This event caused the British to pass the Intolerable Acts, pushing the colonists further towards revolution.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This party was created to oppose Andrew Jackson. Supported a stronger Federal government but never had a unified approach towards the issue of slavery.
What is the Whig Party?
100
Idea that it was "God's plan" for the United States to spread all throughout the west to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
War that saw Cuba become independent and allowed the United States to gain control of several island territories.
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
Cold War alliance system headed by the United States and joined by many western European countries; wanted to halt Soviet aggression and expansion.
What is NATO?
200
Economic System by which the mother country exploits resources from colonies. Also states that a nation should be self-sufficient and have a positive trade ratio.
What is Mercantilism?
200
The system by which political supporters are given government jobs in exchange for votes.
What is the Spoils System?
200
This presidential order did not free a single slave, but it did give a moral cause for the North to fight for.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
Erroneous or exaggerated new reports.
What is Yellow Journalism?
200
LBJ's grand vision for assisting the underprivileged members of American society.
What is the Great Society?
300
Most of the land gained from this war was proclaimed to be unavailable for colonial settlement as the British did not want to anger their Native American allies.
What is the French and Indian War?
300
This time period of about 1816-1824 saw the domination of national politics by the Democratic-Republicans after the death of the Federalist Party.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
300
This political party was founded after the Kansas-Nebraska Act infuriated many in the North.
What is the Republican Party?
300
Major engineering project spearheaded by Teddy Roosevelt, whose machinations led to distrust of the United States by many South American countries.
What is the Panama Canal?
300
Program whereby the United States would give financial aid to help rebuild Europe after WW2. Wanted to prevent Communism from taking advantage of struggling European countries.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
This series of Amendments guaranteed and enumerated the rights and personal liberties of citizens that had been left out of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This is the process of allowing more types of people to vote; pertinent to Jefferson and Jackson, who both wanted increased voting participation by the common man.
What is Democratization?
400
Supreme Court case that declared slaves were never intended to be citizens and could not sue for their freedom.
What is the Dred Scott case?
400
Progressive Era leader of the Socialist Party in the United States. Arrested many times; even ran for president from his jail cell.
Who is Eugene Debs?
400
Nixon era diplomatic strategy of decreasing tension with the Soviet Union and China.
What is Detente?
500
This rule gave additional representation to slave holding states, as slaves would be partially counted towards the total population of a state for representation purposes.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
This Supreme Court case solidified the concept of Judicial Review, or the principal that the Supreme Court has the ability to rule on the constitutionality of a law.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
500
Ended Reconstruction; backdoor deal whereby Republican Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he agreed to immediately pull all Northern troops out of the south.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
500
This treaty ended the Spanish-American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
This portmanteau word was the name for the high inflation and stagnant economy that hounded both Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter throughout their Presidencies.