Founding Docs
Declaration of independence
Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
urbanization
What is the term for the process of increasing the proportion of people living in cities and towns?
Spanish American War
Which conflict resulted in the United States gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
Communism
What is the name of the treaty signed by the Soviet Union and other communist nations to promote mutual defense and cooperation?
Nuclear Race
during the Cold War, to develop and stockpile ever more powerful nuclear weapons?
July 4th, 1776
what day did Congress approve of declaration of independence
capitalism
What type of economic system is characterized by private ownership of the means of production and market-driven allocation of resources?
U.S.S. Maine
destroyed in Havana Harbor, Cuba
Red scare
heightened fear and reaction to communist, socialist, and anarchist ideologies, particularly during the period after World War I.
Sputnik/space race
What event is considered the start of the Space Race?
Magna carta
considered the foundation of the rule of law in England
Haymarket Riot
Chicago, Illinois
Panama Canal
What is the name of the waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Sacco and Vanzetti
What two Italian anarchists were wrongly convicted of murder and robbery in the 1920s?
Iron Curtain
symbolic barrier between the Western and Eastern blocs during the Cold War?
Mayflower Compact
what is the name of the document signed by the pilgrim s on the mayflower
Great migration
It was a mass migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North and Midwest between 1916 and 1970.
Big Stick Policy
known as a foreign policy approach used by US President Theodore Roosevelt, characterized by the principle of "speak softly and carry a big stick
Roaring Twenties
What period in American history is known for economic prosperity, social changes, and a vibrant culture, often characterized by jazz music and flappers?
Berlin wall
What physical barrier divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989?
Enlightenment
term for man's emergence from self imposed immaturity
Jim crow laws
"What are state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States, especially in the South, from the late 19th to mid-20th century?
Treaty of Versailles
What international organization did the treaty create?
Consumerism
What is the excessive focus on acquiring material possessions?
second red scare
"What is the term for the period of intense anticommunist fear and suspicion in the US during the late 1940s and 1950s, also known as McCarthyism?