Early U.S. Expansion
This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This group of congressmen pushed the United States toward war with Britain.
Who were the War Hawks?
This 1823 policy warned European countries not to interfere in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This act allowed the U.S. government to draft men into the military during WWI.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This amendment banned the production and sale of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This Shoshone woman helped guide Lewis and Clark.
Who is Sacagawea?
The war caused by trade conflicts, impressment of sailors, and British support of Native Americans.
What is the War of 1812?
The United States bought this territory from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million.
What is Alaska?
This agency organized factories and industrial production for the war effort.
What is the War Industries Board?
This 1919 period saw racial riots and violence erupt in many American cities.
What is the Red Summer?
The first U.S. ship to trade with China after the American Revolution.
What is the Empress of China?
The United States tried to invade this country several times during the War of 1812 but failed.
What is Canada?
This Hawaiian queen was overthrown before the United States annexed Hawaii.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
This propaganda agency encouraged Americans to support the war.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
This Black nationalist leader promoted economic independence and a “Back to Africa” movement.
Who is Marcus Garvey
Jefferson worried this purchase was unconstitutional because the Constitution did not clearly give the president this power.
What is the power to buy foreign land?
This 1807 law stopped American ships from trading with foreign countries.
What is the Embargo Act?
These sensational newspapers exaggerated stories to gain readers and increase support for war with Spain.
What is Yellow Press?
This secret German message asked Mexico to ally with Germany against the United States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This devastating 1921 attack destroyed the prosperous Black Greenwood district in Oklahoma.
What is the Tulsa Massacre?
Wars fought when the United States refused to pay tribute to North African states attacking American ships.
What are the Barbary Wars?
This organization wanted free Black Americans to move to Africa, which later became Liberia.
What is the American Colonization Society?
The era when powerful countries expanded control over weaker areas for resources, markets, and power.
What is New Imperialism?
Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI that included self-determination and a League of Nations.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This economic system involved companies giving workers benefits like pensions and bonuses to discourage unions.
What is Welfare Capitalism?