government was to run this act’s central location while its population was under five thousand.

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Area past the Ohio river that British troops were forced to vacate after the signing of Jay’s Treaty.

H

An earlier law that shares its name with this legislation provided the definition of a township as a unit of 36 square miles.

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After the passage of this law, a newly appointed governor negotiated the Treaty of Fort Harmar.

Watch out: An earlier 1785 law sharing the name defined townships as 36 square miles
#292 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Indian Removal Act

Indian Removal Act
U.S. Government · Public domain

1830 federal law · 1830 · United States

Indian Removal Act was Andrew Jackson's 1830 legislation forcing Native Americans from southern lands west of the Mississippi River.

The kit

  • Passage — Indian Removal Act was championed by Andrew Jackson and opposed by Tennessee congressman Davy Crockett, who voted against it.
  • Opposition — Indian Removal Act faced resistance from Theodore Frelinghuysen's six-hour Senate speech and missionary Jeremiah Evarts's William Penn Essays.
  • Implementation — Indian Removal Act led to treaties including Dancing Rabbit Creek with the Choctaw and New Echota with the Cherokee.
  • Impact — Indian Removal Act primarily targeted the Five Civilized Tribes and directly caused the Trail of Tears deportation of Cherokee westward.

Runs with

Andrew Jackson
championed and endorsed the act open card →
Trail of Tears
direct result of the act's enforcement open card →
Cherokee
resisted and were forcibly removed under it open card →
Davy Crockett
only Tennessee delegate voting against it open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

The declaration “Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it” was legendarily made after the ruling in Worcester v.

H

Edward Everett claimed that this legislation would “stain the fair fame” of the United States, and Jeremiah Evarts led the ABCFM in its opposition to this act.

H

In support of this piece of legislation, the sitting president gave a speech that said “progress requires moving forward,” and described how the South would soon have “twelve million happy people.” This act led to the signing of the Treaty of New Echota [[eh-KOH- tah]].

H

Tennessee congressman Davy Crockett declared that his opposition to this act would "not make [him] ashamed in the Day of Judgment." This act led to John Eaton negotiating the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek with the Choctaw nation.

H

Government ability to carry out this law was secured after the signing of the treaties of Cusseta and New Echota.

H

This policy was opposed by Davy Crocket, and primarily targeted land held by the Five Civilized Tribes. FTPE:Name this Act that relied on the ruling in Johnson v. M'Intosh and was passed under the Presidency of Andrew Jackson, forcing the relocation of the namesake peoples.

H

Davy Crockett was the only member of the Tennessee delegation to vote against this act, which provided the background for the court case Worcester v.

H

Its main opponent in the Senate was New Jersey's Theodore Frelinguysen, who gave a six-hour speech against it.

H

The missionary Jeremiah Evarts opposed it in his William Penn Essays, and Davy Crockett also voted against it.

H

William Wirt and John Ross brought a case against this law to the Supreme Court.

M

For 10, points name this bill, championed by Andrew Jackson, that led to the Trail of Tears.

M

Resistancetothislawledtomany Cherokee being sent west on the "Trail of Tears." The Southern Native Americans were deported west of the Mississippi by this Andrew Jackson-era legislation.

M

Chief resistance to it came from the "Five Civilized Tribes" including the Chicasaw and Cherokee, and Seminole nations.

E

The Trail of Tears took place as this law forced the Cherokee tribe into Oklahoma. name this 1830 act in which Native Americans were evicted from their lands in the American South.

E

Georgia undermined this legislation, which was endorsed by Andrew Jackson.

2 more clues from the record
H

Georgia, it provided for negotiation on the basis of payment for lands.

H

This law overturned George Washington’s acculturation policy.

Watch out: Johnson v. M'Intosh provided the legal basis for this act, not Worcester v. Georgia
#1374 · US Territorial Acquisitions and Expansion Documents · Level 3

Ostend Manifesto

Ostend Manifesto
Not specified · Public domain

1854 diplomatic document · 1854 · Ostend, Belgium

Ostend Manifesto was an 1854 document drafted in Belgium proposing U.S. purchase or seizure of Cuba from Spain.

