Westward Expansion & Imperialism
A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
What is Louisiana Purchase?
This tycoon used horizontal integration to monopolize the oil industry.
Who is John D Rockefeller?
This name was used to describe the "new" woman of the 1920's who wore short hair and dresses and expanded social freedoms.
What are Flappers?
The President of the US after World War II who used a policy of Containment to fight the Cold War.
Who is Harry Truman?
A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system started by Rosa Parks and led by MLK.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The phrase coined by the journalist John O'Sullivan in 1845 defining that America had the god-given right to expand west.
What is Manifest destiny?
Organizations of workers fighting for better pay and working conditions.
What are Labor Unions/Unions
Shanty Towns named after the president during the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This supreme Court case ended Public School Segregation.
What is Brown v. the Board of Education?
This was the main political issue that accompanied all new territory acquired the United States in the "West."
What is Slavery?
The idea that the wealthy had earned their money and if someone was poor it was their own fault.
What is social Darwinism?
The informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression
What are Fireside Chats?
This Cold War President gave a speech warning about the country's military and the defense industry that supplies it. Known as the Military Industrial Complex.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
The World War II-era effort of black Americans to gain "a Victory over racism at home as well as Victory over fascism abroad."
What is the Double "V" Campaign?
A belief that it was the duty of white people to "civilize the affairs" of nonwhite people whom they believed to be less developed.
What is the White Man's Burden?
The leader of the settlement house movement who founded the Hull House which provided services to the urban poor and immigrants
Who is Jane Addams?
This is a policy, championed by republicans during the 20s, called for minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of business.
What is Laissez-faire?
This Cold War President increased involvement in the Vietnam war and sent troops in on the ground to fight.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
NAACP, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
Often viewed as the first U.S. Imperial War, with a victory in this conflict the United States acquired the Territory of the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This political party consisted primarily of angry farmers who laid foundation for many of the progressive party reforms.
What is the Populist Parity?
The Nickname for October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed. Lead to the Panic of 1929.
What is Black Tuesday?
This is the number of presidents who served in office during the Cold War.
What is Nine?
In 1966 the SNCC trended away from nonviolence and integration toward the Black Power Movement.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?