Period 6 1865-1898
Name given by Mark Twain to post Civil War period, implied hidden problems
Gilded Age
War that brought America Cuba, Puerto Rico, Phillippines
Spanish-American War
President associated with interstate highway system, growth of suburbs, NDEA
Eisenhower
President for most of the 1980s
RONALD WILSON REAGAN
What was the Pinckney Treaty?
Settled dispute over the border of Florida and gave the US the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River.
Most famous political machine
Tammany Hall
Jane Addams is associated with this movement (not Progressivism)
Settlement Houses
Name of LBJ's set of domestic programs
Great Society
Epidemic that was mostly ignored by federal government in the 80s
AIDS
What is considered the "blank check" for US entering the Vietnam War?
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
first federal law that (was supposed to) break up monopolies
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Government agency meant to persuade Americans to support WWI
CPI
Invention that propelled massive demographic shift from North to South and Southwest
Air conditioning
Bill Clinton's free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
What is significant about the Hartford Convention?
Ended the Federalist Party
Agricultural group that preceded/helped bring about the Populists
Grange
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
Name THREE examples of times when US citizens lost rights during times of war.
Answers will vary
Strike against a Carnegie factory, 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 said this "I'm all ears"
Ross Perot
What was the purpose of the 24th Amendment and the Voting Rights act?
24th- No poll Tax
Voting Rights Act- No literacy test, and other means to keep people from voting.