This constitutional amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to formerly enslaved people.
Fourteenth Amendment
This territory was purchased from Spain in 1819
Florida
In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned against what 2 things.
the formation of political parties and against becoming entangled in foreign affairs.
Henry Clay's plan to protect American manufacturing, promote a national bank, and federally fund infrastructure to link the regions together.
American System
This counterculture gathering in 1969 became famous for its music performances and antiwar atmosphere.
Woodstock
The term for journalists exposing problems in American society.
What are Muckrakers?
This SCOTUS case established judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
The political movement/party that pushed for farmers' rights and regulation of big business, along with free silver.
Populist Movement/Party
Slave preacher who led a bloody revolt against slave owners and their families (Southampton, VA in 1831).
Who is Nat Turner?
The forced migration of thousands of Native Americans from their lands East of the Mississippi River to Oklahoma and other western territories in the early 1830s.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This doctrine, promoted by Joh C. Calhoun, argued that states could invalidate federal laws.
The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.
What is The Great Migration?
This policy of easing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union became associated with President Richard Nixon.
Detente
This 1857 Supreme Court case denied citizenship to Black Americans.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
President Woodrow Wilson promoted this postwar plan calling for self-determination and a League of Nations.
Fourteen Points
Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Investigative journalist who exposed Standard Oil and Rockefeller's business practices.
Ida Tarbell
This 1794 rebellion in western Pennsylvania tested President George Washington’s ability to enforce federal law. Showed the strength of the US Constitution.
Whiskey Rebellion
President who vetoed the national bank, voice of the common man, and pushed through the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Massachusetts farmers led an uprising in 1786 against new taxes imposed by the fledgling U.S. government.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
What impact did the War of 1812 have on American politics?
It ushered in the Era of Good Feelings; end of Federalist Party
Jefferson signed a law outlawing trade with all foreign nations, a move that increased tension with Britain. Name the law.
What was the Embargo Act (1807)?
This 1973 law attempted to limit presidential military authority by requiring congressional approval for extended troop deployments.
War Powers Act
This 1899 policy announced by Secretary of State John Hay aimed to guarantee equal trading rights in China.
Open Door Policy
In his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about the growing influence of this alliance between defense contractors and the armed forces.
Military-Industrial Complex
I built the Panama Canal and expanded US influence. Who am I?
Theodore Roosevelt
This 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine justified U.S. intervention in Latin America.
Roosevelt Corollary
Scalawags
A violent confrontation between police and labor protesters that took place on May 4, 1886, in Chicago. This event emerged from a labor movement advocating for an eight-hour workday, and it highlighted the tensions between labor unions and the government during the Gilded Age.
Haymarket Square Riot