period 5
What is Manifest Destiny?
Manifest destiny is the idea that those in America had a job to expand from the east coast to the west coast.
What technological advancements allowed for easier transportation, from east to west?
Trains and steamboats.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A great era in African American arts, especially in music. This also included philosophy.
Which country got to the moon first?
USA
Which Islamic leader was assassinated by the US for his participation in terrorist attacks in the US?
Osama Bin Laden
What was the compromise of 1850?
Outlawed the slave trade, but still allowed slaves.
What is horizontal integration?
What change in attitude did the nation forgo?
They went from a passive to an interventional government.
What were yippies?
What were the effects of Reaganomics?
Fewer taxes, decreasing government programs, laissez-faire.
What was the homestead act?
Gave land to settlers for 10$ if they worked and cultivated the land for five years.
What is vertical integration?
Having a monopoly on all the sub processes to make the product.
What was the Scopes "monkey trial"?
It was a trial that tested what could be taught in schools regarding creation vs evolution. It was also the first time the argument was officially challenged.
What civil rights movement was there during the cold war era?
Racial Desegregation, gay rights, women's rights, Chicano rights, etc.
What social change in politics occurred during this time period?
Social politics, and polarization.
Emancipation of slaves, ideological divide, Lincoln assassination, etc.
What was the idea that human races and groups had to outcompete one another in a "Survival of the fittest"?
Social Darwinism
What was the good neighbor policy?
An agreement with FDR and Latin countries to prevent war in north and south America during world war 2.
What great technological innovations came about during this time frame?
George W bush
Explain the effects of immigration from various parts of the world on American culture from 1844 to 1877.
Chinese Immigration, Irish Immigration, German Immigration.
The gold rush, immigration, settlement, increased economy, exploration, trains, transportation and communication lines, etc.
Which movement was started by Mario Savio and other university students at Cal Berkeley?
Free speech movements.
What act passed due the events of 9/11?
USA patriot act.