PERIODS 1,2,3
What happened in response to women's participation in the American Revolution and Enlightenment ideas?
Popularity of the ideal of Republican Motherhood
What are the different interpretations of the Federalists and Democratic Republicans towards the Constitution?
Federalists= loose
Democratic Republicans= strict
What was Social Darwinism?
the application of natural selection to human society; survival of the fittest
Which president's election signaled a start of the new conservative movement in the 1980s?
President Ronald Reagan
Which term from both the 1920s and 1950s means promoting people to buy more goods?
Mass Consumerism
Secular ideas, such as taking religion out of politics and education, are known as?
Enlightenment ideals
South Carolina threatened to secede from the union if taxes weren't nullified during the...?
Nullification Crisis
This was fraudulent company created to take the profits of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Credit Mobilier
What made segregation legal as long as facilities were separate but equal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What were 2 of the intolerable acts caused that caused the Boston Tea Party?
Stamp Act and Sugar Act
What was the armed uprising against Governor William Berkeley of Virginia because of high taxes, lower prices for tobacco, and nepotism?
Bacon's Rebellion
What were the causes of the Civil War?
Debate over slavery
Debate over national power and states' rights
N - fighting to preserve the union
S - fighting for states' rights
Which United States force, led by General John Pershing, fought with the Allies in Europe during World War 2?
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
What proposed and obtained a joint resolution from Congress authorizing the use of U.S military forces to intervene in any Eastern European country that appeared likely to fall under communist authority?
Truman Doctrine
What event caused a lot of damage to the South at the end of the Civil War?
Sherman's March to the Sea
What were the characteristics of the Chesapeake/ North Carolina, New England, and Middle colonies?
C/N.C.= grew prosperous by exporting tobacco; mostly by male indentured servants and later by enslaved Africans
N.E.= settled by puritans thriving mixed economy of agriculture and commerce
Middle= flourishing export economy based on cereal crops
What resulted from the desire to access natural and mineral resources, and hope for economic opportunities which urged settlement in the west?
The ideal of Manifest Destiny
What was the economic legislation passed by Congress in 1924 reducing taxes on the wealthy and businesses , advocating high tariffs and cuts in government spending and corporate taxes?
The Mellon economic policies
What was the term used during the Reagan administration to describe the economy? It means the economy and wages has not changed.
stagflation
What is a derogatory term for state banks selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury to receive surplus Treasury funds in 1833?
Pet Banks
What are the characteristics of colonization for the Spanish, French/Dutch, English?
Spanish = extract $$ from land
French/Dutch = trade alliances and intermarriage w/ natives
English = sent colonists over to take land from natives; mainly relied on agriculture
What opened up political opportunities and other leadership roles to former slaves and ultimately failed due both to determined southern resistance and the north's waning resolve?
Reconstruction
What promoted social gathering/education opportunities, organized against abuse, formed cooperative/women played significant role, and wanted political pressure?
The Farmer's Alliance
What was the Good Neighbor Policy and who passed?
a foreign policy adopted by FDR designed to improve relations with Latin America
What authorized the president to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Native Americans?
The Dawes Act