Expansion and ideologies
The idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
A political philosophy supporting the rights and power of the people in their struggle against the privileged upper class (mainly made up of farmers)
What is populism?
Advocated for loose interpretation of the constitution and a stronger central government
What is federalism?
The mass movement of African Americans to escape racial persecution from the South, and have better economic opportunity.
What is the Great Migration?
Symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
What is Iron Curtain?
Significant move towards unifying the United States, connecting the East and West coasts by in 1869. It also made travel and transport of goods more efficient, revolutionizing transportation in the west.
Support for the end of slavery
What is Abolition?
Advocated for strict interpretation of the Constitution and states rights
What is Democratic Republicanism?
A period from 1607-1763 in which England did not strictly enforce Parliamentary laws, which allowed the colonies to flourish as almost independent states for many years.
What is Salutary Neglect?
A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's, in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature, and there is no need for organized churches. In other words, the American version of romanticism.
What is Transcendentalism?
Period of religious revival promoted by religious leaders such as George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards.
What is Great Awakening?
The court case that ended segregation in schools
What is Brown v Board of Education?
A campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy
What is McCarthyism?
Added to the constitution and guarantees the protection of citizens' rights, freedom of speech, religion, press, and other rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The U.S. pledged economic and military aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
Ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere after the US gained Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, etc.
What is Spanish-American War (1898)
Goals were improving social problems, reforming local governments, improving labor conditions, and regulating big business.
What is progressivism?
A set of principles for peace that were to be used in negotiations to end World War I.
What are Wilson's 14 Points?
Created to investigate the causes of the 1967 race riots and injustice in the United States.
What is the Kerner Commission?
a diplomatic standoff between the United States and the Middle East where 52 American diplomats and citizens were held captive for 444 days.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
Advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other territories and peoples
What is Imperialism
Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), aimed to achieve Black nationalism through the celebration of African history and culture.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This top-secret policy document, issued in 1950, outlined the United States' strategy for containing the spread of communism and dramatically increased defense spending.
What is NSC-68?
A manifesto by teenagers that outlined the beliefs and goals of the SDS, a student organization that sought to bring about social and political change in the United States
What was the Port Huron Statement?
A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment.
What is Stagflation?