Unit 1/2
Columbus arrived in the new world in this year
This Supreme Court case established Judicial Review
What is Marbury vs Madison?
This supreme court case ruled that African Americans could not become citizens
The Meat Inspection Act was passed in response to this book
What is the Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
This event led to troops opening fire on protesting college students who were expressing anti-war sentiments
What is the Kent State Massacre?
The french and indian war began in this year
What is 1754?
This publication influenced the colonists to gain independence from Britain, largely facilitated by the print press
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
James Polk ran his campaign focused on this ideal of expansion
What is Manifest Destiny?
This amendment allowed for the direct election of US senators
What is the 17th Amendment?
This was the name given to President Roosevelt's plan to add more justices to the Supreme Court
What was the Court-Packing Plan?
These European groups had friendly trade relationships with the natives
What is the French and the Dutch
This compromise established the 31st parallel to combat the issue of differing opinions on slavery in states
What is the Missouri Compromise or the compromise of 1820?
This act provided 160 acres of land to settlers who would farm it for five years, promoting westward expansion
What is the Homestead Act?
This doctrine promised US Support for nations resisting communism in Greece and Turkey
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This act of Parliament taxed printed materials in the colonies, leading to widespread protest
What was the Stamp Act?
This movement made religion more adamant in the Americas and Jonathan Edwards was an influential figure in this movement
What is the First Great Awakening?
This influential figure aided South Carolina in the nullification crisis
Who is John C. Calhoun
This fraud of the Pacific Railroad taking extra money from the government highlighted the corruption of political machines
What is the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
This 1962 event brought the world closer to nuclear war during the Cold War
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This lengthy and controversial war in Southeast Asia involved the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s
What was the Vietnam War?
This uprising in 1676exposes tensions between fronteir settlers and the virgnia colonial elite, leading to a shift towards racialized slavery
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
During whose presidency was the Tariff of 1828 employed
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This strike against a major railroad company led to federal intervention and the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs
What is the Pullman Strike?
This economic policy of the Reagan administration emphasized tax cuts, deregulation, and reduced government spending
What is supply-side economics?
This future U.S. President gained fame for his leadership of the "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War in Cuba
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?