Standard 1
What was Great Britain's unofficial policy of loosely governing its American colonies from the late 17th to mid-18th century?
Salutary Neglect
What is the belief that God wanted the US to expand its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
What particular group of immigrants were the first to be targeted from entering the US after 1882?
The Chinese
The Open Door Policy allowed the US equal trading rights in what country?
China
Which US President passed both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Lyndon B Johnson
Who was the English philosopher who believed that citizens had the right to rebel against a government that failed to protect their natural rights?
John Locke
Monroe Doctrine
In the late 1800s, what was the US policy of not interferring in the economy and letting things take its own course?
Laissez-Faire
Which US President is BEST associated with the Square Deal domestic policy and the foriegn policy of "Big Stick"?
Teddy Roosevelt
What event led to the resignation of Richard Nixon from the Presidency in 1974?
Watergate Scandal
Who was the President of the US that passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that forced the last five major Native American tribes east of the Mississippi River to relocate to the reservation lands in Oklahoma?
What act gave 160 acres of free land to settlers willing to farm it for 5 years, encouraging western expansion?
Homestead Act
Who was the Robber Baron in the late 1800s who founded Standard Oil and used controversial business practices to become one of the richest people in the world?
John D Rockefeller
What country did the US build a canal in that cut the distance of travel between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean?
Panama
What act limited a US President's power to commit troops without Congressional approval?
War Powers Act
The Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 all addressed what controversial topic that divided citizens of the US?
Slavery
The election of what US President resulted in the secession of 13 Southern states, the start of the American Civil War, and the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What act attempted to assimilate Native Americans into American society by setting up schools for their children to learn the ways of the white man, and dividing farming land on reservations and giving it to individual families?
Dawes Severality Act
The Zimmeran Note and German unrestricted submarine warfare were two major causes why the US entered what war?
World War I
What US President pushed for conservative values, started an arms race against the Soviets to help win the Cold War, and used supply side economic policies to address economic challenges facing the country?
Ronald Reagan
What were the laws under John Adams that made it harder for immigrants to become citizens and criminalized criticism of the federal government?
Alien and Sedition Act
What is the nickname for the laws that were passed after the end of the Reconstruction Period that called for racial segregation in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
What was the idea that "survival of the fittest" applied to the business world?
Social Darwinism
What event on December 7, 1941 led to US involvement into World War II?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harber
The military goal of the 1991 First Persian Gulf War was remove the Iraqi Army from what country?
Kuwait