The three branches of government with Congress, the President and the Supreme Court
What are the Judicial Branch, Executive Branch, and Legislative Branch
100
He was the first president of the USA who encouraged us to stay out of foreign affairs.
Who is George Washington
100
The US entered this war with the sinking of the USS Maine and Yellow Journalism.
What is the Spanish American War.
100
This form of transportation developed during Manifest Destiny. The US government gave free land to the developers of this fast moving transport.
What is the Railroad?
100
What is the system of economics called where a mother country gets resources from its colonies?
What is Mercantilism.
200
This agreement led to the House of Representatives, based on population, and the Senate, based on equality, being created.
What is The Great Compromise
200
He was the President who decided to fight against monopolies or trusts by signing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
200
The United States entered this war when Pearl Harbor was bombed. It ended when President Truman ordered the Atomic Bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is World War II
200
This was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki from an airplane flying over Japan in World War II.
What is the atomic bomb
200
Which form of government existed before the Constitution where there were STRONG STATES and a WEAK NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
What is The Articles of Confederation.
300
This is also called the Necessary and Proper Clause. It allows for CHANGE OVER TIME and for the Constitution to expand.
What is The Elastic Clause
300
He created New Deal legislation to help America out of the Great Depression. He also led us in World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
These are the four territories that the United States gained after the Spanish American War.
What are Cuba, the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
300
This waterway was constructed through a country in Central America in order to provide a faster route from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Panama Canal.
300
This US President was involved in the Watergate Scandal for stealing documents from the Democratic National Headquarters. In addition, he founded the Environmental Protection Agency
Who is Richard Nixon.
400
Name four examples of checks and balances.
What are veto, override veto, judicial review, Senate approves presidential appointments, impeachment, and Congress declaring War.
400
He created the Peace Corps and uttered the famous lines "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country." He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
Who is President John Kennedy
400
What are at least three hot spots in the Cold War even thoug the USA never fought Russia
What are Vietnam, Afghanistan, Korea, and Cuba.
400
This technology, which most people use on a daily basis, came from on board computers launched during the Space Race.
What is the laptop.
400
Name two presidents who won the electoral college but lost the popular vote.
Who are Donald Trump, George W. Bush, William Henry Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes.
500
Name the three Reconstruction Amendments that assisted black people AND how they assisted black people.
What is the 13th Amendment to end Slavery, the 14th Amendment making black people citizens, and the 15th Amendment allowing black men to vote.
500
On the one hand, he led us into the Vietnam War. On the other hand, he created a plan called THE GREAT SOCIETY to fight against poverty with programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
Who is President Lyndon Johnson.
500
Name two court cases of the Supreme Court where individual rights were taken away in the name of National Security
What are SCHENCK and KOREMATSU
500
This piece of technology made during sectionalism allowed for Cotton to be sorted more easily as well as a way for the seeds to be picked out of cotton.
What is the Cotton Gin.
500
This Supreme Court Case allows for criminals to have their rights read to them. It was part of the Warren Court.