America
What did transcendentalists believe in?
Individualism, idealism, and the divinity of nature
What did the Compromise of 1877 do?
Put an end to Reconstruction in the South
What was the conclusion of Brown v. The Board of Education?
It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What did Eli Whitney create?
Cotton gin and interchangeable parts
Tell me about the Knights of Labor
American labor federation members were skilled and unskilled workers, who rallied for shorter work days, equal pay for men and women to end child labor.
What was the conclusion of Dred Scott v. Stanford (1857)?
Slaves are not citizens and Missouri Compromise is killed
What was done in 100 Day Congress?
Congress passed 77 laws during Roosevelt’s 100 days in office to revive the dead economy.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It was an act made in 1854 that separated Kansas and Nebraska into their own states.
What did Hitler do to cause World War II?
Invaded Poland
Summarize the Social Gospel
A social movement within Protestantism that aims to apply Christian ethics to social problems
What was the primary cause of the Civil War?
To maintain the Union
What was Dawes Act of 1887 about?
It assimilated Native Americans into removing the native from American
He removed Indians, veto Congress, opposes nullification, opposes Bank of the United States, supports Westward expansion.
What was the Open Door Policy?
Opened access to China for American investment
Name two Muckrakers
Sinclair Lewis and Mother Jones
Tell me about the Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles made by Russia and set in Cuba to be within firing range of America.
Why did Shay rebel?
He rebelled because of how the government failed to pay the soldiers, who had served in the war.
What did Nixon do at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC?
Nixon eavesdropped on the democrats campaign, which almost got him impeached
Summarize Hamilton's economic plan
A plan where the government repaid both federal and state debts via protective tariffs, national banks, and established national credit by paying off war debt.
What was the main cause for the US to get involve in World War I?
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare
What was the Tet Offensive (1986)?
When VietCong launched an attack on South Vietnam
Summarize the Trail of Tears
America gave the Natives the boot to somewhere in Oklahoma
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Anything paper
What was Popular Sovereignty?
People of the state decide if the state should become a slave or non-slave state.
What does September 11, 2001 and December 7, 1941 have in common?
Planes