Foundations (1776 - 1840s)
What are the 3 founding documents of the United States - helped to establish freedom, self determination, and our system of government.
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
While the South continued to have an agricultural economy throughout the 1800s, the North shifted to this type of economy. It ultimately helped them win the Civil War due to ease of transportation and production output.
Industrial
When a single company achieves control of an entire market, it is known as
a monopoly
Name two pull factors for American's migration west
Possible answers: gold rush, job opportunities, more land, religious freedom, ...
Name the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
When writing the Constitution, the Framers could not decide on how to count slaves in a state's population - needed to determ. how many reps a state would have. What is the name of the final compromise they decided on - only counting some of a state's slaves in a final pop. count?
The 3/5ths Compromise
Which amendment abolished slavery? 13th, 14th, or 15th?
13th, What did the other two do?
This was a person used investigative journalism to expose problems in business and politics.
Muckraker
What was completed in 1869 linking east and west? It relied on Chinese labor to build it.
Transcontinental Railroad
This treaty ended WWI and punished Germany by forcing them to pay war reparations and give up territory. It also created/recognized new countries that rose out of the old empires.
Treaty of Versailles
The belief that America's destiny was to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
What mandated all slaves being held in the Confederate States would be freed - but in reality didn't free anyone. It did change the focus of the Civil War to include ending slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
Which Progressive President was concerned with the preservation of our natural resources?
Teddy Roosevelt
What was the name given to journalists who exposed political corruption, child labor, slums, and other social issues which led to Progressive reform?
Muckrakers
This was the movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North to get industrial jobs during WWI
The Great Migration
This war lead to Britain declaring an end to their policy of salutary neglect and the start of their increasing taxation on the American colonies.
The French & Indian War
Who did Radical Republicans impeach for ignoring laws passed by Congress? They failed to convict him by 1 vote.
Andrew Johnson
Social and economic conditions improved in the US due to this movement.
The Progressive Movement
During the Age of Imperialism, the American press engaged in ______________________, or sensationalizing headlines and news stories to sell more newspapers
Yellow Journalism
The Supreme Court case that declared limitations could be placed on the freedom of speech during a time of war
Schenck v. US
What is the term that describes the division of power between the national government and state governments used in the US?
Federalism
Prior to the Civil War, the South embraced popular sovereignty. Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?
The people of a state
The belief of survival of the fittest applied to society
Social Darwinism
What were 2 reasons that the US engaged in international imperialism in the late-1800s?
1) Acquiring territory 2) Spreading cultural influence
Name 3 of the 5 reasons the US got pulled into WWI?
1. Submarine Warfare 2. Lusitania 3. 1917/ Breaking Sussex pledge 4. Russian Rev 5. Zimmerman Telegram