Period 3
Who was known as the "Father of the United States Declaration of Independence?"
Thomas Jefferson
Which amendments were known as the "Reconstruction Amendments"?
13th, 14th, and 15th.
This act aimed to overcome local Jim Crow laws, which were preventing Black people from voting comprehensive pieces of Civil Rights legislation in U.S. history.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A time when inflation soared to 10% per year and economic growth slowed to 2.4%. Inflation rose and economic growth fell.
Stagflation
Ideas of a social contract and natural rights were present in the Declaration of Independence. Who came up with these ideas?
John Locke
Term used to describe Southern whites to describe Northern businessmen and politicians who came to the South after the Civil War to work on Reconstructive projects or invest in Southern infrastructure
Carpetbaggers
The term perfected by Andrew Carnegie for controlling every step of the industrial production process in order to increase efficiency and limit competition.
Vertical integration
An African American revolutionary party founded in 1966 in Oakland, California. Its purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from Acts of police brutality.
Black Panther Party
This speech was an example of Carter's political ineptitude since he discussed how Americans are wasteful and their values are out of whack.
Crisis of Confidence
An armed March on Philadelphia by Scots-Irish frontiersmen in protest against the Quaker establishment's lenient politics toward Native Americans was known as...?
Paxton Boys
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the first important national labor organization in the United States?
This movement describes American labor leaders like Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez and their leadership of the Delano Grape Strike.
Chicano movement
What were the goals of the New Conservative movement?
Shrink the size of the federal government, reduce federal spending, promote family values and patriotic ideas, strengthen national defense, stimulate business by reducing government regulation & lowering taxes.
List the 3 Major Causes of the War of 1812.
1. Impressment and Taxation of American Sailors by the British
2. Annexing Canada
3. Battle of Tippecanoe
Describe the Wilmot Proviso (1846).
David Wilmot from Pennsylvania, a democrat, proposed the Wilmot Proviso. The provision did not pass but it seeked to ban slavery from new territories from the Mexican American War.
Yellow Journalism
This act mandated equal pay for equal work, in an effort to end gender-based disparity. Enacted as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards of 1938. It also regulated minimum wages & child labor.
Equal Pay Act
During George H. W. Bush's presidency, the name of this spill that occurred on March 24, 1989, in Prince William Sound, an inlet in the Gulf of Alaska, United States.
This treaty established the boundary between US and Canadian territories at the 49th parallel, secured fishing rights for United States fishermen, provided for the joint control of Oregon territory, and paved war for smooth relations between the US and Canada.
Treaty of 1818
When was the Republican Party created?
March 20, 1854.
Widespread railroad strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic was known as ...
Pullman Strike
Extensive federal legislation that governs air emissions from both fixed & mobile sources. Empowers Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set standards safeguarding public health and their environment.
Clean Air Acts
This act significantly expanded the search & surveillance powers of federal law - enforcement & intelligence agencies.
PATRIOT Act