1491-1754
What was the main cash crop of Virginia at this time?
Tobacco
What did the 1763 Treaty of Paris do?
This presidential policy expressed the USA's desire to keep European interference out of the Americas
Monroe doctrine
what belief justified westward expansion
manifest destiny
this was completed in 1869, changing life across the nation
transcontinental railroad
What was the primary cause of the Great Depression?
What policy aimed to stop the spread of communism after WWII
Containment
What was one major effect of the Colombian exchange on Native Americans
disease, death, trade expansion, labor exploitation
What did Shays' Rebellion expose?
Weak Articles of Confederation/ need for a national military
The growth of factories and urbanization at the turn of the century can best be attributed to the ....
Market Revolution
what did the kansas-nebraska act (bleeding kansas) demonstrate?
sectionalism, debates over slavery, violence foreshadowing civil war
What did Andrew Carnegie advocate for in his "Gospel of Wealth"?
that the rich and powerful had the moral responsibility to use their money to help society (charity)
what are the 3 R's of the new deal?
RELIEF RECOVERY REFORM
What was the name of Nixon's big scandal over spying on democrats?
watergate
What is the difference between the colombian exchange and triangle trande (transatlantic)
revolved around goods/ natural resources, vs slavery and its specific related industries
Unpopular British tariffs on the colonists led to the popularity of this phrase
No taxation without representation
This policy authorized the removal of people from their land and forced relocation under Andrew Jackson
Indian Removal Act/ Trail of tears
the fugitive slave act & balancing of free vs slave stated was agreed upon through this...
missouri/ 1850 compromise
what 2 causes led to the US entering the Spanish American war?
De Lome letter, sinking of USS Maine in havana
Explain how the US was instrumental in ending WWII
- Supported troops in europe to push back germany and liberate jewish people in concentration camps, - dropped atomic bombs on japan to end the war
What was MLK's primary focus during the 1950s & 60s?
Equality, peaceful protest
Before slavery was brought to the colonies, the primary source of labor was ...
indentured servants
What did replacing the Articles of. Confederation with the US Constitution do?
Made the federal/ national government stronger, more powerful over the states
During Jacksonian Democracy, suffrage (the right to vote) was expanded to..
more white men (didn't need to own property) "common white man" or poor/ working class
Why was the Mexican-American war significant? (2 reasons)
owning from "sea to sea", USA's national superiority, commercial interests (trade with asia), land expansion west ...
In 1882, this was passed restricting immigration of groups of people for the first time in US History
Chinese exclusion act
what 2 events caused the US to join wwi?
sinking of the lusitania (submarine warfare) zimmerman telegram
What event most directly ended the Cold War
breakup of the soviet union/ USSR
Explain the difference in reasons for settlement between the New England and Chesapeake colonies at this time including who came and why
NE families/ religious freedom
C mostly men, cash crops/ economic motive
Explain the concept of individualism within the first great awakening and what it led to
emphasis on personal relationship with god, less strict churches, inspired revolutionary thinking
How was the second great awakening different from the first?
focused more on moral responsiveness, abolition, women's rights, temperance/ prohibition vs emotionalism
what is the reconstruction era?
time period after the civil war with some limited/ temporary gains for african americans
How did the type of immigrants arriving to America change during this time
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Describe the 2 main goals of Johnson's Great Society
increase civil rights, eliminate poverty