Civil War
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the moral horrors of slavery and became a 19th-century bestseller
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
This amendment officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States
13th
This "Captain of Industry" controlled nearly 90% of U.S. oil refining through his company, Standard Oil
John D Rockefeller
The explosion of this battleship in Havana Harbor served as a primary immediate cause of this war
Spanish-American War
These "Three Rs" represented the core goals of FDR’s New Deal programs
Relief, Recovery, Reform,
in new territories to vote directly on whether to permit slavery
Popular Sovereignty and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
This 1896 Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine, legalizing segregation for decades
Plessy v Ferguson
This philosophy applied "survival of the fittest" to human society to justify wealth inequality and oppose government regulation
Social Darwinism
Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy philosophy is best summarized by this famous six-word phrase
“Speak softly and carry a big stick”
This environmental disaster on the Great Plains was caused by a combination of drought and overplowing
Dust Bowl
This 1857 Supreme Court ruling declared that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in federal territories
Dred Scott v Sandford
He was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator
Hiram Revels
Andrew Carnegie’s argument that the wealthy have a moral obligation to use their fortunes for the public good is known as this
The Gospel of Wealth
This 1899 policy sought to ensure equal trade access in China for all imperial powers
Open Door Policy
This 1944 invasion of Normandy opened the Western Front and was the largest amphibious assault in history
D-Day
This radical abolitionist led a failed 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to spark a slave rebellion
John Brown’s Raid on Harper Ferry
This labor system, which replaced the plantation system, often trapped freed people in endless cycles of debt.
Comprimise of 1877
This 1890 act was the first federal attempt to curb the power of monopolies, though it initially had weak enforcement
Sherman Antitrust Act
This naval theorist argued in his famous book that national greatness depended on a strong navy and overseas bases
Alfred Thayer Mahan
This Cold War strategy aimed to stop the spread of Soviet communism without necessarily overthrowing it directly
Containment
Part of the Compromise of 1850, this act infuriated Northerners by requiring them to assist in the capture of escaped enslaved people
The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act
The 14th Amendment provided these three core protections to citizens: Birthright citizenship, due process, and ________
Equal protection
These organizations, such as Tammany Hall, provided services to immigrants in exchange for political votes
Political Machines
This 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine claimed the U.S. had the right to act as an "international police power" in Latin America
Roosevelt Corollary
This 1954 Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling school segregation unconstitutional
Brown v Board of Education (1954)