Am. Revolution and New Nation
List at least 2 causes of the American Revolution
Taxes, Westward Expansion, Oppressive British Laws, Mistreatment of Colonists
Established two states that allowed its citizens to vote on whether it would be a slave state or free state. Repealed the Missouri compromise and the 36/30 line
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The right to vote
Suffrage
This was the U.S foreign policy in the 1930s
Neutrality
This foreign policy, after WWII, aimed at stopping the spread of communism across eastern Europe and Asia by sending military and economic aid to nations
Containment Policy
Who wrote the declaration of independence? What was its purpose?
Thomas Jefferson. To declare independence from an oppressive nation (Great Britain).
This infamous court case declared that slaves were considered property and denied rights of citizenship. The 14th amendment would later repeal this court case
Dredd Scott case
Rich business owners with bad business practices
Robber Barons
These FDR programs aimed to assist the US job market and restructure the banks
The New Deal
This was the first "hot war" after WWII after China became a communist nation. The U.S tried to prevent a "domino" from falling.
The Korean War
This court case established Judicial Review - the ability for the Supreme Court to declare any case/law constitutional or unconstitutional.
Marbury vs. Madison
This legislation created the 36/30 line which established slave and free territory in the U.S
The Missouri Compromise
Teddy Roosevelt's plan to protect consumers and ban monopolies in the U.S
The Square Deal
An ecological disaster which caused many citizens in the Midwest to move to California
The Dust Bowl
In the 1960s, this conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was the closest the nation had been to a full-scale nuclear war. It ended when the Soviet Union agreed to remove weapons 90 miles away from Florida and the U.S removed missiles from Turkey
Cuban Missile Crisis
This document announced to European powers that they should not interfere with Latin American nations, because the United States took on the role of protectorate
The Monroe Doctrine
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book, a major arguing point for abolitionists who wanted to abolish slavery. The book outlined the harsh realities of slavery in the South
Uncle Tom's Cabinet
FDA, Anti Trust laws
The Wizard of Oz
The term given to the reduction of nuclear arms during the 1970's. The easing of tensions between the Soviet Union and United States
Detente
Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy on freedom and self-reliance
Transcendentalism
This radical abolitionist led a revolt against the southern plantation / slave-owning elite. He became a major divisive figure and one of the causes of the Civil War.
John Brown
Owning all factors of production / owning and controlling all your competition
Horizontal and Vertical Integration
List at least 3 causes of the Great Depression
Speculation Buying, Bank Runs, Overproduction of consumer goods, tariffs, Buying on Credit
Ronal Reagans program to have missiles in outer space
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)