Politics/Government
What are the three branches of government?
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
President, Congress (House of Reps. & Senate), Supreme Court
What is the name of the worst economic downturn in American history?
The Great Depression
What was the main motivation for English colonists moving to the Northern colonies?
Religion/Religious freedom
What event triggered the start of World War II?
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbor
Who is the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What court case confirmed the segregation was ILLEGAL in the United States?
Brown v. Board of Education
How does the government get the money it needs operate?
TAXES
What antebellum social reform movement focused on ending slavery?
Abolitionist Movement
What event triggered the secession of the South that kickstarted the Civil War?
The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln
Which president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
Which compromise in the years leading up to the Civil War included admitting California as a free state, creating a stronger Fugitive Slave Act, and granting popular sovereignty?
Compromise of 1850
What is it called when companies agree to not compete with each other, instead they work in tandem on price to control the industry and market to benefit them both.
Trust
What is the name of the explosion of African-American culture that occurred in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What event increased US involvement in the Vietnam War?
Gulf of Tonkin
Photographed tenement apartments during the Gilded Age to bring light to the poor conditions
Jacob Riis
What is a system of government where power is divided between a central authority and smaller regional governments?
Federalism
What is the name of Ronald Reagan's economic system?
Reaganomics OR Trickle down economics OR supple side economics
What is an example of a cultural change that occurred during the 1950s?
-television
-growth of suburbs
-baby boom
What event helped the United States realize the Constitution was going to be an effective?
Whiskey Rebellion
Which president is responsible for US entry into World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What amendment created a graduated income tax (relieving the poor) during the Progressive Era
16th Amendment
FDR's policies during the 1930s shifted the United States away from laissez-faire economics toward what?
Keynesian economics
What were the goals of LBJ's Great Society programs?
-End racism
-Improve education
-Eliminate poverty
What event officially ended Reconstruction?
The Compromise of 1877
Responsible for creating the "American System" that focused on building infrastructure and increasing tariffs in the early 1800s.
Henry Clay