This is the idea that the United States has a God given right to expand.
What is Manifest Destiny
100
This crucial document officially gave the U.S. the power to use force in Foreign affairs to defend the Western Hemisphere.
What is The Monroe Doctrine
100
The United States remained neutral in World War I until President Wilson became frustrated with this German wartime strategy.
What is U boat attacks
100
German anger over this document assisted Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
What is The Treaty of Versilles
100
This is the belief that if one nation falls to communism, all will fall to communism.
What is Domino Theory
200
President Thomas Jefferson sent these two explorers deep into unexplored U.S. territory obtained through the Louisiana Purchase.
Who are Lewis and Clark
200
This document added strength to the Monroe Doctrine and established the U.S. as an international police power.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
200
U.S. entry into the war was made certain when British intelligence shared this intercepted German message indicating a possible alliance between Germany and Mexico.
What is The Zimmerman Note
200
The United States eagerly joined World War II after this infamous attack.
What is Pearl Harbor
200
In this infamous event, U.S. troops attempted and failed to overthrow and kill Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro.
What is The Bay of Pigs Invasion
300
Thousands of Americans eagerly crossed the Oregon trail for financial gain after this was discovered on the West Coast.
What is Gold
300
Arizona and New Mexico were added as States to the Union after this war.
What is The Mexican American War
300
During the war, the U.S. government used this media technique in order to increase public support of the war effort.
What is Propoganda
300
Prior to the U.S. joining the war, Roosevelt supported Britain and other allied powers indirectly using this piece of legislation.
What is The Lend Lease Act
300
This man was the secretary of defense during the Vietnam War.
Who is Robert McNamara
400
Thousands of Native Americans died during this brutal forced migration caused by the passage of the Indian Removal Act.
What is The Trail of Tears
400
Using the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. justified its war with this country which resulted in the U.S. gaining several colonies.
What is Spain
400
Going into the treaty of Versailles, President Wilson constructed these, instructing the countries of Europe on how to create a lasting peace.
What are Wilson's 14 Points
400
Prior to the conclusion of World War II, President Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill to outline what the post war world would look like in this famous document.
What is The Atlantic Charter
400
This incident represents the closest the planet has ever come to Thermonuclear War.
What is The Cuban Missile Crisis
500
In order to encourage migration, the U.S. Government passed this act which made very cheap land available to settlers.
What is the Homestead Act
500
Theodore Roosevelt used the Roosevelt Corollary as an excuse to create this engineering marvel which provided Americans with a fast route to California by sea.
What is the Panama Canal
500
According to historians, these four overarching factors contributed to the start of World War I
What is Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Alliances.
500
Responding to citizen paranoia, President Roosevelt signed this executive order which forced Japanese Americans into internment camps.
What is Executive Order 9066
500
In the documentary "Fog of War" Robert McNamara claims that this terrifying future is inevitable.