Unit 4
This war was a consequence of westward expansion and the ideas of Manifest Destiny
The Mexican-American War
The antebellum was characterized by increasing disagreements between the North and South over this "peculiar" institution
Slavery
Following the Indian Wars, Native Americans were subjected to these pieces of land
Reservations
Muckrakers
Sit-ins and other protests against racial inequality during the 1950s and 1960s eventually led to the passage of this act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson
Civil Rights Act of 1964
"Mexico must be thoroughly chastised!" This region and political party strongly supported the Mexican-American War
Southern Democrats
DAILY DOUBLE! This group included individuals like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglas
Abolitionists
Mark Twain gave the title to this time period of massive economic growth and economic inequality from 1877-1900
Gilded Age
DAILY DOUBLE! These policies under Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Great Depression changed the relationship between the people and the US government
The New Deal
NSC-68 advocated for the US to form these to stop the spread of Communism
Alliances/collective security agreements
This religious movement led to reform movements such as temperance, abolition, education, and women's suffrage
The Second Great Awakening
The idea that the Civil War was "a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight" was demonstrated in these violent uprisings in response to conscription and the Emancipation Proclamation
New York City Draft Riots
This "radical" reconstruction amendment gave birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law
14th Amendment
Hey Rosie! US participation in World War II led to this change to the American home front
Women working in factories
This set of policies was intended to end poverty and racial inequality in America under Lyndon Johnson
The Great Society
DAILY Double! Andrew Jackson nearly invaded South Carolina for refusing to enforce the Tariff of 1832 in this crisis
Nullification Crisis
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the creation of this grand ole party in 1854
This act was intended to assimilate Native Americans by giving individuals in Native American tribes their own homesteads
The Dawes Act
The Palmer Raids, the first Red Scare, and the eugenics movement led to this Nativist law being passed shortly after World War I.
The Immigration Act of 1924
Reaganomics were based on this economic principle
Supply-side economics/ Cutting taxes on the wealthy
I don't know what you're talking about! This single issue political party formed in response to demographic changes particularly in Northern cities such as New York and Boston
Know-Nothing Party or American Party
The Scott v. Sandford decision was controversial because it made this ruling regarding the powers of Congress in new territories
Congress did not have the ability to ban slavery in territories
Bosses like "Boss Tweed" used bribes and favors to run these in major cities
Political Machines
This act forced the mass deportation of up to 1 million Mexican-Americans during the early years of the Great Depression
The Mexican Repatriation Act
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka essentially reversed this prejudicial precedent
Plessy v. Ferguson