Period 7 1890-1945
What do we call the time period (era) when the government took an active role in fixing the problems of society from around 1900-1914?
Progressive Era
During the Cold War the hunting down of communists became known as this
McCarthyism
The Emancipation Proclamation freed only slaves that _______________
lived in the rebelling Southern states
Why was this time period referred to as the Gilded Age?
Everything look good from the outside but there was a lot of corruption going on if you looked hard enough
Who earned the right to vote following their helpful hands in taking domestic jobs while soldiers fought overseas in World War 1?
Women
This organization was set up by the House of Representatives in 1938 to officially investigate potential communists.
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
This act prohibited American ships from sailing to any foreign port. Jefferson is often criticized for this act because it backfired and began crippling the U.S. economy
What was the name of the congressmen who beat another congressmen almost to death with a cane over his opinion on slavery
Preston "Bully" Brooks
Big business leaders used this business strategy in which they would buy up all the companies that made the same products as them to eliminate competition
Horizontal integration
Name 1 cause of the Spanish American War
sinking of the Maine
De Lome Letter
Yellow journalism
This organization was made up of southern black students who wanted to form a youth organization for support of the civil rights movement in a nonviolent way
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Stephen Douglas was strongly in favor of this idea which claimed that the issue of slavery should be left up to the citizens of that state.
Popular Sovereignty
The prevailing idea among many wealthy business owners that it was survival of the fittest. Those that were poor were poor because they were lazy and those that were rich were rich because they worked hardest.
Social Darwinism
Name the 3 R's of FDR's New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This was the name of the plan to help the nations with crippled economies from WW2 by providing them with U.S. loans
The Marshall Plan
This individual tried to start a slave rebellion by seizing weapons at Harpers Ferry in 1859. He was hung for it which caused outrage among abolitionists
John Brown
Farmers did not fair well during the Gilded Age and eventually started an uprising that created a political party that called for major economic reforms. What was the name of that political party?
Populist party
What was the name of the document passed by Theodore Roosevelt that said that the western hemisphere belong to the United States and all European countries should stay out
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Docrine
Each of these 3 presidents had a specifically named policy for how to deal with the Cold War. Name all three policies correctly matched with the 3 presidents.:
Truman-
Eisenhower-
JFK-
Truman- Containment
Eisenhower- Brinkmanship
JFK-Flexible Response
Henry Clay came up with a plan to fix the economy of the United States that included 3 parts: protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements. What was the name of this plan?
This Supreme Court case ruled that Congress had no right to abolish slavery in certain territories and also ruled that slaves were not people but property. It was a huge victory for the South prior to the Civil War
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
A heavily debated issue that end up in a presidential assassination concerned how to distribute government jobs. What is the term for giving out government jobs to those that are most loyal to you but may not be the best qualified for the job?
Patronage