The kit

  • Context — Ostend Manifesto was created after the Black Warrior Affair and fueled by fears of a "second Santo Domingo."
  • Authors — Ostend Manifesto was drafted by diplomats Pierre Soulé, James Buchanan, and John Mason at William Marcy's urging.
  • Content — Ostend Manifesto declared the U.S. would be "justified in seizing" Cuba if Spain refused to sell the island.
  • Legacy — Ostend Manifesto damaged Franklin Pierce's administration and was attacked at the 1856 Republican National Convention as embodying "might makes right."

Runs with

Cuba
proposed U.S. acquisition as slave state open card →
Franklin Pierce
damaged his administration when made public open card →
Spain
targeted Spanish possession for purchase or seizure open card →
James Buchanan
co-author as U.S. diplomat open card →

The ladder · 6 clues

H

The platform adopted at the 1856 RNC attacked the “highwayman’s plea that might makes right,” as embodied in this aggressive 1854 foreign policy document that was drafted in Belgium.

H

This document, whose creation was fueled by anger arising from the Black Warrior Affair, noted that a certain region “belongs naturally to that great family of states of which the Union is the Providential Nursery.” William Marcy urged for the creation of this document, which was prepared by three men, including John Mason.

M

Issued from the namesake Belgium city in 1854, this document stated if Spain wouldn't sell Cuba, the United States would be justified in seizing the island.

M

This 1854 document, named for a Belgian city, floated the idea of the United States annexing Cuba from the Spanish as a slave state.

E

Fear of a "second Santo Domingo" led this document to be drafted in Belgium by Pierre Soulé [[soo-LEH]], John Mason, and James Buchanan. name this 1854 document regarding the potential purchase of Cuba.

E

This document proposed that "by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified" in a plan that arose from a meeting among U.S. diplomats John Mason, James Buchanan, and Pierre Soulé [[soo-LEH]]. name this 1854 document proposing the purchase or conquest of Cuba from Spain, that was drafted after a meeting in Belgium.

10 more clues from the record
H

Franklin Pierce’s administration was damaged by, what 1854 document that threatened U.S. annexation of Cuba?

H

Horace Greeley claimed this document was for "the Brigands," and this document was written after William Marcy described the "next desirable object." This document was created after the Black Warrior Affair and was prepared in Aachen during the presidency of Franklin Pierce.

H

After this document was made public, Mansfield Lovell and John Quitman had to be dissuaded at the last moment by the president from launching a military expedition.

H

Young America member Pierre Soulé participated in the writing of this document, named for a Belgium city.

H

The manifesto written by Pierre Soule [soo-LAY] that declared that the U.S. should acquire Cuba?

H

A cartoon lampooning this document depicts James Buchanan wielding a club.

H

It was drawn up at Aix-La-Chappelle and was largely based on the machinations of the American ambassador to Spain. :Identify this document that publicly stated the desire of several American diplomats including James Buchannan and John L. Mason to annex Cuba.

H

Relations between the United States and Cuba got off to a bad start in the 19th century. :This 1854 missive from Mason, Buchannan, and Soule to William Marcy suggested that the United States seize Cuba from Spain.

H

It appeals to recent French railroad-building efforts and “the great law of self-preservation” as support for its primary objective. :Name this 1854 document that advocated American acquisition of Cuba.

H

One of the men who signed it was a longtime rival of John Slidell, while another had served as Tyler’s secretary of the navy and as Polk’s attorney general.

Watch out: Drafted in Ostend, Belgium, but also prepared at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle); both cities mentioned in sources
#1656 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 3

Equal Rights Amendment

Equal Rights Amendment
Ssolbergj · Public domain

proposed constitutional amendment · written 1920s, debated 1970s-1982 · United States

Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed constitutional amendment written by Alice Paul to ban sex-based discrimination that failed after only 35 states ratified it.

The kit

  • Drafting — Equal Rights Amendment was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman to make discrimination against women illegal.
  • Opposition — Equal Rights Amendment faced a campaign led by Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, which worried it would discriminate against housewives.
  • Ratification failure — Equal Rights Amendment was ratified by only 35 of the required 38 states by the 1982 deadline, despite support from Betty Friedan.
  • Legislative history — Equal Rights Amendment was modified by the Hayden rider provision when passed by the Senate with Martha Griffiths's support.

Runs with

Alice Paul
Alice Paul wrote the amendment open card →
women
would ban discrimination against women open card →
IndianaAmerican Railway Union

The ladder · 6 clues

H

Esther Peterson opposed this legislation in favor of “specific bills for specific ills.” Support for it was removed from the Republican platform in 1980.

