Unit 1
This was added to the Constitution to protect individual rights
Bill of Rights
This term refers to the American belief that God gave the continent to Americans to spread democracy
Manifest Destiny
This term refers to the journalists who exposed social, economic, and political problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Muckrakers
These were the 4 general causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
This term is used to describe the large number of children born in the United States following WWII
Baby Boom
This uprising in Massachusetts led American leaders to re-examine the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Shays' Rebellion
This former slave was an outspoken advocate for Abolition, even creating an anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star.
Frederick Douglas
This author exposed problems in the meatpacking industry in his famous novel ___________
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
This was Wilson's plan for peace in the post-WWI period
14 Points
This court case helped to stimulate the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s & 1960s
Brown v. Board of Education
This protest over British taxes led to the destruction of property and the passage of the Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
This term refers to fear and hatred of immigrants
Nativism
This change to the constitution led to the direct election of Senators
17th Amendment
This was the response of Americans in the Post-WWI period to the influx of immigrants and fear of communism
Red Scare
This scandal during the Nixon presidency resulted in many Americans no longer trusting the U.S. government
Watergate
This uprising, during the presidency of George Washington, challenged the authority of the national government to enforce federal laws
Whiskey Rebellion
She was an outspoken advocate for reforming the American prison systems and improving mental healthcare
Dorothea Dix
This Civil Rights worker of the late 19th and early 20th century helped to create the NAACP and used his Harvard law degree to fight discrimination in courts
W.E.B. Du Bois
This iconic character came to symbolize the efforts of American women in WWII
Rosie the Rivetor
This term describes the rising inflation coupled with rising unemployment in the 1970s
stagflation
This author, and his famous pamphlet ___________, convinced many American colonists that declaring independence was a good idea.
Thomas Paine, Common Sense
He promoted the development of the first state funded public education systems
Horace Mann
This was the first piece of successful anti-monopoly legislation, passed in the late 1800s
Sherman Antitrust Act
This term describes the efforts of African Americans to fight oppression in Europe and at home during WWII
This term refers to the technological program created in the 1980s by Ronald Reagan to end the threat of nuclear weapons
Strategic Defense Initiative/Star Wars