industrilization
laws that enforced inferior, segregated public facilities, schools, transportation, and housing, aimed at maintaining white supremacy.
jim crow laws
a foundational 1215 document issued by King John of England under pressure from rebellious barons
magna carta
a Cold War competition (roughly 1947–1991) for nuclear supremacy between the U.S. and Soviet Union,
nuclear race
growing populations, technological innovations, and economic changes
growth on the surburbs
coined by Theodore Roosevelt in 1901, was a foreign policy approach advocating negotiating peacefully
big stick policy
a form of tenant farming where a landowner allows a tenant to use land and housing in exchange for a portion of the crops produced
sharecroping
he first governing document of Plymouth Colony, signed on November 11, 1620,
mayflower compact
restricting or excluding individuals, organizations, or entities deemed untrustworthy
blacklisting
a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government
civil disobedioence
an international organization founded in January 1920, following World War I, to maintain world peace through diplomacy, collective security, and disarmament.
league of nations
a period in the United States characterized by multiple social and political reform efforts. Wikipedia
progressive movement
an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis
shays rebellion
was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea
korean war
An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and for other purposes
vegetable, fruit, and herb plots planted at private homes and public parks during World War I and II to reduce pressure on public food supplies and boost morale
victory gardens
corrupt party organizations that controlled 19th and early 20th-century U.S. cities by exchanging social services, jobs, and housing
political machines
a 1787–1789 coalition that opposed the strong central government proposed by the U.S. Constitution.
anti federalist
posits that changes in the political structure of one country tend to spread to neighboring countries
domino theroy
a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit
montgomery boycott
series of U.S. Congressional acts passed between 1935 and 1939, aimed at keeping the nation out of foreign wars
naturilty acts
aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886
haymarket riot
, written in 1787, is the supreme law of the United States, establishing the federal government's structure with three branches
US constitution
a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
berlin wall
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, signed by President Eisenhower on June 29, 1956, authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile National System of Interstate and Defense
interstate highway
officially ended World War I between the Allied powers and Germany
treaty of versaillies