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A time in 1492 where crops were brought to Europe from the Americas
What is the Columbian exchange
The publisher of "Common Sense"
Who is Thomas Paine
The idea that it was god's plan (he he he, gods plan) for Americans to expand westward in the 1800s.
What is Manifest Destiny
This form of transportation helped to move goods quicker than ever. This transportation was made to be transcontinental in the 1860's.
What is the Railroad
Lyndon Johnson created this program to promote social welfare
What is the Great Society
Religious revival in the British colonies that was a reaction to the period of Enlightenment
What is the First Great Awakening
The vigilante group that sought to terrorize Native Americans after the French and Indian War
Who are the Paxton Boys
A womens rights movement meeting held in 1848, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention
This court case decided that African Americans would be "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v Ferguson
This group of people that were prominent in the 1960's rejected many social, economic, and political values. Also advocated for changes in sexual norms.
Who are Feminists
The term for the time period when, Britain, as the mother country practiced non-enforcement of regulations to the colonies.
What is Salutary Neglect
The term to describe Americans who supported the cause of Britain during the American Revolution
Who are Loyalists
This term for the land acquired by the U.S. after the Mexican-American War
What is the Mexican Cession
The time period in which the gap between rich and poor increased. During this time period, there was also reforms to improve living conditions, even though big business and trusts corrupted parts of politics and the economy.
What is the Gilded Age
This president, elected in 1980 helped to calm down cold war tensions through diplomatic initiatives.
Who is Ronald Reagan
When Spanish colonial economies brought upon native american labor to support plantation based agriculture
What is the Encomienda System.
Congress enacted this legislature to protect private property, and ban slavery in the Northwest.
What is the Northwest Ordinance
This court case decided that African Americans were property and could be taken as property to states even over the 36 30 line. Also increased the conflict over slavery immensely.
What is the Dred Scott Decision
What is Laissez-faire
The main legislature that helped to ease racial tensions, and achieve racial equality in the 1960s.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
This person, granted their brother control over New Amsterdam after claiming it from the Dutch.
Who is King Charles II
The American System, by Henry Clay, consisted of a national bank, internal improvements to the states, and ...
What are Protective Tarriffs
Lincoln ran on this Republican platform when he won the presidency in 1860. This political group opposed the extension of slavery into western territories.
What is the Free Soil Party.
The United States declined to join this group at the end of World War I because they wanted to promote isolationism after the war. This group was offered to all allied powers that fought in WWI
What is the League of Nations.
This region was a popular migration destination following World War II due to economic opportunity and cheaper costs of living.
What is the Sun Belt Region