Period 6 1865-1898
The name given by Mark Twain to post-Civil War period which implied hidden problems
Gilded Age
War that brought the following territories under American control: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines
Spanish-American War
President associated with interstate highway system, growth of suburbs, NDEA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This former actor was president for most of the 1980s
Ronald Reagan
The President whose administration saw the Camp David Accords, energy (gas) crisis, and Iranian Hostage crisis
Jimmy Carter
Most famous "political machine" of the 19th and 20th centuries
Tammany Hall
Jane Addams is associated with this social support movement (not Progressivism)
Settlement Houses
The name of LBJ's set of domestic programs
The Great Society
This multi-decade conflict ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall
The Cold War
This future president defended the "Red Coats" responsible for the Boston Massacre in court
John Adams
The first federal law that (was supposed to) break up monopolies
Sherman Anti Trust Act
The "spark" that ignited the outbreak of World War I ("The Great War")
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Wisconsin senator who claimed to have a list of communists in the state department and who became influential in the wake of post-war fears of communism
Joseph McCarthy
Bill Clinton's free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Thomas Paine
The challenges faced by many American farmers in the late 19th-century, including economic hardship, high tariffs, and foreign competition, led to the growth of this movement
Populism
Act that enforced the 18th Amendment
Volstead Act
Campaign in Vietnam that turned American opinion against the war
Tet Offensive
George W. Bush's legislative response after the 9/11 terror attacks
Patriot Act
This philosopher and educational reformer believed African Americans should advocate for immediate equality and access to higher education.
W.E.B. Du Bois
The strike against a Carnegie factory which was crushed by Pinkertons
Homestead Strike
Group that opposed American intervention in WW2
America First Committee
Name of Carter's signature foreign policy achievement
Camp David Accords
Third-party candidate in 1992 election who was largely critical of NAFTA
Ross Perot
This president died in office, but not before the Teapot Dome Scandal broke
Warren G. Harding