Talk Softly and Carry a Big Treaty
This treaty ended the Spanish-American War in 1898 and gave the U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
President Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S. with this 1803 land deal.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
President Lincoln suspended this legal protection against unlawful imprisonment during the Civil War
What is habeas corpus?
This president’s “fireside chats” reassured Americans during the Great Depression
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This 1941 attack led FDR to declare war on Japan.
What is Pearl Harbor?
President Wilson’s 1919 proposal for a global peacekeeping organization failed in the Senate.
What is the League of Nations?
The U.S. acquired Florida from Spain in 1821 through this treaty.
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
This World War II executive order led to the forced relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps
What is Executive Order 9066?
n the early 1900s, this president used his “Square Deal” to push for consumer protection, conservation, and worker rights.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
President Truman used executive power to order this drastic military action in 1945, bringing an end to World War II
What are the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This 1947 policy was aimed at containing communism by providing aid to Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
President Polk’s 1846 agreement with Britain divided this Pacific Northwest region at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Treaty?
In 1948, President Truman issued an executive order that desegregated this institution
What is the U.S. military?
LBJ’s ambitious domestic reform program aimed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.
What is the Great Society?
Congress passed this 1973 resolution to limit the president’s ability to engage in military conflicts without approval.
What is the War Powers Act?
Signed in 1823, this doctrine warned European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and added California and much of the Southwest to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce school desegregation in this city in 1957
What is Little Rock, Arkansas?
This president’s push for national healthcare in 2010 resulted in the Affordable Care Act.
Who is Barack Obama?
This 1964 resolution gave President Johnson broad authority to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This 1978 peace treaty brokered by President Carter ended hostilities between Egypt and Israel.
What are the Camp David Accords?
In 1867, the U.S. purchased this future state from Russia for $7.2 million.
What is Alaska? / What is Seward’s Folly?
This executive order, first issued by JFK and expanded by LBJ, aimed to promote equal employment opportunities for minorities and women.
What is Affirmative Action?
In the 1980s, this president used the bully pulpit to advocate for a strong military and trickle-down economic policies called “Reaganomics.”
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This controversial military operation in 2003 was launched under the pretense of finding weapons of mass destruction.
What is the Iraq War?