Expansion and Migration
After the Spanish-American War, this treaty forced Spain to give Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S. (8.1).
Treaty of Paris.
This spoken address warned Americans about involving themselves in foreign affairs (3.4).
Washington's Farewell Address.
Calvin Coolidge, Hebert Hoover, and Warren G. Harding all exercised this type of economic system (9.1).
Laissez-faire economics.
This is what A. Philip Randolph fought for in 1941, which was eventually signed into action by FDR (9.6).
Equal military pay for African American soldiers.
When President Abraham Lincoln arrested secessionists in Maryland, he denied them this judicial order (6.1).
Habeas Corpus.
These were the first Europeans in North America, but they did not last (1.3).
Vikings.
Secretary of State John Hay sent this letter to ask for the U.S. to have equal trading power in China (8.2).
Open Door Letter.
These people (i.e Vanderbilt, Carnegie, etc) controlled economics and the government in the Gilded Age (7.2).
Industrialists.
This era was known for expanding voting to poor, white males aka "Universal White Male Suffrage" (4.3).
The Era of the Common Man.
The Spanish Influenza started in this U.S. State and wiped out ~25-50 million people worldwide (8.5).
Kansas.
America forced Mexico to sign this treaty, which forced Mexico to give up half their land to the US (5.1).
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
This demographic of citizens was most heavily impacted by the Stamp Act of 1765 as it put an additional tax on printed goods (2.2).
The three articles written by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and more established these branches of government and their systematic powers (3.2).
Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch.
William Jennings Bryan was a prosecutor in this famous trial (9.1).
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
This document was written in an attempt to purchase Cuba from Spain for $100 million, but Spain ultimately said "No" (5.2).
The Ostend Manifesto.
In 1867, the U.S. purchased this territory from Russia for $7.2 million and expanded territories that were previously unconnected (8.1).
Alaska
This compromise proposed by Henry Clay consisted of 4 parts that declared that CA would become a free state, the Fugitive Slave would be passed, NM will be divided with UT, and Slave Trade ended in D.C. (5.2).
The Compromise of 1850.
This was the first woman attempted to run for president in 1872 from the Equal Rights Party (8.3).
Victoria Woodhull.
Before the Temperance Reform, the average American drank this amount of hard liquor a year (4.5).
5 Gallons.
This act granted 160 acres of land for FREE in order to expand influence westward (7.3).
The Homestead Act.
This organization was founded by Woodrow Wilson after World War I to bring more worldwide unification (8.5).
The League of Nations.
Chester Arthur, President Garfield's Vice President, passed this act to ensure that federal workers were hired based on merit, not connections from the Spoils System (7.6).
The Pendleton Civil Service Act
From 1877 to 1954, this era occurred which disenfranchised African Americans and was most prevalent in rural areas (6.4).
The Jim Crow Era.
In 1790, this highway was the first ever highway created in the U.S. (4.6).
Pennsylvania Turnpike.