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People (4)
Daniel Webster
Senator, Orator, and Champion of American Union
Henry Clay
The Great Compromiser who held the Union together — and delayed its reckoning
John C. Calhoun
Senator, Vice President, and the intellectual architect of Southern secessionism
Stephen A. Douglas
The "Little Giant" Whose Kansas-Nebraska Act Fractured the Union, 1813–1861
Events (7)
Compromise of 1850
The last great legislative bargain before the Union broke apart
Continental Congress
The revolutionary assembly that declared independence, fought a war, and built a nation
Great Compromise
The Connecticut Plan of 1787 that created the bicameral Congress and saved the Constitutional Convention
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The first presidential impeachment — and a referendum on who would control Reconstruction
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
The 1998–99 impeachment over the Lewinsky affair
Impeachments of Donald Trump
The first president impeached twice, in 2019 and 2021
January 6 Capitol Attack
The 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol that interrupted the certification of the presidential election
Documents (9)
Articles of Confederation
America's first constitution and the document that proved insufficient
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The landmark law that banned discrimination and made legal segregation a federal crime
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The 1964 Congressional Authorization That Escalated the Vietnam War
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The 1854 law that reopened the slavery debate and shattered American politics
Missouri Compromise
The 1820 deal that delayed the Civil War by 40 years — and guaranteed it would be worse
Seventeenth Amendment
The Amendment That Created Direct Election of U.S. Senators, 1913
The USA PATRIOT Act
The 2001 law that expanded surveillance after September 11
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The law that finally enforced the 15th Amendment — nearly a century after its ratification
War Powers Resolution
Congress's 1973 attempt to reclaim the power to declare war from the executive branch
Concepts (2)
Checks and Balances
The constitutional design that prevents any branch of government from becoming supreme
Gerrymandering
The art of drawing district lines to choose your voters before they choose you
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