Founding Documents
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights.
These were journalists who exposed the social ills of the Progressive Era.
What is a muckraker.
The name of the foreign policy of the United States following World War I.
What is isolationism.
During 1962, the world was brought to the brink of nuclear war during this event.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This agency was created to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment, and repair damages or reverse trends.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency.
This declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
This event occurred on October 29, 1929 and is also referred to as "Black Tuesday."
What is the Stock Market Crash.
This is the idea that if one nation were to fall to communism, that the surrounding countries would fall as well.
What is the domino theory.
This was passed after 9/11 and extended more power to the federal government along with allowing federal agencies to share information.
What is the PATRIOT ACT.
This was the original constitution drafted in 1777, but was not effective because it lacked a strong central government.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
This amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment.
The expansion of the suburbs in the 20s and again in the 50s is contributed to the development of which industry?
What is the automobile industry.
The fear of communists infiltrating U.S. government and society. This led to which hunts by the HUAC.
What is McCarthyism.
This legislation reversed the immigration quotas passed in the 1920s.
What is the Imigration Act of 1965.
What did Anti-Federalists demand be added to the Constitution to ensure our civil liberties were protected?
What is the Bill of Rights.
This law required that all companies properly label label food and medicine.
What is the Pure Food & Drug Act.
The name given to FDR's programs to help the United States during the Great Depression that expanded the role of government.
What is the New Deal.
The period of competition over space exploration during the Cold War. `
This amendment eliminated the poll tax.
What is the 24th amendment.
Which provision was found in the Northwest Ordinance and was also later included in the Constitution by the 13th Amendment?
What is the prohibition of slavery.
The president during the Progressive Era who enacted multiple social reforms, was a conservationist, and had the Big Stick Policy.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt.
The name given to the movement of African-Americans from the rural south to the industrial north. This had a tremendous impact on the Harlem Renaissance.
What is the Great Migration.
This was the name of the foreign policy of the Unites States following World War II, to stop the spread of communism. The Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine are examples of this.
What is containment.
This incident prompted the United States to fully mobilize in Vietnam after a U.S. destroyer came under attack by a North Vietnamese patrol boat.