This controversial issue changed the debate on slavery and showed inherent flaws in the idea of popular sovereignty.
What is Bleeding Kansas
100
These two camps of politicians in the period before the war argued about whether or not to be involved in the war. These groups put lots of pressure on the president, which was one of the causes of LBJ's decision to go to war.
Who are War Hawks and Doves
100
This individual was the only person to run on the short lived populist party and won political favor through his famously emotional speech.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
100
This policy justified the aggressive informal expansion of the US and the involvement of the US in Cuba and the Phillipenes
What is Big Stick
100
This controversy surprisingly did not ruin FDR's reputation, but was an ultimate failure as FDR was unable to influence the courts to allow the passing of New Deal legislation.
What is Court Packing
200
This plan formally declared how the expansion of slavery will be decided. This was decided after the controversy over recently acquired territory.
What is The Compromise of 1850
200
This individual was responsible for expanding the war into Cambodia in Laos in order to obtain aid from China to end the war. For securing an alliance with China this individual won the Nobel Peace Prize, but gave it back after the fall of Seoul.
Who is Henry Kissinger.
200
This policy was advocated for by populists in order to ensure protection from railroad rates by allowing farmers access to a larger supply of currency.
What is bimetallism or the Sherman Silver Purchase Act
200
This ideology initially pushed individuals to expand across the US but in the early 20th century pushed the US to become more involved in Foreign Policy.
What is Manifest Destiny
200
This new deal legislation formally defined what constitutes as unjust labor and ensured the rights of working class individuals to collectively bargain with their employers.
What is The Wagner Act
300
This court decision outraged Northerners, went down in history as one of the worst decisions by the supreme court, gave the South lots of power over the North, and started Northern "witch hunts" against free blacks.
What is Dred Scott Decision
300
This theory stated that communism needed to be fought in any country that is at threat of having a communist revolution, because if one country falls to communism countries around that one will also become communist.
What is Domino Theory
300
This event angered the populists because Congress decreased the amount of money in the US economy. This term was used by populists to demonize and show the government as corrupt.
What is The Crime of 1873.
300
This cultural phenomena sparked major popular support for fighting with Spain after the sinking of the USS Maine.
What is Yellow Journalism
300
This court case argued that the relocation of Japanese Americans was unjust and blatantly unconstitutional. However the supreme court upheld that in the interest of national security the Japanese American Relocation Act was constitutional.
What is Korematsu vs US
400
These individuals in the old confederate states were for the complete control of the South by the Union in order to obtain power they lost after the Civil War.
Who are Scalawags.
400
This infamous protest led to the outrage of many young individuals due to the death's of multiple students at this school campus.
What is Kent State
400
This act raised the price of agricultural goods and increased the price of foreign imports to exuberant prices.
What is McKinley Tariff
400
This treaty determine that neither the US or Great Britain would involve themselves in the canal across the Isthmus canal. This was passed in 1850 and was ultimately broken by Theodore Roosevelt.
What is Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
400
This third party candidate argued that not enough was being done to protect the middle and lower classes during the court depression, and advocated for borderline socialist policy. This individual was very popular due to his emotional appeal and his uses of catchphrases.
Who is Huey Long
500
This short lived act limited the president's ability to get rid of radical reconstructionists by making it so the president could not get rid of individuals holding political office.
What is Tenure of Office Act
500
This military attack that occurred on the Vietnamese new year not only brought down many strategic positions in South Vietnam but also showed how ineffective US soldiers were at dealing with the Viet Cong as they were unable to predict such a massive and devastating attack. This marked the turning point in the Vietnam War.
What is The Tet Offensive
500
This act switched the government's system of hiring staff from the spoils system to a merit system to eliminate corruption in the government.
What is The Pendelton Act
500
This letter criticizing the actions of president McKinley quickly spurred outrage, leading the US to become upset at the Spanish for their attitude towards US foreign involvement.
What is de Lome letter
500
This new deal agency focused on the creation of dams to not only generate new energy sources but also to create many jobs for unemployed individuals. This agency not only helped decrease the unemployment rate but also set up important infrastructure.