Industrial Revolution
main form of transportation that increased during the Industrial Revolution
What is a car?
the most controversial topic during the civil war
What is slavery?
an economic theory that advocates government regulation of international trade to generate wealth, usually a mother country controlling another country
What is mercantilism?
amendment that banned alcohol
What is the 18th amendment?
FDR's program of relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression
What is The New Deal?
People who aimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions through journalism
What is muckraker journalism?
a group of states that viewed themselves as a separate nation, and wanted to secede from the Union
implemented 3 criteria for trans-Atlantic trade to prevent the colonies from competing with England
What are the Navigation acts?
amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
provided old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to the disabled
What is the Social Security Act?
Kentucky politician, founder of whig party, supported industrialization, rival of Andrew Jackson
Who is Henry Clay?
Lincoln's famous speech he delivered during the Civil War to those who laid down their lives in the Battle of Gettysburg
What is the Gettysburg Address?
the first permanent English colony in North America
What is Jamestown?
secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the US entered WWI against Germany
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
a tax on goods imported into a country
What is a tariff?
the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
What is the Erie canal?
the policy that freed all slaves held in states that were in rebellion
What is the emancipation proclamation?
an armed conflict between the indigenous people of New England and New England colonists and their allies
What is King Philip's war?
The 4 MAIN causes of WW1
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism?
a collection of marketplaces where stocks and bonds are bought and sold
What is the stock market?
system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century and is based on the concentration of industry into specialized, large establishments
What is the Factory System?
the battle that started the Civil War
What is the battle at Fort Sumter?
English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices
What are Puritans?
a British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line, and was sunk by a German torpedo
What is the Lusitania?
excess of supply over demand of products being offered in the market
What is overproduction?