1700s-1805
In what year did America become a country?
1776
What was the time period after the Civil War called in which the country tried to rebuild itself after the war.
Reconstruction
What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to get America out of the Great Depression?
The New Deal
How did World War I cause World War II?
Treaty of Versailles
What happened in 1803 that doubled the size of America?
The Louisiana Purchase
List three new technologies/inventions in the country during the Second Industrial Revolution
Telephone, lightbulb, automobile, transcontinental railroad, Bessemer process, mass oil refineries
What were the causes of World War I?
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What were the two superpower countries competing against each other in the Cold War?
America and the Soviet Union
What is the federal government?
The level of government that oversees the whole country
Workers began to organize by forming unions and engaging in boycotting and strikes in response to what?
Poor working conditions during the rise of industry in the Second Industrial Revolution
List two territories America gained from the Spanish American War
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
What country had the highest casualties in WWII?
Soviet Union
What founding document created America's government?
The Constitution
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
The Dred Scott Decision was a Supreme Court ruling which said that African Americans, whether slave or free, were not citizens under the U.S. Constitution
List three causes of the Great Depression
Overproduction, stock market crash, banking crisis, decreased international trade
List three ways the Soviet Union and America competed and "fought" against each other in the Cold War
Arms race; space race; Vietnam War; Korean War; spying; propaganda
List three causes of the American Revolution
Answers will vary
List three reform movements during the Antebellum Period
Women's rights, temperance, abolition, education, prison reform
List three reform movements during the Progressive Era
Temperance, Women's rights, food safety laws, the environment, Civil rights, cities/urban areas,
What did the Supreme Court say in Brown v. Board of Education?
Declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional