Early America
First 10 Amendments of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
The act that was instituted to assist in the expansion and development of western lands.
Homestead Act
Panama Canal
A decade with economic prosperity after WWI.
Roaring 20's
A competition between the US and USSR to reach space
Space Race
System in the US government that ensures no single branch gets to powerful
Checks and Balances
American Indians forces to adopt US culture
Warship blown up in the Havana Harbor leading to the Spanish American War.
USS Maine
Teapot Dome Scandal
Conflict between communist North Korea and non communist South Korea
Korean War
The supreme law of the United States
Constitution
Belief of many white Americans that the US had a divine right to fill up and dominate the continent and that it was a sign of progress
Manifest Destiny
Telegram sent to Mexico by Germany during WWI
Zimmerman Telegram
FDR spoke to the public over the radio to explain New Deal Programs
Fireside Chats
Standoff between the US and USSR when USSR moved nuclear weapons' into Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
This announced the United States Separation from Great Britain
The Declaration of Independence
Passed to prevent immigrants from taking jobs from settlers out west
Chinese Exclusion Act
Treaty that ended WWI, put the blame of WWI on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
Provided insurance for deposits into banks
FDIC
A foreign policy strategy used by the US to prevent the spread of communism
Containment
Amendment that requires government to have a warrant to search your property
4th Amendment
Founded the NAACP, Civil Rights organization that fought for legal rights of African Americans
WEB Debois
Court Case that upheld the Espionage and Sedition Acts
Schenck v. US
Shanty towns on the outskirts of cities for homeless and unemployed
Hoovervilles
A campaign led against alleged communists in the US
McCarthyism