APUSH 1
Term used for Spanish subjugation of Native Americans and using them as enslaved labor.
The encomienda system.
Colonial protest against a British policy over the brand of beverage colonists were forced to purchase.
The Boston Tea Party
This SCOTUS case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This Eli Whitney invention that increased slavery
cotton gin
The acquisition of a large piece of land by President T. Jefferson that went against his usual strict interpretation of the Constitution. Made possible by the Haitian Revolution.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This industrialist made his fortune in steel and later became a prominent philanthropist, advocating for the "Gospel of Wealth."
This muckraking journalist exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in his book The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
This policy, articulated by George F. Kennan, aimed to prevent the spread of Soviet influence abroad.
Containment
This term refers to the increased interconnectedness of the world through trade, technology, and cultural exchange.
globalization
Colonial trade policy where colonies main purpose was to enrich their mother country.
Mercantilism (mercantilist system)
Give two precedents of Washington's farewell address....
Two Terms, No Parties, Neutrality in Foreign Affairs
The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave-holding state, the other as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30’
Missouri Compromise
The term for journalists exposing problems in American society.
Muckrakers
The forced migration of thousands of Native Americans from their lands East of the Mississippi River to Oklahoma and other western territories in the early 1830s.
What is the Indian Removal Act? (Trail of Tears)
This intellectual movement challenged traditional Victorian notions of morality and emphasized the role of environment and heredity in shaping human behavior. "Survival of the Fittest" in the social sphere.
Social Darwinism
Two reasons the US entered World War I.
The Sinking of the Lusitania (unrestricted submarine warfare) and the Zimmerman Telegram
This event in 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
Cuban Missle Crisis
This piece of legislation, passed in response to the September 11th attacks, expanded government surveillance powers.
Patriot Act
This region in the upper South was known for growing tobacco, includes states like Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.
Chesapeake
Law that prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763.
President who vetoed the national bank, voice of the common man, and pushed through the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The event that completed the recovery of the nation from The Great Depression
World War II
The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.
The Great Migration
These laws, primarily in the South, enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Jim Crow laws
This Progressive Era president was known for his "Square Deal" and his efforts at trust-busting and conservation.
Teddy Roosevelt
This US Senator took advantage of the Red Scare to gain political power.
Joseph McCarthy
This major foreign policy event involved the United States leading a coalition to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion in 1991.
Persian Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm
Term for the staple crops grown by Native Americans prior to European arrival. (maize, beans, squash)
Three Sisters
The dominant political party in the US during the Jeffersonian Era (1800-1824).
What are Democratic-Republicans?
Slave preacher who led a bloody revolt against slave owners and their families (Southampton, VA in 1831).
Who is Nat Turner?
Henry Clay's plan to protect American manufacturing, promote a national bank, and federally fund infrastructure to link the regions together.
What is the American System?
This conflict led to a brief period of nationalistic fervor, and helped the U.S. gain respect abroad.
What is the War of 1812?
This labor union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on "bread and butter" issues like wages and working conditions for skilled workers.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
This constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This massive economic aid package was designed to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II and prevent the appeal of communism.
Marshall Plan
theory suggesting that tax cuts and financial benefits for corporations and the wealthy stimulate investment and job creation, ultimately benefiting the entire economy.
Trickle Down Economics/Reaganomics
HIS pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence
Who is Thomas Paine
The idea that women should take charge of educating their children in the ways of the new republic.
What is Republican Motherhood?
Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support.
What is Battle of Saratoga?
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.
Jane Addams
Nickname for Monroe's presidency that reflected a rising sense of nationalism (1817-1825).
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
This political movement, largely supported by farmers, advocated for policies like the free coinage of silver and government regulation of railroads.
Populist movement
Early 20th-century Black nationalist leader who promoted racial pride, economic independence, and the idea that people of African descent should unite globally and, in some cases, return to Africa to build their own nation.
Marcus Garvey
This legislative package, championed by Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to create programs addressing poverty, education, and civil rights.
Prominent American political organization founded in 1979 by preacher Jerry Falwell to advance conservative social values and mobilize evangelical Christians into a powerful political force. Supported Ronald Reagan.
Moral Majority