H

Rosalynn Carter persuaded politician Wayne Townsend to approve this legislation in Indiana.

M

A campaign against this legislation was led by the Eagle Forum’s Phyllis Schlafly, who worried it would discriminate against housewives.

M

Friedan supported this proposed Constitutional amendment, which would have guaranteed equality for women but was only ratified by 35, not 38, states during the 1970s.

E

Alice Paul was an architect of this proposed Constitutional amendment that would make it illegal to discriminate against women.

E

Alice Paul wrote this legislation, which was opposed by Phyllis Schlafly, and failed when it was ratified by only 35 states. name this unratified constitutional amendment that would have banned discrimination based on gender.

10 more clues from the record
H

Supporters of this proposal seek to pass it using the “three state strategy.” The Hayden rider was used to disrupt the text of this proposal, which was opposed with the phrase “I am for Mom and apple pie” by Phyllis Schlafly.

H

Sonia Johnson was excommunicated for speaking in favor of this legislation, which was likened to using an atomic bomb to kill a few mice.

H

A party with this two-word name nominated Belva Ann Lockwood for president in 1884 and 1888. :Give this name. A proposed constitutional amendment with this name was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman.

H

One version of this legislation was modified by the “Hayden Rider” to appease critics, though it still failed to pass in the House.

H

With the support of Martha Griffiths, this amendment was passed by the Senate with the “Hayden rider” provision.

H

Geoffrey Fieger represented this man in a series of trials that involved his use of a device called the "Thanatron." While terminally ill with Hepatitis C, this man was paroled by Governor Jennifer Granholm in 2007.

H

Amendment planning to end legal distinctions between men and women which the Democratic candidate claimed he would pass if elected.

H

Idaho v. Freeman rescinded a state’s right to withdraw support for this amendment.Name this amendment that failed to gain the support of 38 states by 1982, due in part to the efforts of Phyllis Schlafly. If passed, it would prohibit any discrimination based on sex.

H

Roosevelt chaired the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, whose report concluded that this proposed amendment was not the best way to achieve female equality. Phyllis Schlafly opposed this amendment.

H

Discussion has been renewed in each session since then, most recently in 2001 by Representative Carolyn Maloney in conjunction with a call for tax-funded abortions.

Watch out: Esther Peterson opposed it, favoring 'specific bills for specific ills' instead
#1865 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 1

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
U.S. Government · Public domain

1930 U.S. tariff legislation · 1930 · United States

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act raised import duties on over 20,000 goods to the second-highest level in American history.

The kit

  • Passage — The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was signed by Herbert Hoover in 1930 despite opposition from over 1,000 economists who petitioned against it.
  • Economic impact — The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act worsened the Great Depression by triggering retaliatory tariffs worldwide and cutting American trade roughly in half.
  • International effects — The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act prompted Canada's Dunning Act, Spain's Wais Bill, and contributed to Cuba's sugar crisis that brought Batista to power.
  • Reversal — The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was largely reversed by the 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act signed by Franklin Roosevelt.

Runs with

Great Depression
considered a main cause by raising tariffs that deepened the crisis open card →
Cuba
created sugar crisis leading to Sergeants Revolt and Batista's rise open card →
Herbert Hoover
signed the act in 1930 attempting to improve economy open card →
Senate
co-sponsored by Utah Senator Reed Smoot, a Mormon apostle open card →

The ladder · 15 clues

H

Thomas Lamont of J.P. Morgan called this bill "asinine" and said it "intensified nationalism all over the world." This bill was co-sponsored by a Republican Senator from Utah who was the subject of a four year debate about whether his Mormon apostle status rendered him ineligible to serve.

H

This tariff passed during Herbert Hoover’s administration raised import duties to the second-highest level ever in American history. It is considered to be a main cause of the Great Depression.

H

The “repercussions” of this legislation are the subject of a 1934 book by Joseph Jones.

H

In a Clifford Berryman cartoon, this law is labeled a "tonic" while Pat Harrison and John Nance Garner are looking on as alternate doctors.

H

This bill was sometimes named after Pennsylvania senator Joseph Grundy.

H

Paul Douglas and Irving Fisher were two of over 1,000 economists throughout the United States who requested the president to not sign this bill. :Name this controversial bill passed in 1930 which raised tariffs on over 20,000 goods entering the U.S.

