Colonies to Constituion
In this economic system, colonies provide resources that their mother country will utilize to make goods for trade.
What is mercantilism?
This policy stated that Europe should not intervene in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The invention of this common household item allowed for longer work hours for Americans.
What is the lightbulb?
Individuals who used various types of journalism to influence social change
Who are muckrakers?
A cause of the Great Depression resulting from drought and over farming.
What is the Dust Bowl?
The policy of providing weapons and resources to Allies with the promise of repayment after WWII?
What is the Lend Lease Act?
This group of colonies was known for its rich soil and long growing season, which led to its mass production of cash crops.
What are the Southern Colonies?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision, John Brown's Raid, and the Election of 1860 were all causes of this...
What is the Civil War?
This practice during the Gilded age led to an increase in disputes between Americans and the Plains Indians.
What is Westward Expansion?
Referendums, recalls, and initiatives increased this
What is voter participation?
Communities of homeless individuals developed into "shantytowns," or more commonly known as THESE.
What are Hoovervilles?
This event led to the official entry of the U.S. into WWII.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Acts passed by the British government after the French and Indian war such as the Stamp Act, the Proclamation of 1763, and the Intolerable Acts directly led to this event.
What is the American Revolution?
This compromise attempted to reduce sectionalism by creating a geographic barrier at the 36;30 parallel.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Immigrants from China were immensely important to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, however, they were heavily discriminated against after the passage of this act.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
What is Latin America?
Eleanor Roosevelt became known for her efforts in implementing New Deal programs, forever changing the role of this position.
What is 'first lady'?
Atomic bombs were designed, built, and tested by scientists in a project known as
What is the Manhattan Project?
This country agreed to offer support to the colonists after the Battle of Saratoga.
What is France?
This declaration by Abraham Lincoln was meant to shift the focus of the Civil War to the issue of slavery and to further weaken the South economically.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This is the structure of business characterized by large entities buying up their competition that was widely used during the Gilded Age by individuals like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller.
What are monopolies?
The sinking of the Lusitania in addition to THIS led to the U.S. entering WWI.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
New Deal programs such as the CCC, TVA, and PWA all had this main goal in common.
What is job creation?
Limiting the consumption of certain goods and resources during WWII
What is rationing?
This group feared the creation of the Constitution, believing it gave the federal government too much power.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
Abraham Lincoln prevented individuals from border states from joining the Confederacy by temporarily taking away the right to a speedy trial by suspending this
What is habeas corpus?
During the Gilded Age, steel, lumber, and oil industries experienced a major boom due to this.
What is the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Woodrow Wilson delivered this speech to Congress to encourage them to join the League of Nations and maintain peace.
What is the 14 Points?
Companies overcharging or inflating prices on the stock exchange is known as
What is stock market speculation?
In the Pacific Theater in WWII, this geographic problem arose.
What is the distance between islands?
This compromise between large and small states contributed to the successful creation of the Constitution.
What is the Great Compromise?
The Compromise of 1877 allowed Hayes to become president in exchange for the removal of federal troops from the south, officially ending this
What is Reconstruction?
In the Gilded Age, cultural diversity grew tremendously in the U.S. due to this.
What is immigration?
The Russian Revolution and the creation of a new government led to a fear of Communism in the U.S. known as this.
What is the Red Scare?
The court packing scheme devised by FDR was aimed at addressing opposition from the group.
Who are the Supreme Court?
One response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor was the implementation of Executive Order 9066, which created prison camps for Japanese-Americans in a practice known as this.
What is internment?