PERIODS 1,2,3
What were the reasons for European exploration into the New World?
God, Glory, Gold
Where did "old immigrants" come from?
Northern and Western Europe
How did the Transcontinental Railroad help the United States?
(at least 2 reasons)
Communication improvements
More businesses
Easier and faster to travel across the country
New towns were built, and people followed the ideas of Manifest Destiny
Medicare, civil rights legislation and federal aid to education were a few ideals under the...?
Great Society
What was the political party that emerged and largely represented many of the interests of the old Federalists party? Andrew Jackson initiated the creation of this political party.
Whigs
What closed down colonial expansion westward, was the first to affect all 13 colonies and was implemented by Great Britain?
The Proclamation of 1763
The document that establishes the rights and liberties of the American people. It created a federal government of three branches---legislative, judicial, and executive. It separates powers among the three branches and establishes a system of checks and balances among them and defines the distribution of power between the federal government and the states.
The United States' Constitution
What outlawed monopolistic business practices, and was passed by Congress?
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Women had these following types of jobs during what time? Factories producing munitions, building ships, and airplanes, air raid wardens, fire and evacuation officers, drivers of fire engines, trains, trams, as conductors and as being nurses.
During World War 2
Which amendment promised that when the United States overthrew Spanish rule Cuba, the U.S. would give the Cubans their independence?
The Teller Ammendment
This war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately caused the American Revolution.
The French and Indian War
7 Years War
This bill was put forth by Anti- Federalists, who feared forms of government intrusion on personal liberties.
Bill of Rights
Which political party adopted a platform calling for free coinage of silver, the abolition of national banks, a graduated income tax, plenty of paper money, direct election of senators, 8 hour work days, and immigration regulations?
The Populist Party (People's Party)
Causes of US involvement in World War 2?
(at least 2)
Wanting to protect democracy
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Wanting to contain communism
Germany invading Poland
What group initially focused on the protection of African American neighborhoods, from police brutality, but it's goals changed over the years?
Black Panthers
What conflict in Massachusets caused many to criticize the Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working?
Shay's Rebellion
What were the 3 parts of Henry Clay's American System?
National Bank, Taxing of foreign goods and creating transportation infrastructure (i.e. roads, and canals)
What was the dispute over whether any Mexican territory that American won during the Mexican War should be free or a slave territory? It became a symbol of how intense the dispute over slavery in the U.S.
Wilmot Proviso
Who and what recommended that all Americans have health insurance, the minimum wage is increased, and by law, all Americans are guaranteed equal rights.
Harry Truman's Fair Deal
What were the effects of the Great Recession?
(at least 2)
High gas prices
Bank closures
Rising unemployment
Increased home mortgage foreclosures
What supported economic development, settlement, advanced irrigation, and social diversification?
Maize
What established judicial review?
Marbury v Madison
Who was the American historian who said that humanity would continue to progress as long as there was new land to move into?
Fredrick Jackson-Turner (Frontier Thesis)
What law restricted the activities and power of labor unions?
Taft Hartley Act
Who published an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator and helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society that called for immediate emancipation and racial equality for African Americans?
William Lloyd Garrison