midterm throwback
This philosophy that the U.S. has a God-given right to expand drove settlement to the Pacific coast (and beyond).
What is Manifest Destiny?
This law, passed in 1830, authorized the mass displacement of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This body, formed in 1949, establishes a military pact between U.S.—aligned nations.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
This individual was the last reigning sovereign of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi before being annexed by the United States.
Who was Queen Liliʻuokalani?
Organize (and justify) the cause-and-effect relationship of these three words:
Terra nullius
Genocide
"Package of Conquest"
Terra nullius → "Package of Conquest" → Genocide
This formerly enslaved individual was best known for leading the first successful slave revolution in the Americas, inspiring emancipation efforts in the United States.
Who was Toussaint Louverture?
This constitutional amendment, passed in 1868, gives all U.S.-born citizens equal protection under the law and the right to due process.
This theory, rooted in a fear of communism spreading across the globe, justifies the U.S.'s involvement in proxy-wars in Korea and Vietnam
What is the Domino Effect?
This 1941 attack on a Honolulu military outpost brings the U.S. into World War II.
What is the Pearl Harbor Attack?
Organize (and justify) the cause-and-effect relationship of these three words:
Proxy Wars (Vietnam, Korea)
Treaty of Versailles
Truman Doctrine
Treaty of Versailles → Truman Doctrine → Proxy Wars (Korea, Vietnam)
This 17th-18th century philosophical and social movement was characterized by questions of individual liberty, reasoning beyond religion, and government reform.
What is the Enlightenment?
This doctrine formalizes the U.S.'s policy against communism and its responsibility to intervene in global conflicts in the spirit of "containment."
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This reluctance from the public/home front to engage in further foreign military interventions is the result of the Vietnam War being the most televised war of its time.
What is Vietnam Syndrome?
This group of (mostly) American and European-descended businessmen were the strategic masterminds behind the Annexation of Hawaiʻi.
Organize (and justify) the cause-and-effect relationship of these three words:
Sykes-Picot Agreement
Israel/Arab-Israeli Conflict (1948)
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire → Sykes-Picot Agreement → Israel/Arab-Israeli Conflict (1948)
This ideology believes in the public/collective ownership of the means of production and the responsibility of governments to manage social welfare programs like free healthcare, public transport, etc.
What is socialism?
This doctrine, by dividing the world into spheres of influence, takes an isolationist stance against Europe while simultaneously justifying U.S. intervention in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This policy facilitates the de-escalation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and eases tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
What is Détente?
This belief, articulated by Frederick Jackson Turner, that the U.S.'s character is dependent on expansion, justifies the annexation of Hawaiʻi.
What is the Frontier Thesis?
Organize (and justify) the cause-and-effect relationship of these three words:
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Vietnamization
Gulf of Tonkin Incident → Tet Offensive → Vietnamization
This pre-contact American city, located in modern-day Mexico, was documented for its sophisticated infrastructure and social structure, including aqueduct systems and a central marketplace
What is Tenochtitlan?
This strategy to provide economic aid to Western European nations strengthen's the U.S.'s role in the post-war global economy.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This strategy of pushing the limits of a country's military threshold is best exemplified by the 1968 Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is brinkmanship?
This former AMST professor at UH-Mānoa is best-known for her advocacy of Hawaiian sovereignty and scholarship on settler colonialism.
Who was Haunani-Kay Trask?
Organize (and justify) the cause-and-effect relationship of these three words:
Bush Doctrine
9/11 Attacks
Arab Spring
9/11 Attacks → Bush Doctrine → Arab Spring