1700s
1800~
1850~
Turning Point
WWI & WWII
100
July 2, 1776 Contiental Congress accepts
What is Delcaration of Independence
100
This purchase double the size of the United States in 1803
What is Louisiana purchase
100
Emanciption of slavery abolished
What is slavery
100
Promoted equal trade access in China
What is the open door policy
100
December 7, 1941, the United States enters the two front war due to the attack on
What is Pearl Harbor
200
Warned Americans against tying themselves to the fortunes of any "foreign influence"
What is Wahington's Farewell Address
200
Obtained all of Florida and the first U.S. formal rights to the Pacific coast
What is ADAMS-ONIS Treaty 1819
200
In 1853 U.S. minister to Mexico, James Gadsen bought for $10 million what was finally an area of 29,670 square miles so that the southern states could have a transcontinental railway route.
What is the Gadsen Purchase
200
[Role ofMedia]Type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.
What is the Yellow Journalism
200
April 2, 1917______ asked Congress to declare war
Woodrow Wilson
300
Brought 13 colonies togather against the Great Britain but it gave each state the right to control its own commerce
What is What is Article of Confederation
300
That nation was entering the 1815-to1860 era of "_______" that is, the belief that God has created North America for exactly the kind of white farmers and merchants that the American settlers happened to be
What is Manifest Destiny
300
1867 Alaska was purchased from Russian for $7.2million by Secretary of State
Who is William Seward
300
The U.S. Navy was able to modernize into Blue Water Navy due to these two items
What is Steel & Steam Engine
300
This number tripled from WWI to WWII
What is the U.S. casualty
400
1. Treaties with othe nations could be made lawful when the president proposed them and two-thirds of the Senators present concur. 2. a single person executive, the president was created 3.Congress receive the rights to regulate commerce with foreing nations and also receive the rights to rule all territory outside state control All of these are part of
What is the Constitution
400
The message told Europeans to stay out of American development, thus leaving the United States as potentially strongest power in the hemisohere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
400
In order to obtain and protect oversea markets, the US needed a great navy and fueling bases as rest stops for the navy. This conclusion has been promoted by
Who is Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan
400
In 1914 the distance between New York and San Francisco by boat shrank from 13,615 miles to 5,300 miles.
What is Panama Canal
400
I killed over 200,000 on Hiroshima and over 80,000 on Nagasaki. No more total war due to my existence
What is the atomic bomb
500
It have been quoted repeatedly from the founders in the 1780s to President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s - to define the U.S. Mission in the World
What is "City upon a hill"
500
Obtained California and New Mexico territory and start the debate over expansion of slave states which eventually led to the Civil War.
What is the Mexican War
500
Rise of corporation occured after the Civil War. John D. Rockefeller built his MNC on an oil export (later Exxon). How about Andrew Carneige? Which two resources made Andrew Carnegie rich?
What is iron and steel
500
Preident Taft argued,"______" could create orderly societies by helping develop the unindustrialized nations and happily, make a nice profit for American investors.
What is the Dollar Diplomacy
500
Mexico Revolution kept the U.S. busy on Western hemisphere during 1910-1917. What announcement by Carranza threaten the U.S oil companies.
What is the agrarian reform
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