The Colonial Period
Colonists protested this act because they were taxed without representation.
What is the Stamp Act?
This principle means government power comes from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This author created the term “Gilded Age.”
: Who is Mark Twain?
This conflict was the struggle between the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII.
What is the Cold War?
This economic system was used by European nations to gain wealth from colonies.
What is Mercantilism?
This protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This Supreme Court case guaranteed lawyers for defendants who could not afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is Containment?
This important document established self-government for Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The British occupied this city for most of the Revolutionary War because it was a major port.
What is New York City?
This branch has the power to veto laws.
: What is the Executive Branch?
This Supreme Court case established the “right to remain silent.”
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This Soviet satellite launched in 1957 started the Space Race.
What is Sputnik?
The terrible journey enslaved Africans endured across the Atlantic Ocean was called this.
What is the Middle Passage?
Colonists who stayed loyal to Britain during the Revolution were called these.
What are Loyalists?
This branch determines whether laws are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The Gilded Age was marked by rapid industrialization and this economic system.
What is Laissez-faire Capitalism?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This trade system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is Triangular Trade?
The British strategy that focused on gaining support in the Southern colonies was called this.
What is the Southern Strategy?
The phrase in the Constitution showing power comes from citizens is this.
What is “We the People”?
During the Gilded Age, the shiny success of industry hid these major problems.
What are poverty, corruption, and wealth inequality?
This doctrine stated that nuclear war would destroy both sides completely.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?