H

Canadian Conservative Party leader Richard Bedford Bennett railed against this act in a speech which claimed “we’ve got the soup kitchens,” and its effects led to the Sergeants Revolt in Cuba.

M

This law was largely reversed by the 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act.

M

The disastrous 1930 tariff bill which worsened the Depression

M

This 1930 tariff raised taxes on about 20,000 goods and led to a decline in U.S. trade, contributing to the Great Depression.

M

This law's second namesake was a representative from Oregon, while its first namesake also served as one of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church, while also serving as a Senator from Utah.

M

This high tariff enacted soon after Black Tuesday helped deepen the crisis when other nations also enacted similar retaliatory tariffs in response. As a result of this tariff, international trade fell by around fifty percent.

E

In 1930, Hoover signed this act, which raised tariffs in an attempt to improve the economy; it unfortunately ended up worsening the Depression.

E

1930 tariff act that significantly worsened the Great Depression by inviting retaliation.

E

1930 tariff act that was opposed by over 1,000 economists.

10 more clues from the record
H

The Dunning Act was Canada’s pre-emptive response to the signing of this bill, whose passage was protested to the president in a statement by Clair Wilcox of Swarthmore, which was backed by the signatures of 1028 professors.

H

The reaction to this legislation directly contributed to the electoral victory of Robert Bennett over William Lyon MacKenzie King, and it prompted Spain’s passage of the Wais Bill.

H

Al Gore gifted Ross Perot a framed photo referencing this legislation on The Larry King Show while using this legislation to dismiss Perot’s anti-NAFTA sentiments.

H

Rand Paul warned, “We lost the House and the Senate for 60 years” due to this legislation in comments made regarding similar proposals.

H

Name these tariffs .This 1930 tarriff was as high as fifty-nine percent for certain imports and is blamed for helping to cause the Great Depression.

H

Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934 as a direct Democratic response to this Republican legislation.

H

It is blamed for triggering the “beggar-thy-neighbor” phenomenon and for creating the sugar crisis which brought Fulgencio Batista to power in Cuba.

H

The Senate proposal for this bill emphasized rates for farm products, while the House version focused on manufactured goods.

M

Like its predecessor, the Young Plan also failed, although it was mainly due to the Wall Street crash and this massively high import duty passed in 1930 which essentially cut American trade in half.

M

Hoover signed this act in 1930 in an effort to help the depression. Instead it reduced American imports and exports by half and negatively impacted the world economy.

Watch out: Sometimes called the Grundy Tariff after Pennsylvania Senator Joseph Grundy
#1891 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 3

Homestead Act

Homestead Act
A Milton, North Dakota, photographer · Public domain

1862 land grant law · 1862–1976 · United States western territories

Homestead Act granted 160 acres of public land to citizens who lived on and improved it for five years.

The kit

  • Provisions — Homestead Act allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of public land for a filing fee after five-year residency.
  • Expansion — Homestead Act promoted westward expansion, including the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush in newly-opened territories.
  • Modifications — Homestead Act was modified by the Kinkaid Act for Nebraska Sandhills and supported by Timber Culture Act.
  • End — Homestead Act was effectively repealed in 1976, with a ten-year extension for Alaskan claims.

Runs with

Land
granted 160-acre parcels of public land open card →
Oklahoma
promoted 1889 Land Rush opening Oklahoma Territory open card →
Alaska
remained in use ten years after mainland repeal open card →
Abraham Lincoln
passed during Lincoln administration in 1862 open card →

The ladder · 6 clues

H

1862 act that granted 160 acres of land to citizens willing to work and improve the land for five years.

H

give the following about the American West.This 1862 act gave about 160 acres of land to those who lived on and improved the land for five years.

M

George Henry Evans supported the passage of this act by using the phrase "Vote Yourself a Farm." 160 free acres of government land were offered to U.S. citizens by this 1862 act during the Lincoln administration.

M

This act, whose first beneficiary was Daniel Freeman, led to many people moving west to territories such as Oklahoma.

E

This act allowed settlers to purchase 160 acres of public land for the cost of a filing fee. name this 1862 act that promoted westward expansion.

E

1862 law that granted millions of acres to small farmers, commonly 160 acres at a time.

10 more clues from the record
H

The 1889 Land Rush in Oklahoma was promoted by this 1862 act, which gave settlers 160-acre parcels of land in newly-opened western territories.

