Unit 6 1865-1898
Name given by Mark Twain to post Civil War period, implied hidden problems
Gilded Age
War that brought America Cuba, Puerto Rico, Phillippines
Spanish-American War
President associated with interstate highway system, growth of suburbs, NDEA
Eisenhower
President for most of the 1980s
RONALD WILSON REAGAN
Idea that colonies are there to make mother country rich
Mercantilism
Which event most directly led to U.S. entry into WWII?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Most famous political machine
Tammany Hall
Jane Addams is associated with this movement (not Progressivism)
Settlement Houses
Name of LBJ's set of domestic programs
Great Society
Epidemic that was mostly ignored by federal government in the 80s
AIDS
Constructed to help populate the west, allowed goods to be delivered to any place of the country, connected East to West
Transcontinental Railroad
Which battle is considered the turning point in the Pacific Theater?
Battle of Midway
first federal law that (was supposed to) break up monopolies
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Government agency meant to persuade Americans to support WWI
CPI
Invention that propelled massive demographic shift from North to South and Southwest
Air conditioning
Bill Clinton's free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
The idea that it is America's God given right and duty to spread American people and ideals from sea to shining sea.
Manifest Destiny
The “Double V” campaign during WWII is best understood as:
A call for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home
Agricultural group that preceded/helped bring about the Populists
Grange
Act that enforced the 18th Amendment
Volstead Act
Campaign in Vietnam that turned American opinion against the war
Tet Offensive
George W. Bush's legislative response after the 9/11 terror attacks
Patriot Act
Give two precedents of Washington's farewell address....
Two terms, Neutrality in Foreign Affairs
A piece of legislation allowing for economic growth and social inequity in returning service men
The G.I Bill
Strike against a Carnegie factory, was crushed by Pinkertons
Homestead Strike
Group that opposed American intervention in WW2
America First Committee
Name of Carter's signature foreign policy achievement
Camp David Accords
This major foreign policy event involved the United States leading a coalition to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion in 1991.
Persian Gulf War
Or Desert Storm
A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. The term was used as a slur by white Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction legislation.
Scalawags
Example of civil liberties being taken away from American citizens during WWII
Executive Order 9066