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- Tppecanoe and Tyler Too
- 1840--Whig Candidate William Henry Harrison
- 54 40 or Fight
- 1844-- Democratic candidate James K. Polk. Refers to posession of Canada
- Vote Yourself A Farm
- 1860-- Republican Slogan for Lincoln
- He kept us out of war
- 1916-- Slogan for Democratic Candidate Woodrow Wilson
- Every Man a King
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Great Depression-- Huey P. Long
Ran for President (was a Senator) 1932 - Don't Sawp Horses in the Middle of the Stream
- 1864-- Republican Candidate Lincoln running for re-election
- A chicken in every pot
- 1928-- Herbert Hoover Republican candidate running for president
- Had enough?
- 1948-- thomas dewey's slogan against truman (dewey=republican)
- a choice not an echo
- 1964-- barry goldwater republican candidate against Johnson
- in your guts, you know he's nuts
- 1964-- applies to goldwater --waht democrats said about goldwater
- a public office is a public trust
- 1884-- democratic candidate grover cleveland
- we do our part
- 1930's slogan for NRA-- New Deal Recovery Administration
- Marbury vs. Madison
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1803-- first time US Supreme court declared a law passed by congress unconstitutional
--Marbury hoping to recieve judge courtship
--first ex. of judicial review - Fletcher v. Pect
- 1810-- Supreme court ruled that a state could not arbituarily interfere with an individual's property rights
- Martin v. Hunters Lesse
- 1816-- Supreme court established its authority to overrule state court decisions
- McCullough v. Maryland
- 1819-- bank of US was constitutional and state tax on bank was unconstitutional because power to tax is the power to destroy
- cohens vs virginia
- 1821-- SC upheld its right to overrule a state action that violated the constitution.
- Gibbons v. ogden
- 1824-- SC ruled that a NY law dealing with interstate commerce was unconstitutional
- commonwealth vs. hunt
- 1842-- Mass. court ruled that strikes to improve labor conditions were lawful
- Dred Scott vs. Sanford
- 1857-- SC ruled that slaves couldn't sue in court and that Missouri compromise was unconstitutional
- Ex Parte Merryman
- 1861-- Pres. didn't have right to suspend habeus corpus right, only congress did
- Munn vs. Illinios
- 1876-- court ruled that when private property is devoted to public use, it is subject to public regulation
- Wabash case
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1886-- SC invalidated an Ill law regulating transportation
-fed gov takes control of interstate commerce - Plessy v Fergeson
- 1896-- SC ruled that separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites was constitutional
- Roe v Wade
- 1973-- SC est. the right to have abortions during the early months of preg.
- John Wilkes Booth
- shot and killed Lincoln at Fordes theater
- charles guiteau
- ass. Garfield
- Lean F. Czolgosz
- ass. William McKinley
- John F. Shrank
- attempted to ass. Teddy Roosevelt
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- ass. JFK
- John W. Hinckley Jr.
- attempted to ass. Reagan
- the Great War for the Empire
- refers to 7 years war --french indian war
- The american system
- 1820s-- plan designed by henry clay to rid nation of economic sectionalism
- the peculiar (unique)institution
- southern euphemism for slavery
- manifest destiny
- term coined in 1845 by John Osullivan, a writer-- means expansionism within our borders
- waving the bloody shirt
- benjamin butler-- bring back memories of civil war
- the robber barons
- ultra rich industrialists of late 19th century
- his rotundity
- john adams-- short, pearshaped
- old hickory
- andrew jackson-- men called him this in military
- little macigian
- martin van buren (pres. after andrew jackson --ran political machine in NY
- his accidency
- john tyler-- became pres. upon death of william h harrison
- old rough and ready
- zachary taylor-- military leader general
- old fuss and feathers
- general winfield scott-- carried on a door into battle
- the pathfinder
- jon fremont-- led peeps out west --drew and sold maps--1st republican presidential candidate
- the little giant
- stephen douglass- democrat running ag. lincoln
- the Plumed Knight
- James G. Blaine
- His Fraudulency
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- The Great Commoner
- William Jennings Bryan
- The Rough Rider
- teddy roosevelt
- ohio icicle
- john sherman
- big bill
- william taft
- silent cal
- calvin collidge
- the happy warrior
- Alfred e. smith
- the kingfish
- huey p. long
- tail gunner joe
- joseph mccarthy
- tricky dick
- richard nixon
- landslide lyndon
- lyndon b. johnson
- who said, "lafayette, we are here" upon arrival in paris
- Major Charles Stanton
- What famous spy was executed by the French
- Mata Hari
- Where did Charles Lindbergh begin flight across the Atlantic?
- Roosevelt field, Long Island, NY
- How many Americans served in WWI?
- 4.7 mil
- How many Americans lost their lives in WWI
- 116,516
- How many germans did sergeant york capture almost single-handedly
- 132
- who were the big four, who negotiated peace at Versailles at the end of WWI?
- Wilson, George, Clemenceau, Orlando
- What disease was the leading cause of death during the war?
- typhus
- what was a Q-ship
- war ship disguised to look like a merchant vessel
- average life expectancy of a pilot on the western front?
- 3 weeks
- how much $ did linberg recieve for flying nonstop from new york to paris
- 25,000
- when and where did the first drive in movie open for business?
- camden, NJ 1933
- to which president's death was the ? asked, "how can they tell?"
- calvin coolidge
- 1st pres to ride in a car to inauguration?
- harding
- highest tariff in US tariff
- 60% Hawley-Smoot Tariff
- what states were part of the dust bowl?
- Oklahahoma, Kansas, texas, colorado, new mexico
- who were brains of FDR "brain trust"
- basil o'connor, felix frankfurter, raymond mobley, rexford tugwell, adolf berl, samuel Rosenman
- 1st person to receive S.S. check
- Ida May Fuller
- what was intended destination of Amelia Earheart on final flight?
- Howland Island in Pacific
- what organization blocked performance of Marion Anderson at the Washington constitution hall?
- daughters of American Revolution
- "he that lies down with dogs will rise up with the fleas?
- ben franklin
- "taxation without representation is tyranny"
- James Otis
- "a little rebellion now and then is a good thing"
- thomas jefferson
- "I would rather be right then be president"
- henry clay
- speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far
- teddy roosevelt
- few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder
- george washington
- who said upon his death that washington had been 1st in war, 1st in peace, 1st in hearts of his countrymen
- henry lee
- these are the times that try mens souls
- thomas paine
- "vote early and vote often"
- al capone
- to make the world safe for democracy
- wilson
- the business of america is business
- coolidge
- thomas jefferson still lives
- john adams
- all men having power ought to be distrusted by a certain degree
- james madison