Literature
Using Enlightenment ideas and the listing of several grievances, this man wrote a certain document opposing British control. Identify this writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
In this year, the conflict that saw the formation of the United States of America began.
What is 1775?
Name this 1797 event that nearly caused a war between the United States and France and led to undeclared naval warfare. Name this event, in which three agents tried to solicit a bribe from U. S. diplomats.
What is the X, Y, Z Affair?
Characterized by decreased government regulation and spending, tax cuts, increased defense budgets, and high national debt, this policy was a hallmark of the 1980s.
What is Reaganomics (or supply-side economics)?
This scandal in 1972 led to the first resignation by an American president.
What is Watergate?
Following the Rudkus family, this book was written to expose conditions of meatpackers, yet it caused the Pure Food and Drug Act to be passed. Name this book, published serially in 1905 by Upton Sinclair.
What is "The Jungle?"
In this revolt, led by someone enthusiastic about attacking American-Indians, frontier settlers wanted better land during a drought, rebelled in one the first uprisings in the American Colonies.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This incident led to a years-long hostage crisis which ended on Reagan's inauguration. For 200 points identify this populist revolt that toppled the regime of Shah Reza Pahlavi.
What is the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979?
This trade policy was opposed by the "Odd Couple" of Ross Perot and Jesse Jackson. It was signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1994 and eliminated trade barriers and tariffs between certain countries.
What is NAFTA?
This scandal, named for the attempted tax-free production of a certain product, implicated many officials in Ulysses S. Grant's cabinet.
What is the Whiskey Ring?
These three authors used the name Publius when writing their pieces in support of the U. S. Constitution. Identify TWO of the authors of The Federalist Papers.
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and/or John Jay?
In 1831, this bloody slave rebellion in Virginia caused fear among slaveholders and stricter slave codes.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
The first of these two uprisings began with protests on International Working Women's Day, and the second one ended in a Civil War. Name these uprisings that were caused by food shortages, dissolution of the Legislature, and involvement in World War One.
What is the Russian Revolutions? (If only one of the following is given do not accept: February Revolution, October Revolution,) Bolshevik Revolution.
This event was catalyzed by the advancement of technology and labor, allowed for the development of the modern stockholder corporation, and connected communites across the nation.
What is the Market Revolution?
This major railroad scandal led to a severe stain on president Ulysses S. Grant and the Republican Party.
What is the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
This man wrote a piece after he was imprisoned. That book was written by this man, a Transcendentalist, because he opposed paying taxes to support a war.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
After the American Revolution, former soldiers rose during this uprising to protest high taxes while the United States struggled to maintain order.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Stephen Decatur was a hero of this war, which the United States fought against state-supported piracy. For 400 points identify this 1801-1805 war against the pirates of Tripoli.
What is the (First) Barbary War(s)?
Seen in the 1970s, this period is characterized by high inflation and unemployment, as well as decreased productivity and growth.
What is stagflation?
During the Civil War, the capture of two confederate diplomats on a British ship created this international diplomatic crisis.
What is the Trent Affair?
In this work, published in 1890, the author argued that British control of the seas paved the way for British dominance internationally. The author of this book approved of the prior actions of William Seward in purchasing Alaska and attempting to purchase new naval bases. Name this book written by Alfred T. Mahan.
What is "The Influence of Sea Power upon History"?
This region rebelled twice in the span of three years. During the second revolt, the morality of the United States was questioned as writers like Mark Twain wrote about the United States' "massacre and murderous butchery" of this region's people.
What is the Philippines?
This event unseated a dictator who gained power in a 1952 coup. Significantly supported by the local population, this revolt was aided by figures like Che Guevara among others. Name this revolt that ended the U.S. backed regime of Fulgencio Batista.
What is the Cuban Revolution?
Enacted in 1890, this Republican policy enforced huge import duties that aimed to protect American industries.
What is the McKinley Tariff?
This major scandal during the presidency of Warren Harding saw the illicit leasing of naval oil reserves.
What is the Teapot Dome scandal?