Cause & Effect
This British victory in 1763 indirectly led to colonial resistance because it increased Britain’s debt and imperial control.
What is the French and Indian War?
This case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This 1823 doctrine warned European powers against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This antebellum reform movement sought to limit or ban alcohol consumption.
What is the temperance movement?
This system of labor popularized by Henry Ford dramatically increased production efficiency.
What is the assembly line?
One major effect of Bacon's Rebellion was the increased reliance on this labor system.
What is African slavery/chattel slavery?
This Marshall Court case strengthened federal authority by establishing implied powers.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This corollary expanded the Monroe Doctrine by justifying U.S. intervention in Latin America.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This document modeled after the Declaration of Independence demanded expanded rights for women in 1848.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This late 19th-century idea justified wealth inequality as a natural result of competition.
What is Social Darwinism?
The failure of this Reconstruction-era policy allowed Southern states to establish Black Codes and later Jim Crow laws.
What is Radical Reconstruction/federal enforcement of Reconstruction?
This case declared that African Americans could not be citizens and intensified sectional tensions before the Civil War.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This post-WWII program provided billions to rebuild Western Europe and prevent communist influence.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This labor organization led by Samuel Gompers focused primarily on skilled workers.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
This New Deal program hired young men for conservation and infrastructure projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
This Cold War policy first articulated under Harry S. Truman justified U.S. intervention around the globe.
What is containment?
This case ruled that Congress could regulate interstate commerce broadly, including monopolies.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This event convinced many Americans that containment had failed in Southeast Asia despite military victories.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This 1962 book by Rachel Carson helped launch the modern environmental movement.
What is Silent Spring?
This tax imposed in the early 19th Century proved disastrous, as it provoked a debate over States Rights'
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This economic philosophy associated with the 1920s contributed to the conditions leading to the Great Depression.
What is laissez-faire economics?
This Supreme Court case reflected fears of radicalism during the First Red Scare by limiting free speech protections.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This president’s policy of détente included the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with the Soviet Union.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This organization founded in 1960 issued the Port Huron Statement calling for participatory democracy.
What is Students for a Democratic Society?
This 1980s economic theory emphasized tax cuts and deregulation to stimulate growth.
What is supply-side economics/Reaganomics?