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What was the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
The treaty that officially recognized the new country of the United States.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Added California as a free state even though part of it was south of the 36 degrees, in return the south got stronger Fugitive Slave Laws.
What was the result of the Plessy vs. Fergurson case?
It Establish "Separate but equal"
What was Martin Luther King's Philosophy on protesting?
Peaceful protesting
What are the SNCC and the SCLS?
Both are Civil Right group. SCLC was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by MLK. The SNCC was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The SNCC wanted to push faster than the SCLC was.
What did the 1st, 6th, and 9th amendments do?
1st- personal freedoms, speech, religion, press, and assembly
6th- the right to a speedy trial
9th- your rights are not limited to what is specifically in the constitution
Why did President Lincoln want to fight the Civil War in the beginning?
To restore the Union
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
An interest by African Americans in their own literature and arts.
What was the Civil Rights movement? What decade was it?
A fight for equal rights for African Americans. 1960's
Why did Congress try to impeach President Clinton?
For lying under oath
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
All outside powers not to interfere with affairs in the western hemisphere.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation not really do?What Amendment finally did?
It wanted to abolish slavery, the 13th Amendment finally did.
What was the NAACP and what is its goal?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Its goal is racial equality.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Truman said that "it must be the policy of the United State to support free people who are resisting attempting subjugation"
What did the Roe vs. Wade case rule?
Legalized abortion
What was the temperance movement?
The movement to ban alcohol.
What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments do?
13th - Freed slaves
14th- Gave freed slaves Citizenship
15th- Gave them the right to vote
What was the Red Scare?
A fear that communism might spread to our country.
What was the Cold War?
A conflict between the Soviet Union and American to be the dominate power, but was never fought openly in an actual war. The Cold War would dominate global affairs and U.S foreign policy from 1945 until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991
Why did we go to war in Iraq?
Remove Sudan Hussein from power
What did the Wilmot Proviso say?
It said that any new territories that we gained from Mexico in the war would become free states.
Who was Sitting Bull and why was the Battle at Wounded Knee important?
Sitting bull was the Chief of the Sioux Indians. Wounded Knee was the battle that brought an end to the Indian Wars.
Provided money for the elderly and for unemployed people.
What did the Miranda vs. Arizona case determine?
Ruled that any citizen being arrested must be advised of his rights
What was arms race?
A race between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the U.S to develop the largest and most powerful arsenal of nuclear weapons.