Colonial Era & Early Am. Hist
This pamphlet written by Thomas Paine persuaded American colonists to support independence from Great Britain
What is Common Sense?
The plantation system was an important feature in this section of the U.S. during the early 19th century.
What is the South?
What is the Gilded Age?
This group rejected traditional feminine roles through their fashion trends, behavior, and attitudes towards sexuality and dating
This event occurred on December 7, 1941 and caused the United States to enter into World War II
What is Pearl Harbor?
The name of George Washington's foreign policy as president
What is Neutrality?
This person contributed to the abolitionist movement through his publication of The Liberator newspaper.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
These groups worked towards improved working conditions during the late 1800's including gaining shorter working hours and higher pay
What are labor unions?
This treaty would pull the U.S. out of neutrality and force them to get involved in global affairs post WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This is the term used to describe President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression, leaving Americans to deal with the effects of it with little support from the federal government
What us rugged individualism?
Boycotting British products, the Boston Tea Party, public protests, and the Sons of Liberty demonstrate this theme during the pre-revolutionary period of American History.
What are ways the colonists showed opposition to the British/British Taxes?
This act forcibly removed Native Americans to ares west of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott contributed to this movement
What is the Women's Rights/Suffrage Movement?
Unrestricted submarine attacks, explosion of the Lusitania, and the Zimmerman Telegram all describe this
What are causes of the U.S. to enter into World War I?
The name of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's domestic programs, public works projects, and financial reforms that aimed to address the problems and alleviate the hardships of the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
The Supreme Court's decisions, under this Chief Justice, extended the power of Congress over the Executive Branch and enabled it to limit the powers of the president.
Name the Chief Justice.
Who is John Marshall?
This act led to the diminish of Native American culture and pushed them to assimilate to American culture and practices.
What is the Dawes Act of 1887?
This event brought attention to the need for workplace reforms
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire?
President Woodrow Wilson argued that the U.S. needed to enter World War I to protect this throughout the world.
What is Democracy?
This is a economic trend that helped contribute to the Great Depression
What is buying goods on credit?
The British government officially recognized the U.S. as a free nation after this war.
What is the War of 1812?
Texas, Oregon Country, part of the Mexican Cession, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado are all part of what?
What are territories gained by the U.s. as a result of Manifest Destiny?
These people aided the urban poor through the establishment of the Hull House and publication of the book How the Other Half Lives
Who are Jane Addams and Jacob Riis
This was caused by buying goods on margin and a widespread participation in the unregulated stock market
What is the economic boom and financial speculation of the 1920's?
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What is the Roaring 20's?
This period of severe weather is given this name because of the frequent dust storms and droughts that devastated the agriculture and ecology of the American praries during the 1930's
What is the Dust Bowl?