1700's
This event led the British to retaliate with the Intolerable Acts
The Boston Tea Party
Thomas Jefferson purchased this land from France, and this doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The 3 C's of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Control the Trusts
Consumer Protection
Conservation
This Amendment established women's suffrage
The 19th Amendment
The four MAIN causes of WW1
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence
Unite all colonists
Make a statement to Britain that they were mistreated and deserved to have independence and freedom
Make a statement to the world that the U.S. was a legitimate independent nation.
The belief that U.S. territory should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
Labor unions inviting a third party to determine fair wages and working conditions
Arbitration
This document would justify U.S. actions and involvement in Latin America to protect business interests
Roosevelt Corollary
The reasons why the U.S. went to war with Spain
The De Lome Letter insulted President Mckinley
Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
Spain's refusal to sell Cuba
U.S. policy that Europe would not interfere in affairs in the Western Hemisphere and the U.S. would not interfere with Europe
Monroe Doctrine
This was the name given to the journey taken by thousands of Cherokee following the Indian Removal Act.
The Trail of Tears
This Supreme Court case ruled that separate acommodations for different "races" were Constitutional so long as they were "equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Sacco and Vanzetti case showed the prominence of this social phenomenon
The Red Scare
A focus on peaceful negotiation with the threat of the American navy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Entangling alliances and political party divisiveness
What did George Washington warn about in his farewell address?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
The Reconstruction Amendments
The effects of the American Railroad system
included sleeper cars invented by Pullman.
was made possible by the labor of Chinese and Irish workers.
caused previously isolated towns to be linked and grow.
increased specialization.
This Agreement between Japan and the U.S. ensured that Japanese students would be integrated into public schools, and that Japan would only send highly skilled immigrant workers.
The "Gentlemen's Agreement"
Components of the Treaty of Versailles
Creation of the League of Nations
Germany signed the War Guilt Clause
The Rhineland was demilitarized
This event was used as propaganda to galvanize public opinion against British rule.
The Boston Massacre
The document created during the Civil War which freed all slaves in rebellious states
The Emancipation Proclamation
This was the single deadliest day in American History
The Civil War Battle at Antietam
This term refers to an American society in which the conspicuous wealth of the few masked the dire circumstances of the masses.
The Gilded Age
The heavy blame placed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles led directly to this event.
World War 2.