Early Government & Political Parties
He was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This president is connected to the expansion of voting rights for white men and the idea of the “common man.”
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This term means the growth of cities.
What is urbanization?
This event in 1929 is often used as the symbolic beginning of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash?
This conflict was between the United States and Soviet Union but did not involve direct full-scale war between them.
What is the Cold War?
This was George Washington’s warning against forming permanent alliances with foreign nations.
What is Washington’s Farewell Address?
This forced removal of Native Americans led to the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Many immigrants entered the United States through this immigration station in New York Harbor.
What is Ellis Island?
This president created the New Deal.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This fear of communism led to investigations and accusations during the 1950s.
What is McCarthyism?
This political party supported a strong national government, a national bank, and loose interpretation of the Constitution.
What is the Federalist Party?
This Supreme Court case ruled that Georgia could not enforce laws in Cherokee territory.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This term refers to dislike or fear of immigrants.
What is nativism?
This New Deal program created jobs building roads, bridges, parks, and public buildings.
What is the Works Progress Administration, or WPA?
This war was fought in the 1950s to stop the spread of communism in East Asia.
What is the Korean War?
This political party supported states’ rights, farming interests, and strict interpretation of the Constitution.
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
This war helped the United States gain land including California and the Southwest.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This organization was formed by workers to fight for better wages, hours, and working conditions.
What is a labor union?
This New Deal program still provides retirement benefits for older Americans.
What is Social Security?
This 1957 event started the space race after the Soviet Union launched a satellite.
What is Sputnik?
This 1798 law made it harder to criticize the federal government and was opposed by Jefferson and Madison.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and gave the United States large amounts of western territory.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This 1894 strike against a railroad car company led to federal intervention and showed conflict between labor and business.
What is the Pullman Strike?
This term describes Roosevelt’s attempt to add more justices to the Supreme Court after it struck down some New Deal programs.
What is court packing?
This war caused major protest movements in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
What is the Vietnam War?