Presidents
This person wanted to create the "Great Society" and fumbled the bag in Vietnam.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson
Event that got the US involved in WWII.
What was Pearl Harbor?
This was written by James Madison to convince states to ratify the Constitution. Without this, the Constitution wouldn't have been ratified.
One of the richest men during the Gilded Age, ran a steel company, wrote the "Gospel of Wealth".
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
The main cash crop in the southern colonies during the 17th century.
What was tobacco?
This person led European Continental forces in WWII and became president.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Court case that overroad the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in the case of schools, met with "massive resistance" by Dixiecrats.
What was Brown V. Board of Education?
Granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
Progressive reformer who investigated the mistreatment of asylums and the atrocities of the prison system.
Who was Dorothea Dix?
The "secret" plan to build the atomic bomb.
What was the Manhattan Project?
This president added territory to the US like Oregon and Texas.
Who was James K. Polk?
JFK and the CIA trained ex-cubans to help overthrow Communist leader Fidel Castro, fails spectacularly.
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Passed by John Quincy Adams to keep the country quiet about the XYZ affair.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Union leader and advocate who ran for president with socialist ideas a couple times but was never elected.
Who was Eugene Debs?
Name for the rapid increase to the birth rate after WWII ended.
What was the Baby Boom?
This president is widely regarded as the worst president in US history due to his mishandeling of the economic crisis in the US
Who was Van Buren?
Labor Union at Carnegie Steel that leads to a violent confrontation with Carnegie's private security.
What was the Homestead Strike?
Intercepted message from Germany to Mexico that played a role in the US becoming involved in WWI.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Supreme court justice appointed by John Adams who led a progressive court, helping protect the rights of Native Americans and supported the Elastic Clause.
Who was John Marshall?
Plan to help Germany's economy recover after the reparations they were forced to pay after WWI. When the US stock market crashed, this plan caused the depression to spread globally.
What was the Dawes Plan?
President responsible for the start of the War in Iraq that was highly unpopular by the end of it.
Who was George H. W. Bush?
Battle in the American Revolution that was the turning point (without this win, the US would not have gained independence).
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Document written by the colonists to ask Britain to revoke the unlawful taxes being imposed on them or they will have to leave Britain.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This person is an example of the Black Middle Class and urged the importance of black education and self betterment
Who was Booker T. Washington?
The union group led by Samuel Gompers that only wanted skilled workers and excluded women and immigrants.
What was the AFL?