American Revolution
Westward Expansion
The Civil War/Reconstruction
Imperialism
Roaring 20s/Great Depression
100
Name 1 cause of the American Revolution
Taxes, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, French and Indian War
100
Name 1 negative impact westward expansion had on Native Americans
Moved off land
Died from Disease
War
100
What was the name of the South after they seceded from the Union?
The Confederacy (The Confederate States of America)
100
Define Imperialism
Extending power or influence over another country
100
an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in New York City
Harlem Renaissance
200
What year did America declare their independence?
July 4th 1776
200
Define the following: God has given America's the right to expand west. It was a justification used for westward expansion
Manifest Destiny
200
What amendment ended slavery?
13th
200
In which war did America take over Hawaii, the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba?
Spanish-American War
200
a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.
Flapper
300
What was the purpose of Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
Encouraged colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
300
Name the beginning of Westward Expansion
Louisiana Purchase in 1803
300
Put the following compromises in order:
- Kansas Nebraska Act
- Missouri Compromise
- Compromise of 1850
- Missouri Compromise (1820)
- Compromise of 1850
- Kansas Nebraska Act (1854)
300
After this war, African Americans came home and demanded equal rights, which was faced with severe backlash and race riots.
World War I
300
What directly caused the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash in 1929
400
The Articles of confederation was the first governing document in the US. Why was it WEAK?
All power went to the states, very little power went to the federal government.
400
What war did Americans gain California and Texas (as well as other lands)
Mexican-American War
400
This federal organization provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance to newly freed people during Reconstruction.
The Freedmen's Bureau
400
The belief that it was the duty (or problem) of white people to educate and take care of People of Color because they were not able to take care of themselves.
White Man's Burden
400
Give one example of how the New Deal helped Americans during the Great Depression
relief to the poor and unemployed
recovery of the economy back to normal levels
reform the financial system to prevent another depression
500
Explain the phrase: "No Taxation without Representation."
Colonists were angry they were being taxed without having representation in Parliament
500
Explain the Assimilation Movement.
Take Native American children off their land, put them in residential schools and "Americanize" them, children will be less likely to go back to reservations, America eventually takes Native land.
500
Which group of political party consistently fought for rights for freed people and wanted harsh punishments for the South after the Civil War ended.
Radical Republicans
500
During WWI, a supreme court case was passed that greatly limited freedom of speech during wartime. What was it called?
Schenck vs US
500
Which ecological disaster in the Great Plains made the Great Depression worse?
The Dust Bowl