Period 6 1865-1898
Name given by Mark Twain to the post Civil War period, implied hidden problems underneath a bright and wealthy surface.
What is the Gilded Age?
This war gave America effective control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Phillippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
These Japanese cities were destroyed by the Americans with nuclear bombs to convince the Japanese imperial government to come to the negotiating table and end World War II.
This president promoted supply-side economics and was involved in the Iran-Contra affair.
Who was Ronald Wilson Reagan?
This president presided over the majority of the American COVID-19 response, and instituted vaccination programs.
Who is Joe Biden?
This Democratic political machine, active in New York City during the 1800s and early 1900s, is one of the most well known.
What is Tammany Hall?
This battle was widely considered the turning point in World War II, and started the invasion of France by Allied forces.
What was D-Day?
This set of domestic programs was proposed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
What is the Great Society?
This epidemic was mostly ignored by the federal government during the 1980s.
What is AIDS?
This legislative platform, passed under Barack Obama, instituted a tax for people without health insurance.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
This act was the first one signed into law that allowed the Federal government to regulate monopolies.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
These journalists were considered to be digging up the dirt in society. An example is Ida B. Tarbell.
Who are muckrakers?
This invention propelled a massive demographic shift from North to South and Southwest.
What is air conditioning?
This agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the US ushered in an era of free trade between the three countries.
What is NAFTA?
This court case, overturned in 2022, once prevented states from enforcing bans on abortion.
What was Roe v. Wade?
This businessman promoted the "Gospel of Wealth" philanthropic ideology.
Andrew Carnegie
This act enforced the 18th amendment and ushered in Prohibition.
Volstead Act
This Vietnamese campaign turned the American public against continued support of the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This set of privacy-invading laws were passed in the wake of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.
This election was contested in multiple states under allegations of voter fraud.
What was the 2020 election?
This strike, perpetrated by a group of factory workers employed by Andrew Carnegie, was put down by Pinkertons.
What is the Homestead Strike?
The Americans battled the Japanese using a strategy in the Pacific named this.
What is island-hopping/leapfrogging?
This diplomatic agreement, chartered by Jimmy Carter and one of his major achievements, normalized relations between Egypt and Israel.
What are the Camp David Accords?
This candidate is the only third-party presidential contender in recent memory to obtain upwards of 20% of the popular vote, having run in 1992 and 1996.
Who is Ross Perot?
These tapes of a former president were leaked, showing him making sexual and abusive comments about women.
What is the Access Hollywood Tape?