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The post civil war period during which the Union attempted rebuild the Nation
What is reconstruction?
These makeshift shantytowns, named sarcastically after the president blamed for the Depression, housed thousands of unemployed Americans during the early 1930s.
Hoovervilles
Alcohol was made illegal during this time called
Prohibition
Passed in 2001, this controversial law expanded government surveillance powers in an effort to prevent terrorism, raising debates about national security versus civil liberties.
The Patriot Act
This 1962 confrontation brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war after American spy planes discovered Soviet missiles being built just 90 miles from Florida.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Considered the father of the automobile and also created this which allowed for manufacturing to increase dramatically
Henry Ford
Assembly Line
Name the 2 major political parties
Democrat and Republican
These were the members of Congress that wanted to make Reconstruction harder on the former Confederate states.
Who were the radical republicans
Passed in 1649, this law in the Chesapeake region became one of the first attempts in the colonies to legally protect Christian religious freedom—especially for Catholics.
Maryland Toleration Act
This Rebellion Showcased the weaknesses of the Article of Confederation
Shays Rebellion
Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War
Rough Riders
In response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Britain carried out this massive operation that delivered food, fuel, and supplies by plane for nearly a year.
Berlin Airlift
This Battleship exploded in Havana harbor in 1898.
what was the battleship USS Maine
A leader in equality for public housing he showcased the truth about tenament housing
Jacob Riis
It ended the Spanish-American War. Under its terms, Spain recognized Cuba's independence and assumed the Cuban debt
Treaty of Paris
Information meant to influence public opinion
propaganda
The four root causes of World War I
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The potato famine is a prime example of a
This Compromise helped to create what is known as the Constiution Today
The Great Compromise
This term describes the early‑1950s practice of making unproven accusations of communist activity, led by a U.S. senator
What is McCarthyism
A monetary charge to vote
What is a Poll Tax?
This dotrine stated that Eastern Hemisphere countries whould stay to to themsleves and not intervene in the Western Hemishere
Monroe Doctrine
As president from 1953 to 1961, he expanded the nation’s highway system with a massive federal program that transformed travel, commerce, and suburban growth.
Dwight Eisenhower