1491-1754
The economic practice where England controlled the colonies' production of raw materials and goods, then received the materials to produce and profit from.
What is Mercantilism?
A tax put on the colonies taxing paper goods that helped lead to the American revolution.
What is the Stamp Act?
The idea that Americans had the right and responsibility to expand westward and develop the land.
What is Manifest Destiny?
President Roosevelt's approach to solving social issues in the country that aimed for groups to coexist peacefully.
What is the Square Deal?
A tropical storm that hit the southeastern US in 2005 with devastating damage and fatalities.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
England's policy of enforcing little to none of their trade regulations and supervision of the colonies. During this time the colonies became more independent, creating their own systems.
What is Salutary Neglect?
A series of amendments to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
A social theory that humans are subject to natural selection, in which the weaker societies and groups would be weaker while others would survive.
What is Social Darwinism?
One of the most influential creative movements in African American culture, embracing literary, visual, theatrical, and musical arts.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A federal law improving public schools by having increased federal regulation.
What is the No Child Left Behind Act?
An armed rebellion against a Governor of Virginia, in which a group of farmers tried to drive local Native Americans out of the state.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
A conflict between the US and Tripoli, in which the United States refused to continue to pay pirate leaders in order to avoid attacks.
Usually thought of as the turning point of the Civil War, this battle was won by the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
A Supreme Court case deciding that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. This case inspired and helped the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s-60s.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
A political scandal where the NSC was involved in illegal weapon transactions.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
A Native American revolt against Spanish invaders where they drove the Spanish out of Santa Fe and had temporary freedom.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
A Supreme Court case that determined that Congress had "implied powers" given by the Constitution.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
An act declaring that all people born in the United States are citizens, regardless of race.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, nearly resulting in war, where the USSR had nuclear weapons stationed near the US in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The largest oil spill in history, off of the Gulf of Mexico, creating devastating environmental impact on the area.
What is the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
A rebellion of enslaved people, in which slaves took firearms and marched toward Florida to gain freedom. The group grew as they marched, however white slaveowners followed and killed or captured most of the slaves.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
A minor but influential political party that opposed the expansion of slavery and inspired the Wilmot Proviso.
What is the Free Soil Party?
Founder of the Standard Oil Company, dominating the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
A court case deciding that state regulation of abortion was unconstitutional.
What is Roe v. Wade?
A counterterrorism campaign launched in response to the terrorist attack on 9/11, representing a new phase in global relations.
What is the War on Terrorism?