1850s-1900s
Businessmen and Politicians from the North that went to the South during Reconstruction to take advantage and gain riches and political power.
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Andrew Carnegie of steel, J.P. Morgan of banks, John Rockefeller of oil, and Cornelius Vanderbilt of railroads were all nicknamed what in the Industrial Revolution/Gilded Age?
Who were the Captains of Industry?
Japan attacking the U.S. naval base, leading to the U.S. to enter into WWII after remaining Neutral.
What was Pearl Harbor?
The policy of Containment issues by a U.S. president to stop the spread of communism and the U.S.'s promise to protect those under threat of communism.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
U.S. joined this war to stop the spread of communism, this lead to young Americans issuing anti-war protests and America's lost in trust with the government.
What was the Vietnam War?
Helped grow the West of the United States by providing 160 acres of land to anyone who agreed to farm the land.
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
The proposition to keep trade in China open equally to trade with all countries, preventing any one nation from controlling trade in the region.
What was the Open Door Policy?
A way of buying expensive products gradually.
What are Installment Plans?
Political tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII that never resulted in a physical battle.
What was the Cold War?
Members of the U.S. government secretly sold weapons to Iran in order to use that money and fund an anti-communist group in Nicaragua.
What was the Iran-Contra Affair.
This act allowed new states to the United States to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
German's vow to not sink any U.S. naval ships.
What was the Sussex Pledge?
Created by President FDR for the government to create work and opportunities for people affected by the Great Depression and to help the economy.
What was the New Deal?
After WWII, the U.S. sent money to Europe and Japan to help rebuild.
What was the Marshall Plan?
Talks between the U.S. and Soviet Union to officially end the Cold War.
What was Glasnost?
Military strategy by the Union army to cut off imported supplied to the South during the Civil War.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
America's support of Cuba wanting to be free of Spanish rule leading to a battle.
What was the Spanish-American War?
A period during the early 20th century with a widespread fear of communism in America leading to the U.S. government to investigate those who were suspected.
What were the Palmer Raids?
Marches, sit-ins, protests, and civil rights organizations can all be categorized as what?
What is civil disobedience?
The Middle Eastern countries who issued the OPEC embargo on the US because of what?
What was the U.S. support of Israel?
Political group that believed African Americans were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as white Americans.
Who were Radical Republicans?
Criminalized the publication or distribution of information that could harm armed forces as well as false reports intended to promote U.S. enemies.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
A treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes.
What was the Kellogg Briand Pact?
A court case where states are required to provide an attorney for those who cannot afford one as part of a citizens constitutional rights.
What was Gideon v. Wainwright?
A process by which businesses and other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
What is Globalization?