Terms for types of Governments
A strong belief in not getting involved in international affairs. This was popular in the US in the 1930s.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
The "Father of Our Country," this man served as military leader during the Revolutionary War and was the first US President serving from 1789-1797.
Who is George Washington?
A war fought between the US and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815 to secure US shipping rights and status as an independent nation.
What is the War of 1812?
The people own property and have economic freedom. This was the economic system of the United States and its allies during the Cold War.
What is Capitalism?
A type of totalitarian government where the nation comes first and people second. During World II, Germany, Italy, and Spain had this type of government.
What is Fascism?
Germany, Italy, and Japan make up this group.
What is World War II - Axis Power?
The was fought between Great Britain and the American Colonies between 1775 and 1783. the former colonies won their independence becoming the United States of America.
What is the Revolutionary War?
Using people as property. Practiced mostly in southern states with Africans, it was a major cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
A society where the government controls the economy and there is no private property. This was the economic system of the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War.
What is Communism?
A strong belief in one's country. A desire to be free and not be controlled by another country. This helped cause World War I.
What is Nationalism?
Germany's mass murder of 6 million Jewish people in Europe during World War II.
What is the Holocaust?
Author of the Declaration of Independence, first Secretary of State, and third President of the US serving from 1801 to 1809. While President, his Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the US's size.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Land purchased from France that doubled the early US's size.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A program of reforms made by President Johnson in the 1960s which tried to eliminate poverty and racial injustice in the United States.
What is the Great society?
A type of fascism practiced by Germany in the 1930s and 40s under Adolf Hitler which believed in a master race and was anti-Jewish.
What is Nazism?
United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and France make up this group.
What are World War II - Allied Powers?
The first government of the US from 1781 to 1789. It failed because it gave too little power to the national government.
What is Articles of Confederation?
The 13th abolished slavery, the 14th gave citizenship to former slaves, and the 15th gave former slaves voting rights.
What are the Civil War Amendments?
US President from 1913-21. He led the US during World War I, supported Progressive policies like limiting child labor, and helped create the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
A government where the state has complete control over the people and where a dictator rules.
What is Totalitarianism?
During World War II, over 100,000 people of Japanese heritage were forced to live in "War Relocation Camps" on the Pacific Coast of the US. Most were US citizens.
What is Japanese-American internment?
Adopted in 1789, this document is the supreme law of the US.
What is the United States Constitution?
The belief that it should be the mission of the American people that the United States should extend all across the American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Established after World War I, this international agency worked to establish world peace. It was the forerunner to the United Nations.
What is the League of Nations?