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Reconstruction-Turn of the Century (12-16)
Progressive Era-WWI (17-19)
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WW II-Cold War (24-27)
New Frontier-1975
(28-31)
100
The period of history where the US was adjusting after the end of the Civil War
What is Reconstruction
100
The use of political, economic, and military means to gain power and control in different regions of the world.
What is Imperialism?
100
This constitutional action created Prohibition.
What is 18th Amendment?
100
Germany invaded this country in 1939 to officially spark the beginning of World War II.
What is Poland?
100
President Johnson's programs of major social and economic reforms to end poverty and discrimination in the US.
What is The Great Society?
200
This promised 160 acres of land to anyone who would settle in the Western US.
What is The Homestead Act?
200
The official stance of the US Government at the onset of World War I.
What is Neutrality?
200
The fear by many Americans that Communist would take over important roles in US society.
What is The Red Scare?
200
Germany took over these two countries/regions to initiate their European aggressions prior to the start of World War II.
What are Austria and the Sudetenland?
200
This country became the focal point of US/USSR tensions in the early 1960's when the USSR set up nuclear missile sites there.
What is Cuba?
300
This government Act was an absolute failure for Native American cultures.
What is The Dawes Act?
300
This policy said that the US had the right to police and protect any country in Latin America.
What is The Roosevelt Corollary?
300
This goverment action caused a significant increase in bootlegging and organized crime during the 1920's.
What is Prohibition?
300
This agreement was signed by Britain and Germany to try to ease tensions in Europe prior to World War II.
What is the Munich Pact?
300
The Martin Luther King led march on Washington, DC in 1964 helped lead to the passage of this law.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
This government action promised Native Americans land in Wyoming and the Black Hills region.
What is the Treaty of Ft. Laramie?
400
It's main objective was to protect US business interests in China.
What is Open Door Policy?
400
This era saw significant achievements by African Americans in the areas of art, literature, and music.
What is Harlem Renaissance?
400
They tried to use diplomacy rather than armed intervention to settle international conflicts between World War I and World War II.
What was the US foreign policy following World War I?
400
This landmark Supreme Court case led to the end of segregation in all US public schools.
What is Brown v. The Board of Education?
500
This promised freed slaves US citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
Germany used this to promise Mexico assistance in an attack on the US if Mexico promised an alliance with Germany in WWI.
What is the Zimmerman Note?
500
This was the believe by some Americans that the US should return to values of times past, and resist new changes in society.
What is Traditionalism?
500
This government organization was responsible for freezing prices in the US economy and for battling inflation during World War II.
What is Office of Price Administration (OPA)?
500
People used this term during the Vietnam War to describe how the wealthy could do things to get their sons out of being drafted for war.
What is the Manipulatable Draft?