Period 6 1865-1898
Name given by Mark Twain to post Civil War period, implied hidden problems
Gilded Age
War that brought America Cuba, Puerto Rico, Phillippines
Spanish-American War
President associated with interstate highway system, growth of suburbs, NDEA
Eisenhower
President for most of the 1980s
RONALD WILSON REAGAN
Describe Alexander Hamilton
the first Treasury Secretary who pushed for a National Bank and a strong federal government to fix the nation's debt
Most famous political machine
Tammany Hall
Jane Addams is associated with this movement (not Progressivism)
Settlement Houses
Name of LBJ's set of domestic programs
Great Society
Epidemic that was mostly ignored by federal government in the 80s
AIDS
Describe Jane Addams
founded Hull House in Chicago to provide education and child care to poor immigrants
first federal law that (was supposed to) break up monopolies
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Government agency meant to persuade Americans to support WWI
The Committee on Public Information (CPI)
Invention that propelled massive demographic shift from North to South and Southwest
Air conditioning
Bill Clinton's free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Renowned Shawnee chief, warrior, and orator who forged a Native American confederacy to resist U.S. expansion in the Old Northwest. Late 1700's-Early 1800's
Who is Tecumsuh
Agricultural group that preceded/helped bring about the Populists
Grange Movement
Act that enforced the 18th Amendment
Volstead Act
Campaign in Vietnam that turned American opinion against the war
Tet Offensive
George W. Bush's legislative response after the 9/11 terror attacks
Patriot Act
American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Holds the record for longest filibuster, made against the passing of the Civil Rights Act.
Who is Strom Thurmond
Strike against a Carnegie factory, was crushed by Pinkertons
Homestead Strike
Group that opposed American intervention in WW2
America First Committee
Name of Carter's signature foreign policy achievement
Camp David Accords
Third party candidate in 1992 election who said this "you’re going to hear a giant sucking sound of jobs being pulled out of this country"
Ross Perot (about NAFTA) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_sucking_sound)
Wrote "The White Man's Burden"