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100
This repeat candidate for president was a proponent of silver-backing, and delivered the "cross of gold" speech against gold standard as well as acting lawyer in a highly contested trial on evolution
Who is William Jennings Bryan
100
This political ideology encompasses beliefs such as: minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign, lowering taxes to stimulate economy. Currently represented by the Republican Party
What is Conservatism
100
This symbolic gesture issued by Lincoln following Antietam, declared slaves in the Confederacy free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
100
This Japanese bombing of ships resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war
What is Pearl Harbor
100
Cherokee tribes were forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma
What is the "Trail of Tears"
200
This Calvinist, devised concept of "city on a hill" ("A Model of Christian Charity"); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay
Who is John Winthrop
200
These small state banks were set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank and were used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury
What are pet banks
200
These laws, passed by John Adams were meant to keep government unquestioned by critics, particularly of the Federalists
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts
200
After the Kansas-Nebraska act, border ruffians in the election on issue of slavery incited controversy and attacks.
What is Bleeding Kansas
200
This interracial group of protestors aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation. Their highlighting of harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation
Who are the Freedom Riders
300
This Republican President was a popular hero of WWII, promoting "dynamic conservatism" as a middle ground between Republicans and Democrats. As president he installed Interstate Highway System, opened the St Lawrence Seaway and created Departments of Health, Education, and Welfare to oversee New Deal programs
Who is Eisenhower
300
Victorian standards confined women to the home to create an artistic environment as a statement of cultural aspirations
What is the Cult of Domesticity
300
This defined the process for territories to become states and forbade slavery in the new territories
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
300
This 1968 attack on numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies spoiled LBJ's record to reelection, resulted in massive protests in US to end the war, and created atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate
What is the Tet Offensive
300
This political party believed in expanding federal power on economy, encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level, led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)
What is the Whig Party
400
This man led railroad workers in Pullman Strike, arrested; In his case, the Supreme Court legalized use of injunctions (court order) against unions and strikes
Who is Eugene V. Debs
400
Lyndon B. Johnson's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty, Medicare, public education spending, public television (PBS), National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH, NEA))
What is the Great Society
400
This protectionist tariff under John Quincy Adams was considered the root of economic problems by the South. In opposition to it, Andrew Jackson advocated free trade in his successful campaign.
What is the Tariff of Abominations
400
8,000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash, overbuilding of railroads, heavy farmer loans, economic disruption by labor efforts, agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act
What is the Panic of 1893
400
This group fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights), attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party, and aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)
What is the Dixiecrats
500
This Democratic President acquired the majority of the western US (Mexican Cession, Texas Annexation, Oregon Country), lowered tariffs, and created the Independent Treasury
Who is James K. Polk?
500
This Clause gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary and proper to enforce the Constitution
What is the elastic clause
500
This act abolished national origins quotas which dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)
What is the Immigration Act of 1965
500
This decisive victory in the War of 1812 over Tecumseh was instrumental in Harrison's campaign for presidency
What is Battle of Tippecanoe
500
During the Great Awakening, an area heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions. For example: upstate New York, home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement
What is a Burned-Over District
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