Period 1-2
Forceful conscription of sailors into military or naval service
What is Impressment?
Pivotal event in the American Revolutionary War, leading to the surrender of the British forces
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
United States added major territories in the West through victory in this war
What is the Mexican-American war?
What is the Bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Major federal case involving Democratic National Convention and Richard Nixon
Famous indigenous revolt, of the swine type
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Violent tax protest in Western Pennsylvania in 1794
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Leader of the African American Civil Rights movement; gained notoriety for antislavery writings
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Major American activist and creator of the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
Defines below trend GDP, with inflation at least one point above trend
What is Stagflation?
New crop that spread to Europe and took the world by storm, being used in it's starch-y manner in every sort of dish.
What is the Potato?
Conflict between the US and British Empire fought in the wake of the American Revolutionary War
What is the War of 1812?
Who was the Union Army general during the Civil War?
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Neoliberal economic policies that increased income inequality, trademarked by a President's name
What are Reaganomics?
What is Nomadism?
Import farming tool that still has a worldwide company to this day
What is John Deere's Steel Plow?
Short lived Nativist movement and political party in the US during the 1850s
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
Act that aimed to "fix" the Great Depression, but did not work initially. However, left lasting effects and reforms and other action that was beneficial for the economy.
What is the New Deal?
Christian fight against abortion rights, feminism, Gay rights, and other such things.
What is the Moral Majority?
Historically Protestant Christian faith emphasizing direct experience with God and inner light
Who were the Quakers?
Served as the sixth president of the United States and and developed the Monroe Doctrine
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Published works about lynching and Mob Violence and raised awareness of such acts
Who was Ida B. Wells?
War that led to veterans being mistreated and denied service benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs
What is the Vietnam war?
1970s landmark decision of the US Supreme Court, overturned in 2022.
What is Roe V. Wade?