Dickinson packet Flashcards
(206 cards)
1
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Freedom summer
A
1964
voter registration project in Mississippi, civil rights
2
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Greensboro sit-ins
A
1960s
Black college students sat in at Woolworth and demanded to be served
3
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U2 incident
A
1960
U2 spy plane shot down in Soviet land bad
relationship with Soviets
4
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Detente
A
1967
French word for release of tension from, Cold War
5
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Warren G Harding
A
1920s
29th president of the United States many criminal activities in his cabinet he wanted to return to normalcy after World War I
6
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Henry Ford
A
1920s
Creator of Ford Motor Company started the assembly line
7
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Sacco and Vanzetti
A
1921
Italians convicted of murder trial took place during the red scare many prejudices against them
8
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Marcus Garvey
A
1920s
civil rights activist founded the Universal Negro improvement Association & African community league
9
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Agricultural adjustment administration
A
1930s
controlled supply of crops to support supply and demand balance
new deal program
helped farmers get enough money for a living
10
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Phony war
A
1939 through 1940
Seemed as if nothing was going on in Europe
11
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Congress of industrial organization
A
1938
organized Americans industrial workers created by John L Lewis
12
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Brain trust
A
1930s
a group of advisers to help FDR in his campaign election
13
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Alger Hiss
A
1940s
accused of being Soviet spy convicted of perjury
14
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NSC 68
A
1940s
National Security Council
shaped US foreign-policy during cold war
military over diplomatic action
15
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NATO
A
1949
intergovernmental military alliance based on North Atlantic Treaty
16
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Casablanca conference
A
1943
made allies with some of Europe during World War II
Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchhill
17
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American colonization Society
A
1816
attempt to make a group in America content
slaves and free
consisted mostly of Quakers and evangelicals
18
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Missouri compromise
A
1820s
regulated slavery in Western territory
19
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Tariff of abominations
A
1820s
designed to protect northern US industry
South against it because it didn’t help their economy
20
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South Carolina exposition
A
1828
document that protested the tariff of 1828
21
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American Federation of labor
A
1880s
first Federation of labor union alliances of craft union in Columbus Ohio
22
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Dawes act
A
1887
allowed president to survey Indian land
23
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Baby boomers
A
1946 through 1964
post World War II generation
24
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Sputnik
A
1950s
artificial Earth satellite
Soviets launched it creating the “space race”
25
Beat generation
1950s
post World War II writers
beat culture: innovation, drugs, alternative sexuality, rejection of materialism
26
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1953
| Americans executed for being blamed of passing info about the atomic bomb
27
Bank of the United States
1791
| first bank of the United States supported by Hamilton
28
Virginia Kentucky resolutions
1790s
| states have the right to decide acts from Congress unconstitutional.
29
XYZ affair
1797
| confrontation of US and France that led to the quasi-war
30
Whiskey rebellion
1790s
protest against the whiskey tax
first tax on domestic product
31
Jay Treaty
1794
between US and Britain solve problems to avert wars
created 10 years of peaceful trade
32
Spoils system
1830s
Andrew Jackson put his supporters in office
uneducated, poor Westerners
33
Bank war
1829 to 1837
| political issue against the second bank of the US
34
Second great awakening to
1830s
| Protestant revival movement
35
Thomas Paine
| common sense
1776
| pamphlet that challenge authority of British government
36
Intolerable acts
1774
| acts to punish Massachusetts colonists for their riot of throwing tea into Boston Harbor
37
Boston tea party
1773
| political protest against British rule
38
Bay of Pigs
1960s
| failed military invasion of Cuba
39
Malcolm X
1960s
| civil rights activist, minister
40
War on poverty
1964
| legislation to respond to high national poverty
41
Henry George
| progress and poverty
1879
| book went into depth of the cause of the industrial depression and increase of want and wealth
42
Boxer rebellion
1890s
| Anti-imperialist uprising in China
43
Coxey's army
1894
| Unemployed protesters March took place at DC
44
Chautauqua movement
1870s
| adult education movement traveled and gave informational and cultural presentations
45
Freedmen's Bureau
1870s
| helped former slaves in south
