Expansion & Democracy
The territorial acquisition that put into question Thomas Jefferson's strict interpretation of the Constitution
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The expansion of the United States that would disrupt the balance between free and slave states.
Allowed for government interference in trade and reduced economic intervention
What is the Sherman Anti Trust Act?
Arose as a result of social problems and advocated for the banning of alcohol as a solution to the social issues of the 1920s
What is the prohibition movement?
The idea that communism should be kept under control within its limits and prevented from spreading
What is containment?
A period of national unity and economic prosperity in the aftermath of the war of 187
What is the Era of good feelings?
Decided that black people descendants of African slaves could not be US citizens and be guaranteed the rights of one
What is the Dred Scott decision?
Exposes the poor conditions and lack of safety precautions in meat factories and the exploitation of immgrant workers
What The Jungle by upton Sinclair?
An incident that turned American public opinion against Germany
What is the sinking of Lusitania?
A technological advancement that led to the establishment of NASA and increased funding in math and science education
What is the launch of Sputnick?
Devotion to the interests of one's own region rather than to the interests of the nation as a whole
What is sectionalism/
Two significant battles that became the turning point of the American Civil War
What is the Battle of vicksburg and Gettysburg?
Declared that segregation laws did not violate the 14th amendment as long as facilities for each race were equal in quality
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
A destructive weapon that led to the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended WWII in Asia.
What is the atomic bomb?
Paranoia about the spread of communism and the internal threat of communism, which was further reinforced by a campaign launched by Senator McCarthy
What is the Red Scare?
The idea that the US was destined by God to explore west to the Pacific.
What is the Manifest Destiny?
Required that slaves who had escaped by returned to their owners even if they were in free state
What is the Fugitive SlaVe Act?
US law that distributed Native reservation land among individual Native Americans with the aim of encouraging them to farm
What is the Dawes Act?
An event that was the catalyst for the Great Depression and crippled the American economy.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Ruled that the US constitution protects a pregnant woman's right to get an abortion without excessive government restriction.
What is the Roe v. Wade decision?
A foreign policy that warned against European colonization/ ambitions in the South America or else the US would take actions
What is the Moroe Doctrine?
Rhe period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854.
What is bleeding Kansas?
Speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan that advocated for bimetallism, an economic system that would benefit farmers
What is the Cross of Gold speech?
A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin Roosevelt to relieve Americans from the impacts of the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
The principle of providing aid to struggling nations so that they would not fall under the control of the Soviets or communists?
What is the Truman Doctrine?