World History Final Review

Westward Expansion

100

This was the idea that the United States had the divine right to settle western lands.

Manifest Destiny

200

This connected the eastern and western United States, making western travel safe and fast.

The Transcontinental Railroad

300

This was the trail taken by many settlers when wagon trains were the only way to cross the Great Plains.

The Oregon Trail

400

This act gave 160 acres of western land to settlers willing to live on and farm the tracts.

The Homestead Act

500

This established private ownership of Native American lands, making it easier to eventually sell them off.

The Dawes-Severalty Act

The Spanish American War

100

This was the name of the pro-war news that published sensationalized stories before and during the war.

Yellow Journalism

200

This ship exploded in Havana Harbor, leading to the start of the Spanish American War. 

The USS Maine

300

This was the group of men led by Theodore Roosevelt that famously participated in the charge up San Juan Hill.

The Rough Riders

400

Name at least two of the territories gained by the United States in the Treaty of Paris.

Guam, Puerto Rico, or The Philippines

500

This was the amendment added to the new Cuban Constitution that gave the U.S. police powers and a military base on the island.

The Platt Amendment

The World Wars

100

This was the type of warfare that developed during WWI due to the advancement of artillery and machine gun technology.

Trench Warfare

200

This was the tactic used by Germany in WWII that saw them quickly run over their enemies before they could properly defend themselves.

Blitzkrieg

300

This is the treaty that ended WWI (and ultimately led to WWII)

The Treaty of Versailles

400

Name one of the cities in Japan on which the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb during WWII.

Nagasaki or Hiroshima

500

This man was the supreme leader of allied forces and the main organizer of the D Day Invasion.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Cold War

100

This was the fear of Communist infiltration, named after a senator from Wisconsin

McCarthyism

200

This was the emergency during JFK's presidency that saw the world come closer to nuclear war than it has probably ever been.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

300

This was the idea that if nuclear war broke out there would be no winners. Used as a deterrent for the use of nuclear weapons.

MAD or Mutually Assured Destruction

400

This was the act that gave Lyndon B. Johnson the ability to escalate the war in Vietnam.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

500

This was the name of the man that allegedly worked alone in assassinating President Kennedy.

Lee Harvey Oswald

The Industrial Revolution

100

This was the name for the mass movement of people into cities.

Urbanization

200

This is the negative name for industrialists and business leaders that took advantage of their workers for profit.

Robber Barons

300

This is a method by which cheaper steel could be produced, making modern construction possible.

The Bessemer Process

400

This is another name for the time period, given because while things looked good for America on the surface conditions were often poor for the average working class person.

The Gilded Age

500

This is the type of business organization used by Carnegie to control every part of the chain of production and sale of steel.

Vertical Integration