Migration & Settlement
The phrase for America’s destiny to expand from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
What were women in the 1920s commonly referred to as?
Flappers
What revolution contributed to both Urbanization & Industrialization
Industrial Revolution
What is the name of the war between Mexico & the United States
The Mexican - American War
What ammendment protects you from quarterimg soliders in your home
3rd ammendment
Between 1916 and 1970, over six million African Americans moved from the rural South to Northern cities in this mass exodus.
The Great Migration
Flourishing cultural movement in 1920s Harlem that celebrated Black literature, art, and music.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Eli Whitney’s 1793 invention revolutionized cotton processing and boosted the plantation economy.
Cotton Gin
This 1823 policy warned European powers not to colonize or interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
Who was the second president of the United States
John Adams
Signed in 1862, this act offered 160 acres of public land to settlers who lived on and improved it for five years.
Homestead Act
What protest organization became infamous during COVID lockdown
Black Lives Matter
Introduced by Henry Ford in 1913, this manufacturing method dramatically lowered the cost of goods.
assembly line
The 1898 conflict between the U.S. and Spain began with the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana.
Spanish - American War
Which President signed the Indian Removal Act... leading to the trail of tears
Andrew Jackson
From 1892 to 1954, this New York harbor island processed over 12 million immigrants entering the United States.
Ellis Island
Give two examples of protests during the Civil rights era (1960s) that helped black people gain civil rights
Bus Boycotts, Sit-ins, Freedom riders, Warch on Washington, March in Selma
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for this device that revolutionized human communication.
Telephone
Founded in 1949, this military alliance was the first peacetime mutual defense pact in U.S. history.
NATO
This President’s New Deal reshaped the federal government’s role during the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The Pilgrims established this colony in 1620 after crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower.
Plymouth Colony
This 1848 gathering at M’Clintock Hall is recognized as the first convention for women’s rights.
Seneca Falls Convention
On March 25, 1911, this garment factory in Manhattan caught fire, killing 146 workers.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
This 1961 failed CIA‑backed invasion aimed to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castro.
Bay of pigs invasion
What is Nullification?
legal theory of a state deregarding federal law they deem unconstitutional