Unit 3
Proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies
Albany Plan of Union
Name of the treaty that Spain signed to give Florida to the US
Adams-Onis Treaty
Nickname give to journalists who investigated corruption in businesses and poor living conditions
Muckrakers
Supplies delivered by plane after Soviets barricaded East Germany from democratic West
Berlin Airlift
FDR attempts to shift the Supreme Court to support his New Deal programs and fails due to checks and balances
Court Packing
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes
Shay's Rebellion
US foreign policy that states European powers need to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
Attempted conversion of Native Americans to more acceptable white standards
Assimilation
Used his Senate position to convince the public that he knew of Communists within the American government
Joseph McCarthy
Jefferson and Hamilton argue over the creation of this, leading to the first political parties
National Bank
acts passed by federalists giving the government power to imprison or deport foreign citizens and prosecute critics of the government
Alien and Sedition Acts
South Carolina attempts to secede from the US after the Tariff of Abominations
Nullification Crisis
Carnegie's book that stated the rich should give back to society through philanthropy
Gospel of Wealth
This case established the 'separate but equal' premise that would be revoked by Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
When British ships would force American sailors into military service, causing the War of 1812
Impressment
Major Revolutionary battle, colonist victory convinced the French to get involved on the side of the colonies
Battle of Saratoga
Slavery in new states would be divided by the 36'30 line, ultimately repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Group of individuals who control politics in major cities through vote manipulation and bribery
Political machines
Mass migration to this area was due to better weather and a growth of southern defense industry jobs during the Cold War
Sunbelt
This President fought against Saddam Hussein during the Persian Gulf War in 1991
George HW Bush
Two part answer: French agents attempt to bribe American diplomats, leads to a small conflict between the United States and France
XYZ Affair leads the the Quasi-War
Designed to restrict African Americans after the end of slavery, former slaves worked land owned by another in exchange for a portion of the crops
Sharecropping
Party developed by farmers who wanted more common representation in govt; coinage of silver, initiative, referendum, recall
Populist Party/Populism
Large spending in the defense industry lead to this policy of creating an army so strong that no one would want to challenge it
Peace Through Strength
Shift in technology to factories and the development of the middle class from this mid 1800s event
Market Revolution