Colonization to the Constitution (SSUSH1-5)
This economic theory, prevalent from the 16th to the 18th century, emphasized maximizing exports, minimizing imports, and accumulating precious metals like gold and silver to increase national wealth.
What is mercantilism?
These five men served as the first leaders of the United States, with George Washington setting many precedents, followed by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Who are the first five Presidents of the United States?
These two industrialists dominated the oil and steel industries in the late 19th century, with one founding Standard Oil and the other leading Carnegie Steel, both of which became symbols of monopolistic practices.
Who are John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie?
This event, along with the interception of the Zimmermann Telegram, played a key role in shifting American public opinion and prompting the U.S. to enter World War I in 1917.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
What term describes the political and military tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after World War II?
What is the Cold War?
These three regions in Colonial America had distinct economies: one focused on fishing and shipbuilding, another on diverse agriculture, and the third relied heavily on plantation farming and slave labor.
What are the three regions (New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies) of Colonial America?
A political movement and philosophy from the late 1820s and 1830s that championed greater rights for the common man and showed how the people can impact government.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
During the late 19th century, these organizations formed to protect workers' rights, improve working conditions, and secure better wages, often through strikes and collective bargaining.
What are labor unions?
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I and incorporated some of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points, though it notably excluded his vision for a collective security organization, the League of Nations, which was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What U.S. policy during the Cold War was designed to contain the spread of communism worldwide?
What is the policy of containment?
This key factor, stemming from a series of British taxes and regulations, fueled colonial resentment and ultimately led to calls for independence.
What is taxation without representation?
This term refers to the growing division between the North and South in the 19th century, primarily over issues like slavery, states' rights, and economic differences.
What is sectionalism?
These investigative journalists, including Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Jacob Riis, exposed corruption, poor working conditions, and social injustices, helping to spark reforms during the early 20th century.
Who are the muckrakers?
This decade was marked by economic prosperity, the rise of consumer culture, the growth of jazz music, and significant social changes, including the women's suffrage movement and the Harlem Renaissance.
What are the 1920s (Roaring 1920s)?
Which landmark Supreme Court decision in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Which document, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, declared the American colonies' independence from Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This political and economic system in the Southern states, coupled with disputes over its expansion into new territories, was a major cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
This 1898 conflict led to the United States gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, marking a significant shift toward American imperialism.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This set of programs, initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform to the United States during the Great Depression, including the creation of Social Security and the Civilian Conservation Corps.
What is the New Deal?
These four presidents led the United States through critical Cold War events, including the end of World War II, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the escalation of the Vietnam War.
Who are Presidents Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson?
This first governing document of the United States created a weak central government, which was later replaced by the U.S. Constitution to provide a stronger federal structure.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This period, which lasted from 1865 to 1877, focused on rebuilding the South, integrating freed slaves into society, and determining how former Confederate states would rejoin the Union.
What is Reconstruction?
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine, announced by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, justified American intervention in Latin America to maintain stability and prevent European influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This 1941 event, when Japan attacked the U.S. naval base in Hawaii, led directly to America’s entry into World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
These ten individuals served as U.S. presidents from 1969 to the present, overseeing key events like the end of the Cold War, the September 11 attacks, and the rise of social media and global economic challenges.
Who are Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden?