As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s, this was the name given to the hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S.
What is the Red Scare?
100
This was the belief that every member of Parliament represents all of England’s people, including those in the colonies.
What is Virtual Representation?
100
This war was fought from 1739-1748 over _______ (an English Captain) losing an ear, though it was confined to the Caribbean Sea.
What is the War of Jenkin's Ear?
100
This individuals invention caused the steel industry to grow significantly.
What is Henry Bessemer?
100
This bill, enacted on March 2, 1833, authorized the President to use of whatever force he deemed necessary to enforce federal tariffs.
What is Force Bill?
200
This treaty established joint occupancy of Oregon between the US and England.
What is the Treaty of 1818?
200
The three main South and Central American Empires
What are the Mayan, Inca, and Aztec Empires?
200
This was the last-ditch effort to prevent war by declaring the colonists loyalty to England.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
200
This is the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
The signing of this document is seen as the 'first step' towards self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
This rebellion was characterized by Pueblo Indians destruction of every Catholic Church in the province of New Mexico.
What is Pope's Rebellion?
300
This was the name given to agreements made between business leaders to divide business interests into zones and share profits.
What is a pool?
300
The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
300
This gave praise and honor to the traditional role of women as being homemakers.
What is the Cult of Domesticity?
300
This doctrine was created by the ruling of Supreme Court case - Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
What is the idea of "Separate but Equal"?
400
This system offered rich landowners 50 acres of land in exchange for the payment of passage for an indentured servants
What is the Headright System?
400
This was considered "a poor man's crop" because it can be produce quickly and easily. As it deplete the soil very quickly, it caused much conflict with Indians over land.
What is tobacco?
400
This was a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that the government did not have the right to deny slavery in any territory belonging to the US.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford (the 'Dred Scott Case')?
400
This prohibited the settlement of colonists west of the Appalachians. It was meant to prevent conflict with the Indians and thereby another bloody uprising like Pontiac's
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
400
The father of the factory system in the United States.
Who was Samuel Slater?
500
This era during President Monroe's term was characterized by its lack of political conflict, as there was only one party.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
500
The Populist Party grew out of this organization
What is the Farmer's Alliance?
500
This was the name of the book written by Andrew Carnegie that said that we have a moral responsibility to assist the less fortunate.
What is "The Gospel of Wealth"?
500
This treaty between the US and Spain gave the United States rights to the Mississippi River in 1795.
What is the Pinckney Treaty?
500
This was the name given to Indians that, in exchange for working the land, were convert to Christianity; 'basically a slave encampment.'