The policy in which stronger nations extend control over weaker nations
What is Imperialism?
100
In 1960, the oil rich nations in the Middle East & Latin America formed this organization
What is OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
100
Investigative reporters, writers, and social scientists who exposed government corruption and abuses of business
Who are the Muckrakers?
100
Official name for the global war on terror, where President Bush ordered air and ground assaults to topple the Taliban and destroy al-Qaeda's bases.
What is Operation Enduring Freedom?
200
New chemical weapon used during the Vietnam War
What is Napalm or Agent Orange?
200
To avoid import taxes, plantation owners pleaded for annexation (to add territory) of these islands
What is Hawaii?
200
Strategy created by Nixon and Henry Kissinger to improve America's role in the world?
What is triangular diplomacy?
200
Famous novelist and social crusader
wrote a novel "The Jungle" that exposed the appalling and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in Chicago
Who was Upton Sinclair?
200
During this tropical cyclone, levees are over topped in New Orleans, and there was extensive damage to the Superdome roof, where more than 10,000 people sought shelter from the storm.
What was Hurricane Katrina?
300
Society in the United States was divided into two groups; one group supported the war, the other opposed the war
Who are the Hawks and Doves?
300
1) military strength
2) new markets
3) Belief in Cultural Superiority
What are "reasons for Imperialism"?
300
Policy created by Richard Nixon that was aimed at easing Cold War tensions with the USSR
What is Detente?
300
Act passed by Congress created the Civil Service Commission which gave exams that selected government appointees based on merit, not on who they knew
What is the Pendleton Act of 1883?
300
The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression; caused by the housing market crash
What is the financial crisis of 2008?
400
A massive offensive by the Vietcong throughout South Vietnam that occurred during the Vietnamese New Year
What is the Tet Offensive?
400
Journalism that sensationalized—and sometimes even manufactured—dramatic events
What is Yellow Journalism?
400
Combination of a stagnant economy & high inflation
What is Stagflation?
400
Groups that influenced immigrant voters by creating parks near slums, barbecues, and giving away Christmas presents to children
What are political machines?
400
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The first Hispanic Justice and the third woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
500
President Lyndon B. Johnson was authorized to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
500
A letter that criticized U.S. President William McKinley (called him weak); one of the causes for the Spanish American War
What is the De Lome letter?
500
In 1977, President Carter agreed that the U.S. would return this important artificial waterway in Dec 1999
What is the Panama Canal?
500
Law that was enacted to maintain free competition in business and made it a crime to monopolize any part of trade or commerce
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
500
law that gave sweeping search and surveillance to domestic law enforcement and foreign intelligence agencies in order to prevent acts of terrorism against the United States