Westward Expansion/Gilded Age
The belief that it was ordained by God for the US to expand from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Justified treating Native Americans poorly in the process.
Manifest Destiny
Alfred Mayhan and other imperialists targeted this ideal location in the Pacific (Hint Sugar Tax and Pearl Harbor)
What is Hawaii?
This Amendment created the Prohibition of alcohol.
AND
This Amendment overturned it.
18; 21
This policy was implemented by FDR and it's intention was to help the nation recover from the Great Depression by providing relief, recovery, and reform.
What is the New Deal?
This period of time was defined by poverty. Unemployment was at an all-time high. The Stock Market had crashed.
What is the Great Depression?
These people couldn't speak English, couldn't read or write, had no money, had no education or skills, and were probably escaping problems in their home country.
AND
What are factors that make you want to leave where you are, called?
New Immigrants; Push Factors
Investigative journalists that exposed issues nobody knew about.
AND
Wrote the book, "The Jungle", which exposed the meat packing industry and led to sanitation standards being enforced by the government.
Muckrakers; Upton Sinclair
Charles didn't abide by the Espionage Act during WWI. He passed out anti-draft pamphlets instead. He argued that it was unconstitutional and went against his rights.
Fred refused to go to an internment camp during WWII. He argued that it was a racist demand, unconstitutional, and that it went against his US rights.
Though they happened years apart, they are similar in that the Supreme Court ruled national security is more important than individual rights.
Schenck v US; Korematsu v US
This policy stated that we will hand the war over to the South Vietnamese and let them fight the war. Most Americans supported this policy. Most South Vietnamese did not and once it was implemented the North won.
What is Vietnamization?
This time period was riddled with corruption. Cities were growing and all types of people were moving into the US.
Industrialization/Gilded Age
What caused labor unions to stereotyped as anarchists and lose members?
What are labor strikes?
What were the two actual reasons that pushed the US to fight in the Spanish-American War?
Yellow Journalism and the sinking of the USS Maine
These two Civil Rights Supreme Court Cases are tied together. One overturned the other, which created an integrated society. Proving that our constitution is a living and breathing document.
What are Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education?
Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy and the Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of this presidential policy of the 1820's. It made us the policemen of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This time period was defined by radical new ideas regarding technology, societal norms, religious beliefs, and treatment of workers.
Roaring 20s
What made William Jennings Bryan famous and led to him being favored by the Populist Party?
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What group of people is represented by the Populist Party?
Cross of Gold Speech; Farmers
Explain the difference between W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington.
Dubois: Immediate and aggressive
Washington: Start at the bottom and work up.
If you get arrested and can't afford an attorney, the ruling in this court case, may just set you free one day.
What is Gideon vs Wainwright
Main policy used during the Cold War to fight the dirty red communists.
ALSO
This policy is changed to another, under Richard Nixon's Presidency. He wanted to focus on coexisting with the communists.
Containment; Detente
This time period was defined by many protests and social movements that were demanding change. US legislation was passed to ensure the equality of ALL.
Civil Rights Movement
What Act was passed by the US government to try to get people to move out west?
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What Act was passed to encourage Native Americans to leave their tribal identity and assimilate?
Homestead Act; Dawes Act
What happened as a result of the Spanish American War?
Cuba got independence. Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philliphines became US territories
These are all demands made by the populist party.
Free coinage of silver, Sub-Treasury System, Graduated Income Tax, Government Ownership/Regulation of Railroads, Secret Ballot, and Direct Election of Senators.
Which Amendments were passed, that can be considered a "win" for the Populists?
16; 17
3 policies leading up to our involvement in WW2. These policies proved that we weren't really isolated and we were already supporting the Allies aka United Kingdom
What is Cash & Carry, Lend Lease Act, and The Atlantic Charter?
This time period was defined by the idea of Manifest Destiny. The US was growing and nothing would stand in the way.
Westward Expansion