VOCABULARY
THE US CONSTITUTION
GILDED AGE & PROGRESSIVE ERA
COLD WAR
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
100

movement of African Americans escaping the Jim Crow South in search of better jobs in the North

Great Migration

100

this amendment established women's suffrage

19th Amendment 

100

hands-off government interference in the economy

laissez-faire

100
A meeting of Egypt and Israel during Jimmy Carter's presidency in which Egypt recognized Israel's right to exist

Camp David Accords

100

founder of the SCLC; led the Civil Rights Movement with non-violent protests

Martin Luther King Jr.

200

a rebellion responsible for the Founding Fathers realizing the Articles of Confederation were too weak

Shay's Rebellion

200

citizenship, due process, and equal protections; this amendment was used to gain civil rights 

14th Amendment 

200

the Federal Reserve System, known simply as "The Fed." It was implemented to establish economic stability in the U.S. by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy.

Federal Reserve Act of 1913

200
A scandal during Nixon's presidency involved wiretapping and cover-ups. Nixon resigned after this incident 

Watergate Scandal

200

Created a series of reforms during the Great Depression known as the New Deal; he is also the only President to have been elected to 4 terms 

Franklin D. Roosevelt [FDR]

300

fear of communism in the United States; it happened twice

Red Scare

300

amendment stating you may have rights that are not listed in the Bill of Rights

9th Amendment 

300

this act from 1887 took tribal lands away and were sold to whites moving west; this act also was passed to assimilate Native Americans into American culture

Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

300

the closest we came to a nuclear war was in the 1960s during John F. Kennedy's presidency when spy planes discovered nuclear war heads in Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis 

300

The Common Man President who under his leadership "universal white male suffrage" took effect

Andrew Jackson

400

The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act

Compromise of 1850

400

power is shared between the national and state governments

federalism 

400

political leaders who used bribes for votes; they were effective among immigrant voters

Political Machines 

400

the easing of relations between the US and the USSR. This foreign policy was used during Nixon and Ford's presidency 

Detente 

400

Ida Tarbell; Jacob Riis; Upton Sinclar

Collectively they are known as....

muckrakers

500

A plan introduced by Benjamin Franklin before the American Revolution that stated the colonies needed to work together for the common good. The plan failed. 

Albany Plan of Union

500

a national income tax was established 

16th Amendment 

500

this group was farmed in the west as a result of high taxes and low crop prices; this group formed the Populist political party

Farmer's Alliance 

500

this proposed legislation would have ensured women have equal protection in the workplace. It was never ratified 

Equal Rights Amendment [ERA]

500

The two men associated with the Revolution of 1800

John Adams & Thomas Jefferson