Founding Docs
July 4th, 1776
What is the development and growth of towns and cities called?
Urbanization
What was the conflict between the United States and Spain in 1898 called?
Spanish-American War
Russia's form of government
Communism
What is the period of intense competition to develop and stockpile nuclear weapons called?
Nuclear Race
What document established the first governing framework for Plymouth Colony?
Mayflower Compact
What economic system is characterized by private ownership of the means of production and the pursuit of profit?
Capitalism
What U.S. Navy ship was sent to Havana to protect American interests during the Cuban rebellion?
U.S.S. Maine
What term describes the period of widespread fear of communism in the US after World War I?
Red Scare
What was the first man-made satellite?
Sputnik/Space Race
What document is considered the foundation of English common law?
Magna Carta
What is the name of the riot that occurred at a labor demonstration in Haymarket Square?
Haymarket riot
What is the name of the canal that was completed in 1914 and is vital for global trade?
Panama Canal
What two Italian immigrants were executed for a crime they may not have committed, sparking widespread controversy about the justice system?
Sacco and Vanzetti
What was the metaphorical division between the Soviet Union and the West after World War II?
Iron Curtain
What historical movement championed ideas of liberty, equality, and progress?
Enlightenment
What is the name of the large-scale movement of Black Americans from the South to the North and West during the early 20th century?
Great Migration
A policy created by Theodore Roosevelt. It involved careful mediation and the underlying threat of drastic military action.
Big Stick Policy
What era saw the rise of jazz music, flappers, and Prohibition?
Roaring 20's
What physical structure divided East and West Berlin?
Berlin Wall/ Airlift
What are inherent rights that belong to all individuals by virtue of their existence?
Natural rights
What term describes a system where a person farms land they don't own, and in return, they give a portion of their crops to the landowner?
Sharecropping
What policy emphasized non-intervention and non-interference in the internal affairs of Latin American nations?
Good Neighbor Policy
What is the practice of buying goods and services in large quantities?
Consumerism
This period was characterized by an intense fear of communism and Soviet espionage, coinciding with the height of the Cold War.
Second Red Scare