Expansion & Conflict
What belief justified U.S. expansion across the North American continent?
Manifest Destiny
What amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?
13th Amendment
What period was known for rapid industrial growth and political corruption?
Gilded Age
What 1898 war resulted in U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
Spanish-American War
What character symbolized women working in factories during WWII?
Rosie the Riveter
What 1848 war ended with the U.S. gaining land from Mexico?
Mexican-American War
What era tried to reunite and rebuild the South after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
What global conflict involved trench warfare and U.S. entry in 1917?
World War I
What U.S. policy involved expanding influence and control over other nations?
Imperialism
What policy imprisoned Japanese Americans during WWII?
Executive Order 9066
What 1862 law gave settlers free land if they farmed it for five years?
Homestead Act
What laws segregated Black Americans in the South after Reconstruction?
Jim Crow Laws
What literary and cultural movement celebrated Black life in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What waterway built by the U.S. cut through Central America for trade?
Panama Canal
What WWII-era campaign called for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home?
Double V Campaign
What forced Native Americans off their land in the Southeast U.S.?
Indian Removal Act
What movement tried to improve conditions for workers during the Gilded Age?
Labor Unions
What 1930s economic crisis led to mass unemployment and poverty?
Great Depression
What surprise attack brought the U.S. into WWII in 1941?
Pearl Harbor
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What term refers to a U.S. cultural memory of growth and optimism after WWII?
The American Dream
What railroad connected the East and West coasts by 1869?
Transcontinental Railroad
What white supremacist group was founded during Reconstruction to intimidate Black voters and resist racial equality?
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What set of programs aimed to bring the U.S. out of the Depression?
New Deal
What WWII invasion marked the turning point in Europe on June 6, 1944?
D-Day
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What phrase or slogan reflects the idea of the U.S. taking global leadership post-WWII?
Leader of the Free World