1700s
Jonathan Edwards's sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741) is most associated with this movement
What is the First Great Awakening?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What are robber barons?
The Progressive Era was spurred on by a group of investigative journalists digging through the dirt to uncover corruption and social problems; they had this evocative nickname
Who are the muckrakers?
The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War took place on September 17, 1862 at this Maryland location
What is Antietam?
John Adams's presidency was marked by tension with this nation, which manifested itself in the Quasi-War and XYZ Affair
What is France?
Due to the failure of the Federalist Party and the dominance of the Democratic-Republicans, the presidency of James Monroe (1816-1824) would come to be known as this "Era"
What is the Era of Good Feeling(s)?
The assassination of James Garfield related to a dispute over the reform of this, also the subject of the Pendleton Act, signed by Garfield's successor, Chester A. Arthur
What is civil service?
President William Howard Taft's foreign policy, which focused mainly on achieving economic gains in US relations with foreign countries, was known by this two-word alliterative term
What is "Dollar Diplomacy"?
In a 2002 speech, George W. Bush coined this three-word term to refer to North Korea, Iran, and Iraq, due to their alleged sponsorship of global terrorism
What is the "axis of evil"?
One of the earliest pieces of so-called "feminist" writing came from this future First Lady, who in 1776 urged her husband to "remember the ladies" when the Continental Congress planned the future of the nation
Who is Abigail Adams?
What is the Age of the Common Man?
The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 marked a major change in the way that the federal government dealt with this group of people
Who are Native Americans?
One of the key reforms of the New Deal was this program, providing insurance for Americans' bank accounts, which is best known by this four-letter acronym
What is the FDIC?
This 1763 native uprising, centered around the Great Lakes region at the end of the French & Indian War, led the British to issue the Proclamation of 1763 to attempt to prevent colonial settlers from instigating further conflict
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
One of the only successful elements of the Articles of Confederation was this 1787 law, which helped to organize the territory that had been gained after the Revolution into new states
What is the Northwest (Land) Ordinance?
What is Seneca Falls?
Political machines dominated many cities in the late 1800s, including this one in New York City, led by Boss Tweed
What is Tammany Hall?
Following the Spanish-American War, the US's new policy of imperialism was most evident in this former Spanish colony, in which the US sought to establish control in the face of a nationalist movement led by Emilio Aguinaldo
What is the Philippines?
A prominent Progressive reformer, this woman founded Hull House in Chicago, a settlement house that provided social services to recently arrived immigrants
Who is Jane Addams?
Washington's desire to end conflict and facilitate peaceful trade with Great Britain was achieved by this 1794 treaty, named for the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What is the Jay Treaty?
Valuing individualism and elevating artistic expression over the pursuit of wealth, the transcendentalist movement came to prominence during this period, and featured such important works as Walden and "On Civil Disobedience," by this man
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
In 1862, during the Civil War, Congress passed this law that allowed any citizen to take ownership of 160 acres of land in the West, spurring a wave of settlement
What is the Homestead Act?
One of the only foreign policy achievements during the presidency of Calvin Coolidge was this 1928 pact, which sought to outlaw war among its signatories
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
Truman, Churchill, and Stalin discussed plans for postwar German administration and the fight against Japan in this eastern German city in July 1945
What is Potsdam?