46
Battle of Little Big Horn
1876
| battle of US against Indians
47
Boss Tweed
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1870s
boss of a political machine
American politician
controlled Tammany Hall
stealing, cheating, unfair
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48
League of Nations
1910
| organization created after World War I to resolve international disputes
49
The great compromise
1787
| compromise that large and small states agreed on specific representation and legislative structure
50
Virginia New Jersey plans
1780s
| one vote per state population
51
Disestablishment
1780s
| separation of church and state
52
Treaty of Paris
1783
| peace treaty between France and US
53
Creel committee
1917
committee of public info
influenced public opinion about US and World War I participation
54
Article X
1919
| assistance to others experiencing aggression signed by many peacemakers
55
Cult of domesticity
1860s
| value system that emphasize new ideas of femininity
56
Manifest destiny
1860s
| belief America is meant to expand
57
James K Polk
1860s
| foreign-policy successes 11th president pre-Civil War
58
Lucretia Mott
1860s
| American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, social reformer
59
Fugitive slave law
1850 escape slaves must be returned to owners
60
Gadsden purchase
1850s
| US and Mexico, paid $10 million for land for the transcontinental railroad
61
Bleeding Kansas
1854
| violent confrontation if the Kansas territory should be free or slave
62
Emancipation Proclamation
1863
| proclaimed freedom of slaves in 10 states still in rebellion
63
Trent affair
1860s
| Diplomatic crisis between US and Britain during Civil War
64
Homestead act
1862 gives people land with little to no cost
65
Quota system
1920s
| system limiting number of immigrants allowed into US
66
Cultural isolation
1920s
| doesn't care to interact with other countries or has limited interaction
67
Harlem Renaissance
1920s
| new African-American cultural expression across urban areas
68
Japanese internment
1940s
US government ordered removal of Japanese-Americans
Japanese that lived on Pacific Coast sent to internment camps
69
Fair deal
1940s
| proposal to aid education
70
Truman doctrine
1940s
| stop Soviet expansion during Cold War
71
Yalta conference
1940s
| World War II meeting discussed Europe's postwar reconstruction
72
Fair labor standards act
1938
| established a minimum wage, overtime, hours, etc.
73
New deal
1930s
| a series of domestic programs in US
74
Bonus March
1932
| bonus army wanted more attention from President Hoover
75
21st amendment
1930s
| repealed Prohibition
76
Montgomery bus boycott
1950s
| buses in Alabama protest against segregated seating
77
Eisenhower doctrine
1950s
| country could request US economic assistance or aid from military forces
78
Korean War
1952 1953
| North and South tension because Soviets interfering with communism
79
Lincoln Douglas debate
1858
| seven debates for senate of Illinois would later affect Lincolns presidential election positively
80
Freeport doctrine
1858
| created by Stephen Douglas and his support for slavery despite courts ruling
81
Uncle Tom's cabin
1850s
| Anti-slavery novel
82
Mercantilism
1760s
| economic theory dominant in Europe promoted government to regulate nations economy
83
Salutary neglect
1760s
| policy to avoid strict enforcement of parliamentary laws
84
Back to Africa movement
1910s
| encouraged African descendants to move back to Africa
85
Stephen Douglas
1850s
| Politician from Illinois designed Kansas Nebraska act, US Senator
86
Popular sovereignty
1950s people on state decided if it was a slave or free state
87
Ostend manifesto
1954
rational for US purchasing Cuba from Spain
US would declare war if Spain denied
88
America first committee
1940s
| non-interventionist group against US going into World War II
89
National Labor Relations act
1940s
| guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions
90
Good and bad trusts
1900s
Theodore Roosevelt believed there were good and bad trust
He tried to eliminate the bad trusts
91
Square deal
1900s
| Roosevelt's domestic program: conservation of resource,s control of corporations, consumer protection
92
Marshall plan
1940s
| aid to Europe US gave 13 billion to help rebuild economy
93
Berlin airlift
1940s
| first international crisis of Cold War Soviet blocked access to Berlin
94
G.I. Bill of Rights
1940s
| Provided benefits for World War II veterans
95
Jackie Robinson
1940s
| First African-American in MLB for dodgers
96
Watergate
1972
| political scandal about break-in at national Democratic committee Nixon denied it
97
Abolitionists
People Who supported movement to remove slavery and discrimination
98
Kellogg- Briand pact
1928
| international agreement which states promise not to use war to resolve conflicts and disputes
99
Kansas Nebraska act
1850s
| created territories of Kansas and Nebraska open new lands for settlements
100
Antebellum
1850s
| Occuring before a particular war especially American Civil War
101
Underground railroad
1850s
| network of trails routes and safe houses for escaping slaves
102
National origins act
1924
| Limited annual amount of immigrants allowed into the US
103
Ku Klux Klan
1930s
| Racist group of people who attacked many different people of different beliefs and race
104
Louis and Clark
1804
| first expedition to cross western portion of the US
105
Judicial review
1800s
| action are subject to review by the judiciary
106
Little Rock school crisis
1950s
| students prevented from entering racially segregated schools
107
