Presidents & Political Parties
This president purchased Louisiana from France in 1803.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
his music genre emerged from African American communities and became hugely influential during the 1920s.
What is jazz?
This movement sought to outlaw alcohol in the United States.
What is the temperance movement?
This doctrine warned European nations against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 19th-century migration route helped settlers move westward to the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This political party opposed many of Alexander Hamilton’s policies in the 1790s.
What are the Democratic-Republicans?
This 1920s cultural conflict centered on whether evolution should be taught in schools.
What is the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
This Progressive Era amendment established a federal income tax.
What is the 16th amendment?
This war was fought largely over the independence of Cuba and U.S. imperial ambitions.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This late 1800s immigration center processed millions of arrivals entering the United States through New York Harbor.
What is Ellis Island?
This president’s “Corrupt Bargain” election victory in 1824 angered supporters of Andrew Jackson.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This artistic and literary movement flourished among African Americans in New York during the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This reformer founded Hull House to support immigrants and the urban poor.
Who is Jane Addams?
This event drew the United States into World War II after a surprise Japanese attack.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This movement to California dramatically increased after the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848.
What is the California Gold Rush?
This president launched the Square Deal and became known for trust-busting.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This 1950s/60s music style, associated with artists like Elvis Presley, became closely tied to youth culture.
What is rock and roll?
This 1960s movement emphasized Black pride, self-determination, and racial empowerment.
What is the Black Power Movement?
This Cold War policy promised U.S. support to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Rapid growth of these communities became a defining demographic trend after World War II.
What are suburbs?
This New Deal president was elected to four terms during the Great Depression and World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This 1969 music festival became a symbol of the counterculture movement.
What is Woodstock?
This 1963 event featured Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This agreement ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973.
What are the Paris Peace Accords?
This 1942 government agreement brought temporary Mexican laborers to work in the United States during World War II.
What is the Bracero Program?