Presidents
Foreign Relations
Progressive Era
Antebellum Period
Famous Literature
100

This President created the Alien and Sedition Acts. 

John Adams

Bonus: what else did he do?(midnight judges)

100

Meant to provide economic aid to foreign nations, this policy was used by the U.S. after world war 2 

The Marshall Plan

Bonus: what other foreign things ocurred under Harry Truman?

100

These 2 Acts were the result of the Progressives shedding the light on the food industry 

Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

Bonus: Books about them?

100

Created in the Early 1800's this prevented European Influence in the Western Hemisphere.

Monroe Doctrine

Bonus: James Monroe was president from 1816-1824, what other foreign developments were under him?

100

Written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in 1787, this collection of papers was created to convince Americans to ratify the Constitution. 

What are the Federalist Papers. Bonus: Why did the Constitution need to be made?

200

This man became the president without winning the electoral college or popular vote. This was seen by some as corrupt.

John Quincy Adams. 

Bonus: What was the corrupt bargain and who became president after Quincy Adams

200

Warren G Harding, Calvin Coolidge and the Republican Old Guard all supported this U.S. foreign policy

Isolationism/ return to normalcy

Bonus: what were their ideals (laissez faire, anti immigrant, pro business)

200

The 17th Amendment was

Direct Election of Senators

200

In 1828, this was protested by the South because they thought it was favoring northerners

Tariff of 1828, Of Abominations

Bonus: who was the later Democratic Vice President who was the most vocal about this 

200

Written during the Progressive Era, This book demonstrated the terrible living conditions of the cities. 

How the Other Half Lives- Jacob Riis

Bonus: what other progressive books were written?

300

This President escalated Vietnamese Tensions by supporting Ngo Din Diem as the leader of South Vietnam

Eisenhower

Bonus: what was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

300

This foreign development under William Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt said that each great power should maintain free access to ports within its sphere of influence

Open Door Note- John Hay

What country was this directed towards, what war was fought partly because of this?

300

What was the Triple Wall of Privilege created by Woodrow Wilson and name an act created by him.

Bank, Trusts, Tariffs,

Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, Underwood Tariff, Sedition, Espionage, Adamson Act(8hr day)

300

This argument in Congress in the 1850's showed that slavery was starting to become more violent.

The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks

Bonus: What court case during this time supported slavery?

300

Seen as the literary driving force of American Imperialism: This book talks of the importance of being a world naval power

Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History-1890

Bonus: what war happened after this?

400
This President signed the Helsinki Accords with the Soviet Union.
Gerald Ford

Bonus: what else happened under Ford?

400

This policy was created to minimize the threat of military force in the early 20th century under William Taft

Dollar Diplomacy

Bonus: what other foreign development started under Taft (mexican Rev)

400
Why did Theodore Roosevelt choose to run against Taft and Wilson in 1912?

He did not like Taft's policies of trustbusting as Roosevelt wanted to control corporations not destroy them. He also didn't like his views on conservation (Ballinger-Pinchot)

Bonus: What are the differences between New Nationalism, and New Freedom?

400

In the 1820's this Amendment was proposed saying that slavery be over in Missouri, all of the slaves there's children would be freed.

Tallmadge Amendment

Bonus: what proposal similarly said no slavery in territories from the Mexican American War?

400

Written at the end of Manifest Destiny, this book was a turning point in American Foreign Policy leading people to start to look outward.

Frederick Jackson Turner-The Significance of the Frontier in American History-1893

Bonus: what anti imperialist president was in power in 1893?

500

This President created the Ostend Manifesto, telling Spain that if they did not sell Cuba to the U.S. we would invade. 

Franklin Pierce

Bonus: What other act was passed under Pierce?

500

This economic conference under FDR was a global meeting to discuss how to fix the Great Depression

London Economic Conference

Bonus: Why did this end up failing?

500

These Acts, created by Theodore Roosevelt under his Square Deal, targeted trusts and big corporations

Hepburn Act, Elkins Act

What later Acts were passed by Woodrow Wilson to go against trusts?

500

Vetoed by John Tyler, this proposal made by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster led to Tyler going against his own party lines. 

Fiscal Bank

Bonus: Prior to this, Andrew Jackson had went against what court case by saying the bank was unconstitutional?

500

Written in 1881, this book demonstrated the cruelty in which the Native Americans were treated throughout Manifest Destiny

Helen Hunt Jackson- A century of dishonor

Bonus: What Act in 1887 demonstrated this fact