Founding Docs
What is the name of the historical document signed by King John of England in 1215.
Magna Carta.
What were the houses immigrants lived in during industrialization in the early 1900s called?
Tenement Housing.
What is the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants called?
Nativism.
What was the name of this period following World War II, roughly from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s? Hint: it was characterized by increased economic prosperity, particularly in the United States and other Western nations.
Age of Affluence.
What is the term called when you buy or sell, goods and services over the internet?
E-Commerce.
What are the names of the three enlightenment philosophers.
Locke/Hobbes/Rousseau.
What were the names of the reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in United States?
Muckrakers (Riis, Tarbell, Puck)
This (blank) is legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933.
Prohibition.
What was the act called, authorized the construction of a national-network of highways in the United States?
Interstate Highway Act.
What was this act of relocating business processes or operations to another country, often to reduce labor costs or other operational expenses?
Offshoring/Outsourcing.
What are the series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pen name "Publius"
Federalist Papers.
What was the labor system in the American South after the Civil War called?
Sharecropping.
What was this time period in America in the 1920s marked by the rise of jazz music.
Jazz Age.
What is this economic growth during post-World War II phenomenon largely driven by factors like increased homeownership, mass marketing of automobiles, and govt programs that supported housing and development?
Growth of the Suburbs.
What is the term that refers to Americans who moved from anti-Stalinist left to conservatism during the 1960s and 1970s?
New Conservatism.
What was the crucial act passed by the Confederation Congress in 1787 called?
Northwest Ordinance.
What was the name of the Riot that took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886, during a labor protest rally?
Haymarket Riot.
What is this cultural movement in the 1920s and 30s, where African American artists, writers, and musicians, celebrated their heritage? Hint: same time period as the Jazz Age.
Harlem Renaissance.
What are these belts called that refer to the region in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States that experienced the decline of jobs, and ecompasses a swathe of southern and southwestern states experienced rapid growth and population increase after World War II?
Rust Belt/Sun Belt.
What are problems caused by human activities that negatively impact the natural environment?
Environmental Issues.
What was the important document signed by the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
Mayflower Compact.
What was the group of workers who came together to collectively bargain with employers for better wages, benefits, and working conditions called?
Organized Labor (Unions)
Who are the names of the italian anarchists who were convicted of a murder during a robbery in Massachusetts in 1921?
Sacco and Vanzetti.
What are the name of these terms used to categorize different types of jobs based on the nature of the work and the typical attire associated with them?
White Collar/Blue Collar.
What was this landmark piece of legislation designed to enhance law enforcement's tools for preventing and investigation terrorism after the September 11th attacks?
USA Patriot Act of 2001.