Colonial Era
This person was general of the colonial army during the revolution and later our first US president.
George Washington
This person was the 16th president of the United States and his election caused the south to secede from the union.
Abraham Lincoln
This group of people were negatively impacted by the rapid expansion of the United States in the 1870s.
Native Americans
This progressive era amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This event sparked the United States involvement in WWII.
Pearl Harbor
These two nations emerged as global superpowers at the end of WWII.
United States & Soviet Union
This legislation enacted in 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender or national origin.
Civil Rights Act
This was the Supreme Leader of Iran and figurehead of the revolution.
Ayatollah Khomeini
This was the battle cry used by colonist when voicing unfair treatment by British Parliament.
"No taxation without representation!"
This was Abraham Lincoln's primary motivation at the beginning of the Civil War.
Preserving the Union
This is the belief that the United States was meant to expand across the North American continent by God.
Manifest Destiny
This economic crisis in 1929 also led to an outbreak in organized crime.
The Great Depression
This organization was established in 1945 to promote peace and prevent future conflicts.
United Nations
This was a technological competition for the Soviets and United States during the cold war.
Space Race
This Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation was constitutional under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
This is the country that granted asylum to the 6 escaped diplomats from the US Embassy.
Canada
This pamphlet written by Thomas Paine fueled colonial resentment towards the British.
Common Sense
This was a famous Supreme Court ruling that stated slaves were not U.S. citizens and had no legal rights to sue in court.
Dred Scott Decision
This legislation authorized the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, providing land and loans to companies.
Pacific Railway Act
This progressive movement seen in the 18th Amendment created a rise in organized crime in the 1920s.
Prohibition
The United States, France, and England all joined in this wartime alliance.
Allied Powers
This doctrine promised U.S. support to countries threatened by communism.
Truman Doctrine
This was a landmark Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
This was believed to be the intended target of the final plane that was hijacked on 9/11.
Capitol Building or White House
This was a military tactic used by Colonial militias to ambush the British.
Guerilla Warfare
This was the turning point battle of the Civil War and its battle ground was seen in a later film we watched this semester.
Gettysburg
This is the idea that the U.S. had a special mission to spread democracy and civilization.
American Exceptionalism
This was the United States' stance on war after WWI up until 1941.
Neutrality
World War II is credited with ending the Great Depression since it shifted our economy towards this focus.
Wartime Economy
This competition had the U.S. and Soviet Union build up powerful nuclear arsenals, leading to a constant threat of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD).
(Nuclear) Arms Race
These laws were enacted in south to suppress new freed voters from participating in elections and enforce racial segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
This is where the final hijacked plane on 9/11 ultimately crashed.
Sanksville, Pennsylvania
This is an economic system where colonies exist to benefit the "mother country" by providing raw materials and serving as markets for finished goods.
Mercantilism
This series of laws admitted California as a free state.
Compromise of 1850
This legislation offered 160 acres of free land to settlers who would live on and improve it for five years.
Homestead Act of 1862
This group of immigrants came to the united states between 1880-1920 and typical came from southern or eastern Europe.
New Immigrants
These two cities were bombed by the United States prompting the surrender of Japan in WWII.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
These are the two wars that are considered to be proxy wars during the Cold War Era.
Korean War & Vietnam War
Brown v. Board of Education declared that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” ruling that racial segregation in public schools violated this amendment.
14th Amendment (Equal Protection Clause)
This was the number of hostages held by the Islamic Student Militants at the US Embassy.
52