Industrialization & Progress (Unit 1)
This 19th-century belief suggested the U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram led the U.S. to enter the war.
What is World War I?
This 1920s movement was a flowering of African American culture, literature, and art in NYC.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism rather than eliminate it where it already existed.
What is Containment?
This 1994 agreement eliminated most tariffs between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
This "muckraker" wrote The Jungle, leading to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This secret U.S. project led to the development of the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This "Trial of the Century" questioned whether evolution should be taught in public schools.
What is the Scopes Trial?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR to the brink of nuclear war over missiles in the Caribbean.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan following these terrorist attacks on American soil.
What is 9/11?
This act aimed to assimilate Native Americans by breaking up tribal lands into individual plots.
What is the Dawes Act?
This Supreme Court case upheld the legality of Japanese internment during WWII.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
This environmental disaster caused by drought and poor farming hit the Great Plains in the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This 1964 legislation ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This controversial law, passed after 9/11, expanded the government's ability to conduct surveillance.
What is the Patriot Act?
This "Boss" ran the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City.
Who is William Tweed?
Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace following WWI was known by this name.
What are the Fourteen Points?
FDR’s massive series of government programs was designed to provide "Relief, Recovery, and Reform."
What is the New Deal?
This "scandal" involving a break-in at the DNC headquarters led to President Nixon's resignation.
What is Watergate?
Bill Clinton was the second president in history to face this legal process in 1998.
What is impeachment?
This third party, supported by farmers, advocated for the "free silver" movement and the gold standard.
What is the Populist Party?
This term described the U.S. role as a primary supplier of military equipment to Allies before entering WWII.
What is the "Arsenal of Democracy"?
This Amendment began the era of Prohibition (the ban on the manufacture/sale of alcohol); it was later repealed by the 21st.
What is the 18th Amendment?
These two policies by Mikhail Gorbachev (meaning "openness" and "restructuring") helped end the Cold War.
What are Glasnost and Perestroika?
This term refers to the gap between those who have access to modern technology and those who do not.
What is the Digital Divide?