inventions
This 1797 invention gained popularity in the US during the 1820s-1850s and led to things such as westward expansion, new industries, time zones and the rise of big business
What is the Railroad?
This 1906 muckraking novel exposed the unsanitary conditions and exploitation within the Chicago meat packing industry led to the creation of Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. (name book title AND author)
Name for the strong black community that developed during the Jazz Age migration, whuch sustained a creative culture that cultivated notable artists and poets like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and Claude McKay.
What is the Harlem Renissance?
The slogan to President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy is inspired by his saying "speak softly and carry a _____ _____"
What is big stick?
This president of the 2nd Bank of US held an immense and unconstitutional amount of power and also played a significant role in the Bank war of the 1830s
Who is Nicholas Biddle?
This 1852 book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe dramatized the horrors of slavery and inspires Northerners to resist the fugitive slave act. It also exposed the horrors of slavery to a European audience especially in England and France.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Union General, Ulysses S. Grant is known for "waving the _____ ______" meaning reviving memories of the glorious victory from the civil war.
What is bloody shirt?
This 1890 book argued that control of the seas was crucial for a nation's dominance and prosperity and fueled American imperialism and the expansion of the US Navy
What is The Influence of Sea Power by Alfred T Mahan?
In the 1819 Supreme Court, McCulloch vs. Maryland Chief Justice John Marshall denied the right of Maryland to tax the 2nd Bank of the US, citing "The power to tax, is the power to _________"
what is destroy?