Important People
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This war resulted in the United States gaining territory east of the Mississippi River.
French and Indian War
This 1773 protest was a response to the Tea Act.
The Boston Tea Party
Economic theory that government should not interfere with business.
laissez-faire?
This doctrine warned European nations against future colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
This president created the New Deal in response to the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This war was largely caused by disputes over maritime rights and British impressment.
The war of 1812
This event led directly to U.S. entry into World War II.
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The idea that government power comes from the consent of the governed.
popular sovereignty
This policy called for the United States to remain neutral in Latin America and avoid military intervention.
Good Neighbor Policy
This colonial pamphleteer wrote Common Sense in support of independence.
Thomas Paine
This war helped the American colonies gain independence from Great Britain.
The American Revolutionary War
This Supreme Court case ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Brown v. Board of Education
Policy of preventing the spread of communism.
containment
This post-WWII plan provided economic aid to rebuild Europe.
The Marshall Plan
This muckraking journalist exposed problems in the oil industry and Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell
This war was fought in the 1950s, in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism, but ended in a stalemate.
The Korean War
This scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon.
The Watergate Scandal
This document issued by Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
Emancipation Proclamation
This policy was announced by President Truman to assist nations resisting communism with military aid.
Truman Doctrine
This newspaper publisher used yellow journalism to increase support for the Spanish-American War.
(hint... there are two, name at least one)
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
This war was fought in Southeast Asia to stop the spread of communism.
Vietnam War
This rebellion highlighted weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Shays Rebellion
Practice of giving government jobs to political supporters.
the spoils system
This foreign policy under Nixon sought improved relations with both China and the Soviet Union.
What is détente