period 1-2
The main crop cultivated by American Indians
What is Maize?
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution that guarantee different civil liberties
What is The Bill of Rights?
A term applied to business leaders who were considered corrupt in some way
What is Robber Barons?
A period of economic decline that severely affected U.S. society and politics
What is Great depression?
A period of diplomatic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union that pitted capitalism against communism
What is Cold War?
Moved crops, animals, and even diseases from the Old World to the New World and vice versa
What is the Colombian Exchange?
A conflict between the French and the English over control of the Ohio River Valley
What is the French and Indian War?
The belief that Americans were destined to spread the United States from coast to coast
What is Manifest Destiny?
A wide ranging government approach that addressed the Great Depression through combination of government funded infrastructure projects, social programs, and relief aid
What is the New Deal?
An expansive plan to provide economic and social aid to Western Europe in order to prevent the spread of communism
What is Marshal Plan?
A forced labor system developed by the Spanish that required American Indians
What is the Encomienda System?
A large portion of land that was purchased from France by the U.S. Federal government in 1803 for $15 million
What is Louisiana Territory?
The period after the Civil War during which Northern political leaders imposed strict regulations and governance on the South so that the South could rejoin the Union
What is Reconstruction?
A term applied to people who tried to implement social programs and increase government spending to address social inequalities
What is Progressive?
A program developed under President Lyndon Johnson that significantly expanded federally sponsored social programs
What is Great Society?
A religious movement that promoted emotional, evangelical Protestantism, often through “fire and brimstone” sermons and camp meetings
What is The First Great Awakening?
The ability of the Supreme Court to determine whether a law is constitutional
What is Judicial Review?
A collective bargaining unit that helped urban dwellers and factory workers improve their working conditions, pay, and retirement
What is a Union?
An African American artistic movement in the 1920s that created art based on the lived experience of being African American in the United States
What is Harlem Renaissance?
A senator from Wisconsin who led the campaign to uncover communists and suspected communists in the United States
What is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
An economic system where countries tried to increase their wealth through government control of all aspects of trade
What is Mercantilism?
A plan proposed by Henry Clay that was intended to strengthen the economy of the U.S. through a combination of tariffs, national banks, and infrastructure
What is American System?
A term that describes how many aspects of this life appeared beautiful, but were flawed after closer inspection
What is The Gilded Age?
A movement toward manufacturing, especially in the North, that transformed the United States from an agricultural economy to an urban economy
What is Second Industrial Revolution?
A wide ranging piece of legislation that ended segregation and banned employment discrimination
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964?