APUSH 1
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
Name of LBJ's set of domestic programs
Great Society
President for most of the 1980s
Ronald Reagan
This group opposed ratification of the Constitution due to lack of a bill of rights.
Anti-Federalists
Most famous political machine (can also name party boss)
Tammany Hall led Boss Tweed
This strategy divided the Confederacy by controlling the Mississippi River and cutting supply lines.
Anaconda Plan
This federal agency established in 1865 provided aid, education, and legal assistance to formerly enslaved people.
Freedmen's Bureau
This 1950–1953 conflict ended in a stalemate along the 38th parallel.
Korean War
This 1961 invasion attempt by Cuban exiles failed and strengthened Castro’s alliance with the USSR.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
first federal law that (was supposed to) break up monopolies
Sherman Anti Trust Act
This immigration station processed millions entering the U.S. and symbolized both opportunity and restriction.
Ellis Island
President associated with interstate highway system, growth of suburbs.
Eisenhower
This colonial system of labor tied poor Europeans to plantation economies in exchange for passage to America, often under harsh conditions and limited rights. Bill Clinton's free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada
Indentured Servitude
This president pushed “trust-busting” reforms and conservation policies.
Theodore Roosevelt
Agricultural group that preceded/helped bring about the Populists
Grange
This political system relied on rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs after an election victory.
Spoils System (Patronage System)
This Union general became known for his “March to the Sea” through Georgia in 1864.
William Sherman
This 2001 legislation expanded government surveillance powers after the September 11 attacks.
Patriot Act
This U.S. policy, implemented under Richard Nixon, gradually shifted combat responsibility in Vietnam to South Vietnamese forces while withdrawing American troops.
Vietnamization
Strike against a Carnegie factory, was crushed by Pinkertons
Homestead Strike
Government agency meant to persuade Americans to support WWI
Committee on Public Information
Campaign in Vietnam that turned American opinion against the war
Tet Offensive
This 1913 amendment fundamentally changed U.S. Senate elections from state legislature selection to direct election.
17th amendment
This 1798 legislation expanded federal power over immigration and allowed the president to deport non-citizens deemed dangerous.
Alien & Sedition Acts