H

This act was limited to citizens who had never taken up arms against the United States and was effectively repealed in 1976, with a ten-year extension for Alaskan claims.

H

Grover Cleveland's last speech to Congress requested that this act be amended to allow the Indian Territory, now in modern Oklahoma, to be opened to prospective settlers.

H

This legislation superseded the Preemption Act, and the Kinkaid Act modified it to apply to full sections in western Nebraska.

H

Poor wording in this legislation allowed swindlers to interpret a 12 by 14 requirement to be in inches rather than feet.

H

This law's namesake representative introduced the Kinkaid Act to modify it, aiming to settle the Nebraska Sandhills.

H

This act was supported by the Timer Culture Act, which gave additional benefits in exchange for planting trees.

H

1862 Act that allowed for settlers to claim farms, conflicting with ranchers.

H

The 1934 Taylor Grazing Act severely curtailed this legislation.

H

This act remained in use in Alaska for ten years after it was abandoned in the rest of the country. :Name this legislation that essentially replaced the 1841 Preemption Act by creating a new set of guidelines for giving an applicant 160 acres of land in exchange for living on it for five years.

Watch out: Preemption Act of 1841, which this legislation replaced
#1963 · US Laws, Amendments, and Official Documents · Level 3

Wilmot Proviso

Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot; scanned by Bob Burkhardt · Public domain

Proposed 1846 antislavery amendment · 1846 · United States Congress

The Wilmot Proviso was an 1846 amendment that would have banned slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.

The kit

  • Rise — The Wilmot Proviso was introduced as an amendment to an emergency two million dollar spending authorization during negotiations with Santa Anna.
  • Conflicts — The Wilmot Proviso passed the House as a rider but was voted down in the Senate, with John Davis attempting to force a vote.
  • Legacy — The Wilmot Proviso's dispute was resolved by the Compromise of 1850, which addressed the status of slavery in newly-won territories.

Runs with

Slavery
banned slavery in new territories open card →
Mexican-American War
attached to appropriations bill ending the war open card →
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
targeted land acquired in this treaty open card →
Pennsylvania
sponsored by a Pennsylvania Democrat open card →

The ladder · 6 clues

H

Never-passed bill that would have banned slavery in territory acquired during the war.

H

What proposal, named after its Pennsylvania sponsor, attempted to ban slavery in territory acquired by America in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

M

Proposed American law to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico

M

Attached as a rider to a two million dollar appropriations bill to end the Mexican-American War this was this unsuccessful 1846 proposal by a Pennsylvania Democrat to ban slavery in the newly won territories.

E

This law was introduced as an amendment to an emergency two million dollar spending authorization during negotiations with Santa Anna. name this proposed law which aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War.

E

The Compromise of 1850 resolved the dispute over this resolution that would have banned slavery in any land gained from Mexico. It was passed as a rider in the House before being voted down in the Senate.

10 more clues from the record
H

This piece of legislation is depicted as a stone tripping a carriage in which the driver asks his companion “Do slack up a little there, Horace.” The Congressional Library holds the original draft of this document, written by Jacob Brinkerhoff.

H

John Davis tried to force a vote on this legislation, but his efforts were marred by an eight-minute difference between clocks in the House and the Senate.

H

In a cartoon titled Whig Harmony, this legislation is depicted as a boulder impeding a wagon being pulled by Zachary Taylor and Henry Clay.

H

The same bill which originally attracted this amendment was targeted by John Berrien's addition enshrining the aims of "No Territory" Whigs.

H

Voting on this proposal immediately followed a proposal by Indiana Democrat William A. Wick to simply extend the line of the Missouri Compromise.

H

This proposal came out of a series of meetings with several Barnburners like Preston King and Hannibal Hamlin.

H

Backlash to this amendment caused its sponsor to lose renomination for his House seat in favor of Galusha Grow.

H

Jacob Brinkerhoff wrote this piece of legislation, which was opposed by the Democratic Party’s ideology of popular sovereignty.

H

The namesake of this bill was a member of the Free Soil Party.

H

Failedlawthatwouldhavepreventedtheextensionofslaveryinnewly-acquiredterritoryfromMexico.

Watch out: Jacob Brinkerhoff wrote the original draft held by the Congressional Library, though the proposal bears another Pennsylvania Democrat's name.