A House Divided
These laws passed in the South after the Civil War attempted to restrict the freedoms of formerly enslaved African Americans.
What were Black Codes?
This 1890 law gave the federal government authority to break up monopolies and was later used by Theodore Roosevelt against large trusts, such as Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This waterway connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans after the United States supported Panama’s independence from Colombia.
What was the Panama Canal?
This term describes the economic aftermath of World War I, which saw factories close, unemployment rise, and returning soldiers compete for jobs.
What is demobilization?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
These members of Congress clashed with President Andrew Johnson during Reconstruction because they wanted harsher treatment of former Confederate states and stronger protections for African American rights.
What are Radical Republicans?
This 1887 law attempted to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual allotments.
What was the Dawes Act?
This style of sensationalized reporting exaggerated events in Cuba and helped push the United States into war with Spain.
What was yellow journalism?
This economic plan provided U.S. loans to Germany so it could repay war debts and stabilize Europe’s economy.
What was the Dawes Plan?
This civil rights leader promoted nonviolent protest and helped lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott and March on Washington.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
These three Reconstruction Amendments abolished slavery, granted citizenship, and protected voting rights for African Americans.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
Said this Populist leader who campaigned against the Gold Standard to improve the financial conditions of farmers during his losing 1896 presidential run.
Who was William J. Bryan?
The Annexation of Hawaii and the aftermath of the Spanish-American War transformed America into a major world power, with the Treaty of Paris giving the U.S. island colonies such as Guam, Puerto Rico, Midway, and this archipelago near China.
What are the Philippines?
Congress passed a series of laws in the 1930s to prevent the U.S. from entering conflicts with aggressive powers, known as these.
What are Neutrality Acts?
This 1972 scandal involving a break-in at Democratic headquarters eventually led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
What was Watergate?
These Southern laws passed after Reconstruction enforced segregation and restricted African American voting through literacy tests and poll taxes.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This infamous political machine in New York City used patronage and corruption to maintain political control.
What was Tammany Hall?
This government agency used posters, speeches, and propaganda to gain support for World War I.
What was the Committee on Public Information?
This U.S. program provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after World War II and prevent the spread of communism.
What was the Marshall Plan?
Public opinion soured on the Vietnam War following the surprise 1968 Tet Offensive led by the Vietcong against American and South Vietnam forces, leading to this president's shocking announcement that he would not be seeking a second full term in office.
Who is LBJ?
This government agency established during Reconstruction provided education, food, and legal aid to formerly enslaved people.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This Florida industrialist developed the Florida East Coast Railway and helped build Miami and Palm Beach.
Who was Henry Flagler?
This was the name of the message from Germany encouraged Mexico to attack the United States and helped push America into World War I.
What was the Zimmermann Telegram?
“It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”
Were the words that established the containment policy as the official foreign policy principle of the U.S. during the Cold War, known as this.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This agreement ratified under Bill Clinton opened trade with Mexico and Canada
What is NAFTA?