1754-1800
1800-48
1844-98
1890-1945
1945-Present
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100
“Male Revolutionary leaders too regarded women’s efforts with wry condescension. . . . The women, on the other hand,... could reflect proudly that ‘whilst our friends were exposed to the hardships and dangers of the fields of war for our protection, we were exerting at home our little labours to administer to their comfort and alleviate their toil.’”
The views expressed by the women above influenced THIS IDEA in the early years of independence
What is republican motherhood?
100
"Through sale of its enormous land holdings, the federal government could well afford to subsidize internal improvements. By levying protective tariffs, the government should foster the development of American manufacturing and agricultural enterprises."
The ideas described in the excerpt contributed most directly to THIS historical development by the Jacksonian Era (1830s-1850s)
What is the creation of national markets aka the Market Revolution?
100
organized skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic (or bread and butter) gains
What is the AFL?
100
“All the fresh air that ever enters these stairs comes from the hall-door that is forever slamming, and from the windows of dark bedrooms . . . . The sinks are in the hallway, that all the tenants may have access—and all be poisoned alike by their summer stenches...."
-Jacob Riis, 1890
A historical development in the late 19th century that explains the tenement description above
What is industrialization/2nd Industrial Revolution?
100
“[T]his administration is motivated by a political philosophy that sees the greatness of America in ... the institutions that foster and nourish values like concern for others and respect for the rule of law under God."
-Ronald Reagan, 1983
The excerpt above indicates the greater political activities of THESE by the 1980s
Who are Evangelical Christians?
100
Enacted after WW2 to help former servicemen readjust to civilian life, it also provided funds for education, training, and home loans, among other benefits
What is the GI Bill?
200
Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification of the Federal Constitution only after this
What is a promise of a bill of rights?
200
“Joseph Smith... came from nowhere ... Yet in the fourteen years he headed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smith created a religious culture that survived his death ... He built cities and temples and gathered thousands of followers..."
The description of Smith's achievements best illustrate this historical development of the early 1800s
What is the 2nd Great Awakening?
200
“Your Memorialist . . . represents to your honorable body, that he has devoted much time and attention to the subject of a railroad from Lake Michigan through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and that he finds such a route practicable, the results from which would be incalculable—far beyond the imagination of man to estimate. . . ."
-Asa Whitney, 1845
BEFORE the US could complete the task discussed above, first it had to "complete" this process (which it would by 1848)
What is Manifest Destiny or western expansion?
200
“All the fresh air that ever enters these stairs comes from the hall-door that is forever slamming, and from the windows of dark bedrooms . . . . The sinks are in the hallway, that all the tenants may have access—and all be poisoned alike by their summer stenches...."
-Jacob Riis, 1890
Efforts to address the issues described above came largely from middle-class reformers known historically as this
What are Progressives?
200
"When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
-MLK Jr, 1967
The above excerpt shows a greater concern about THIS among leaders such as MLK despite civil rights gains in the mid-1960s
What is "inequality"?
200
Ends Spanish control of what is today New Mexico for ten years - when the Spanish return their Indian policy becomes less harsh
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
300
-these documents, authored by Jefferson and Madison during the Quasi-War in the late 1790s, paved the way for future arguments over the relationship between states & the federal govt.
What are the KY & VA Resolutions?
300
19th century reform organization that
-advocated the immediate emancipation of slaves
-no attempts at colonization
-no granting of restitution to slave owners
-was founded by WL Garrison & Arthur Tappan
What is the American Antislavery Society?
300
the Reconstruction governments in the South were often known by this name, a derogatory term for Northerners who moved to the South following the end of the Civil War
What are carpetbag?
300
The cartoon below depicts US anxieties over over THIS following the conclusion of WWI & THIS subsequent period of domestic hysteria
What is the New immigration & the First Red Scare?
300
"Do you know that Pittsburgh air is far more dangerous to breathe now [?] . . . The danger is the gas you do not see—the sulfur dioxide that our environmental scientists tell us is increasing.”
-Public service announcement, GASP, 1970
Issues such as the one above were addressed with the creation of the EPA during this presidential administration
What is the Nixon Administration?
300
The 1987 event pictured below
What is the signing of the INF Treaty?
400
Was created to limit the public's influence on the chief executive
What is the Electoral College/Electors?
400
-stimulates 'industrial' growth
-creates a brief period of one-party rule
-resulting literature, art, etc. will have a more 'American' feel
What is the War of 1812?
400
They provided some welfare for poor immigrants in exchange for electoral support (provide an example along with your answer)
Who are political machines or political bosses?
400
BESIDES preventing the invasion of Japan, two other reasons the US dropped Fat Man & Little Boy in August 1945
Note: any answer that is correct EXCEPT what is SPECIFICALLY stated above will be accepted!
What are to halt Russia advances in Asia & force Japan's unconditional surrender?
400
"Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.”
-George Marshall, 1947
The "policy" discussed above most directly resulted from this historical development
What are attempts to limit the spread of communism outside Eastern Europe?
400
The allegations mentioned by President Clinton played a role (as he lied about them under oath) in this historical development in 1998-99
What is the impeachment and trial of President Clinton?
500
Primary success was creating a method for expanding the union through the passage of the NW Ordinance
What is the Confederation government?
500
In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the SCOTUS ruled that since the federal government had a right to regulate interstate commerce, New York's monopoly over the right to decide navigation access for THIS NEW INNOVATION was invalid
What are steamboats?
500
A connection/continuity between the economic development of the West in the mid-1800s (before the Civil War) and in the late 1800s (after the Civil War)
What is the expansion and improvement of railroads facilitated transportation & trade in the West?
500
Three early New Deal programs (before 1935) and the issues they sought to address
What are the:
FDIC - bank regulation
CCC - unemployment relief/conservation
PWA & CWA - unemployment relief
NRA - prices, work conditions, wages
AAA - low farm prices/agricultural overproduction
TVA - rural electrification
500
Created as a result of the 9-11 attacks by the GW Bush Administration, its stated missions involve anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management
What is the Dept. of Homeland Security?
500
“Article X says that every member of the League, and that means every great fighting power in the world, … solemnly engages to respect and preserve … the territorial integrity and existing political independence of the other members of the League. If you do that, you have absolutely stopped ambitious and aggressive war.”
-Woodrow Wilson, 1919-20
The speech above was used by Wilson as his justification to reject THESE, which had been added to the Versailles Treaty by Henry Cabot Lodge
What are the reservations?
600
Battles in the Fall of 1777 that convinced Count Vergennes and King Louis XVI that the American rebels might be a 'good bet'
What are Germantown and Saratoga?
600
Suffragette who COINED the phrase: "Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less"
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
600
The lost of over 30,000 + Confederate soldiers, as well as the 'geographic' impact on the Confederacy made the outcome of this siege probably the MOST IMPORTANT turning point of the Civil War
What is Vicksburg?
600
Today is the 80th anniversary of this event - 8 May 1945
What is the end of WW2 in Europe/surrender of Germany?
600
Examples of detente from the 1970s
What is SALT, Helsinki Accords, Apollo-Soyuz Space Mission, Nixon's opening to the People's Republic of China?
600
Founded by the Spanish in an effort to prevent French Huguenots from securing their settlement at Fort Caroline, which was located near present-day Jacksonville
What is St. Augustine?