Foundations of American History

Explain the meaning and historical significance of "E Pluribus Unum"

• Out of many, one; the 13 British American colonies were brought together by one common goal, to declare independence from Great Britain

• A political and cultural belief that the U.S. is different because of its founding principles of freedom, democracy, and equality

• A tendency to favor one side, group, or opinion over another in a way that is unfair. In history and media, bias can shape public opinion by favoring certain viewpoints and ignoring others.

• Established by the U.S. Constitution (1787), it is the process used to elect the President and Vice President. Each state gets a number of electors (a group of people) equal to its senators + representatives.

What does the phrase “all men are created equal” mean in this passage?

• Everyone must obey the king

• Everyone is born with the same basic rights

• Everyone has the same wealth

• Everyone is guaranteed to succeed

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the

governed

• The Bill of Rights

• Branches of Government

• From the Declaration of Independence

• Preamble to the United States Constitution

Basic rights of the people that may not be taken away

• Unalienable Rights

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• republicanism

We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,

promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of

America.

• The Preamble to the United States Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• Branches of Government

A country where power is held by the PEOPLE and their ELECTED representatives; a president is elected by the people

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Communism

• Dictatorship

A system of ideas; beliefs; doctrine

• era

• trend

• Ideology

• boycott

A group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power

• Supreme Court

• Political Party

• Congress

Warned Americans to avoid political parties, to avoid sectionalism because

it was a threat to national unity, and to AVOID FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS (ISOLATIONISM)

• George Washington's Farewell Address

• I Have a Dream speech

The first political party in the United States; under Alexander Hamilton, they called for a STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT that promoted economic growth

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Republicans

• Democrats