Beginning of America
This term means when colonies produce raw materials and the mother country produces finished products
Mercantilism
The election of 1860 led to what war?
What is the Civil War
This Supreme Court decision upheld segregation laws. Establishes “Separate, but equal” doctrine.
What was Plessy v. Ferguson
What event happened based on the following
*Yellow Journalism - exaggerated new stories
*Sympathy for Cuban people
*Explosion of the USS Maine
What was the Spanish American War
This President had fireside chats and promised a "New Deal"
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This declared that colonists were not supposed to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. This would avoid conflict with Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
This Supreme Court decision stated that slaves are
* property protected under the 5th Amendment
*African Americans do not have the rights of citizens
Dred Scott v Sandford (Dred Scott Decision)
Gave land to Native Americans if they assimilated (left their tribe and acted like white Americans
What was the Dawes Act
Established that the US would use force to keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere and was synonymous to the Monroe Doctrine
What was the Roosevelt Corollary
The US entered into WWII based on this event
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
A series of acts to punish Boston, for the Boston Tea Party. Closed the port of Boston and limited the power of the colonial government in Massachusetts.
The Coercive Acts or what the Colonists called Intolerable Acts
This agreement allowed California to enter as a free state (upset the South) and enforced the Fugitive Slave Act
What was the Compromise of 1850
Period after the Civil War of fast industrial growth
What was the Gilded Age
The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram led to the United States taking this action
This Alliance was to Protect and country that wanted to maintain a democratic republic after WWII
What was NATO
This rebellion showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation. A group of farmers closed courts and the federal government had difficulty stopping this rebellion.
What was Shay's Rebellion
This President was ready to use force against South Carolina in the Nullification Crisis, The Trail of Tears and many duels.
Who was Andrew Jackson
This was the name given to investigative journalists such as Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis
What were Muckrakers
The U.S. did not want to sign the last of the 14 points because it would lead us to foreign wars without congressional approval
What was the League of Nations
The fear of Communism spreading from one country to the next is called
The Domino Theory
This political group Did NOT want the Constitution to be ratified. They were afraid of a stronger central government and wanted a bill of rights added in order for the Constitution to be ratified
Who were the Anti-Federalists
In order for Jefferson to make a transaction that led to the control of the Great Plains and the Mississippi River, he needed to take a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
What was the Louisiana Purchase
This "Captain of Industry" was known for
*Steel
*Bessemer Process (process to remove impurities in steel)
*Social Darwinism
Who is Andrew Carnegie
Based on Nativist sentiment due to WWI, who was Rin Tin Tin (A German shepherd replaced by?)
Who was the Collie named Lassie
Who was President Nixon