I Am Going to Steal the Declaration of Independence
Name this famous reaction to the Tea Act by the Sons and Daughters of Liberty.
The Boston Tea Party (1773)
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here, as Confederates refused to give up federal property.
What is Fort Sumter?
Writer who exposed the injustices of big business or corrupt government during the progressive era.
What is a muckraker?
The discovery of this disclosed Germany's promise to help Mexico attack the US if the US declared war on Germany.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This was one of the largest and mot successful demonstrations in US History with 200,000 people listening to MLK speak
March on Washington
This pamphlet convinced colonists to support the revolutionary cause in SIMPLE language.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
Because of this man's raid on Harpers' Ferry, he died a martyr for the abolitionist cause in the North and a murderer in the South.
Who is John Brown?
This woman exposed the corruption of the Standard Oil Company; inspired by the firing of her father by big oil business
Who is Ida Tarbell
Ended cash-and-carry programs and allowed Britain to purchase weapons from the US for credit.
What is the lend-lease act?
This ruling eliminated the idea of "separate but equal"
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Name 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
No executive or judicial system
Could not regulate interstate commerce
Limited taxation
Each state received one vote
No new tax or amendments without unanimous consent
The plan of William T. Sherman to surround the Confederacy and choke out its resources
What is the Anaconda Plan?
Jane Addams was responsible for the foundation of what in Chicago, mostly for immigrants?
What is Hull House?
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.
What is the Red Scare?
This bill sent many veterans to school, gave loans to veterans , as well as medical care
GI Bill
These first battles of the Revolutionary War include the "shot heard round the world."
What is Lexington & Concord?
The Emancipation Proclamation was a strategic push by Abraham Lincoln to do what? And who did it ignore?
What is free slaves in the Confederacy, who are slaves in the border states?
Teddy Roosevelt issued this declaration in addition to the Monroe Doctrine essentially becoming the police of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Civil rights leader known for his Tuskegee Institute, the belief that black people in America could work within segregation, and his book Up From Slavery.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This gave the President the power to take "all necessary measures" to protect US interest in Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Name the two plans proposed during the creation of the US Constitution.
What are Virginia and New Jersey plan?
These two battles turned the tide of the Civil War in favor of the Union.
What are Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
Theodore Roosevelt ran for this party during the race for the presidency in 1912
What is the Bull Moose Party?
Introduced by Secretary of State - proposed massive and systematic American economic aid to Europe to revitalize the European economies after WWII and help prevent the spread of Communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This man helped pushed forward the red scare with his accusations of those who were communist spies
Joseph McCarthy