Unit 1
What was the name of the economic system between the Colonies and England?
Mercantilism
Who was the fourth president of the United States form 1809-1817
What animal did the settlers hunt in the Plains?
Buffalo
What was economic system did American fear that would disrupt democracy in the country?
Communism
Who was the first black president?
Barack Obama
What was the name of the trade route that connects the Colonies, England and Africa?
Trans-Atlantic Trade or Triangular Trade
What event caused Washington to lead a large militia force in person?
Whiskey Rebellion
Who was the man who controlled the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
What caused the United States to enter WW1
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Zimmerman Telegram.
Who caused the second Red Scare?
Joseph McCarthy
What was the proclamation that prevented the colonists from moving beyond the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What was the name of Andrew Jackson's political philosophy?
Jacksonian Democracy
Name the two islands that processed immigrants.
Angel island, and Ellis Island
In the great plains, what caused more than 500,000 Americans homeless?
What was the first televised presidential debate?
Kennedy vs. Nixon
What influenced Thomas Jefferson writing of the Constitution
John Locke's Social Contract Theory
Under the Congressional Reconstruction name 2 things the Southern States needed to be remitted into the United States?
Guarantee former male slaves and free blacks suffrage, open election for white and black representatives, create a new state constitutions, and recognized the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments.
After the Spanish-American War what country in Asia did America acquire?
The Philippines
In the New Deal name the three Rs?
What was the name of the scandal that led to Nixon resigning as president?
Watergate Scandal
Name three things Congress can do under the Article of Confederation?
Declare war/make peace, Organized post office, Sign treaties, Borrow money, make currency, and create a army and navy.
Who were the two union generals during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman
Who exposed the unfair business practices of Standard Oil?
Ida Tarbell
What was name where the first ever atomic bomb was created and in what state?
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This president was a Hollywood actor before becoming president. Who was it?
Ronald Reagan