Westward Expansion
Civil War
Gilded Age
Imperialism & World Wars
The Cold War & Modern Trust Issues
100

This belief encouraged Americans to move west, thinking it was their duty to expand.

Manifest Destiny

100

This changed the Civil War’s purpose by making it also about ending slavery.

Emancipation Proclamation

100

This cartoon criticized the power of monopolies in the U.S. Senate.

The Bosses of the Senate

100

This war showed the U.S. was becoming a world power in 1898.

the Spanish-American War

100

Fear of this political system led to McCarthyism and loyalty oaths in the 1950

communism

200

This decision ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

the Dred Scott decision

200

Most Northerners in the 1850s held this view about slavery in new territories.

Opposed to the expansion of slavery

200

This economic practice allowed for unregulated corporations to create unprecedented profits for people like Andrew Carnegie

Laissez-faire capitalism

200

This event besides the Zimmerman Telegram pushed the U.S. into WWI.

unrestricted submarine warfare

200

This foreign policy aimed to stop the spread of communism after WWII.

containment

300

These policies encouraged settlers to move west after the Civil War

the Homestead Act and other federal land policies.

300

These amendments were passed to protect formerly enslaved people, including the one that granted citizenship.

Reconstruction amendments; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. 

300

Ida Tarbell's The History of Standard Oil exposed this industrialist's ruthless business practices leading to the break up of his monopoly. 

John D. Rockefeller

300

American trade and production increased because of this global conflict.

World War I

300

This senator became famous for accusing Americans of being communists.

Senator Joseph McCarthy

400

This Native American leader surrendered in 1877 after a long attempt to avoid capture.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce

400

These political allies lost interest in protecting African American rights by the 1870s.

Northern Republicans

400

Many farmers in the Midwest faced economic issues especially in transporting goods mainly due to this problem.

Unfair railroad rates

400

This artistic movement explored Black identity, pride, and struggle in the 1920s.

Harlem Renaissance

400

This scandal led many Americans to lose trust in the federal government.

Watergate Scandal

500

Conflict with this group continued throughout U.S. history as a result of westward expansion

American Indians

500

This was one major negative effect of Reconstruction on Southern race relations.

the rise of segregation and violence against African Americans

500

This 1882 law reduced immigration from Asia for decades.

the Chinese Exclusion Act?

500

 This major event helped reduce unemployment in the early 1940s.

U.S. involvement in World War II

500

This evidence later showed Nixon had misled the public about his role in the scandal.

White House tapes