National Defense education act
1950s
| funds to US education at all levels
108
Dynamic conservatism
1950s
Eisenhower's approach:
conservative to money
liberal to people
109
Loose/strict constructionism
1790s
Strict: Congress should exercise few implied powers
loose: Congress should exercise many implied powers
110
Cottongin/Eli Whitney
1790s
| brought back slavery
111
Bill of rights
1790s
| first 10 amendments to U.S. Constitution
112
Alien and sedition acts
1798
| results of French revolution created to strengthen national security
113
Embargo act
1807
| made it illegal to export from the United States
114
Louisiana purchase
1803
| accusation of Louisiana territory from France
115
Impressment
1800s
| taking men into Navy without any notice
116
Universal Negro improvement Association
1920s
| Worked to conserve rights for African-Americans and to uplift the race
117
Teapot Dome/elk Hills scandals
1920s
| Albert fall found guilty of excepting a bribe while in office
118
Margaret Sanger
1920s
| birth-control, activist, feminist, nurse
119
John F. Kennedy
| New frontier
1960s
| campaign program in election of 1960 promised neutralized economy
120
Cuban missile crisis
1962
| International crisis, closest to nuclear war
121
"40 acres and a mule"
1860s
| a concept for former slaves they could have 40 acres and a mule after the war
122
Crop lien system
1860s
| credit system used by cotton farmers
123
Granger laws
1860s
| midwestern laws that regulated fair prices of railroad and grain elevator companies
124
Erie Canal
1820s
| main transportation breakthrough
125
Morill land-grant act
1862 provided grants of land to states to finance colleges
126
National banking act
1863 and 1864
| establish system for banks, development of national currency
127
Bonus march
1930
| veterans demanded pay for their service
128
Populist party
1890s
| short-lived party highly critical of capitalism
129
New nationalism
1912
| Theodore Roosevelt progressive political philosophy during 1912 election
130
Insurgents revolt
1910s
| Cuban rebellion against Spanish rule yellow press
131
Interstate commerce act
1887
| regulated railroad industry
132
Mugwumps
1880s
| a person who remains independent, Republican political activist, supported Democrat Grover Cleveland
133
Webster Ashburton Treaty
1840s
| resolved border issues between US and North British American colonies
134
Oregon territory
1840s
| added to US previously owned by many countries
135
Palmer raids
1919
| attempt to capture and the rest anarchism in the US
136
Panama Canal
Canal that connects Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
137
Golf of Tonkin resolution
1964
| allowed President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary in Southeast Asia
138
Great Society
1960s
| President Johnson's ideas of forming a "great Society"
139
Peace corps
1960s
| a volunteer program people go to other countries to help
140
Chinese exclusion act
1880s
| excluded Chinese immigrants from coming into the US
141
Great awakening
1730s
| religious revival in America
142
James Oglethorpe
1730s
| social of former hope to resettle Britain's poor in the colony of Georgia
143
George Whitefield
1730s
| Anglican Cleric helped spread the great awakening
144
City on a hill
Speech to show that the first pilgrims had to set an example to prove they can achieve what they wanted
145
Progressive movement
1900s
| rapid industrialization economy social movement
146
Free soilers
1840s
| freeman on Freesoil was the movement of the party
147
Mexican American war
1840s
| armed conflict on border/territory issues
148
No taxation without representation
1760s
| the pilgrims didn't want to be taxed if they were not going to be represented
149
Sugar act
1764
| tariffs and taxes on sugar molasses act
150
Stamp act
1765
| imposed direct tax on colonies of British America
151
Quartering act
1760s
| provided British soldiers with any needed accommodations are housing food as well
152
Pinicky treaty
1795
| Established intensions between US and Spain
153
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
1848
| added land to the US near Arizona California Colorado Nevada etc.
154
Seneca Falls convention
1840s
| First women's rights convention
155
Servicemen's readjustment act
1944
| provided range of benefits for returning World War II veterans
156
United Nations
1945
| promoted international cooperation
157
Settlement house movement
1890s
| perform a social movement goal of getting rich and poor in society to live more closely together
158
Atlanta compromise
1895
| agreement between African-American leaders and southern white liters
159
3/5 compromise
1787
| compromise that stated in African-American would stand as 3/5 as a person for population
160
Northwest ordinance
1780s
| act of Congress of confederation of United States territory northwest of the Ohio River
161
Shays rebellion
1786
| protest American farmers again state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt
162
Jim Crow laws
1880s
| Racial segregation state and local laws and acted after reconstruction such as literacy tests
163
Social Darwinism
1880s
| applied natural selection and survival of the fittest into society
164
Spanish American war
1898
| conflict started by US intervention in the Cuban war of independence
165
Yellow journalism
1890s
| journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
166
Booker T. Washington
1890s
| African-American educator, author, orator
167
Sherman antitrust act
1890
| prohibits certain business activities that federal government deem to be anti-competitive
168
Big stick policy
1901 to 1909
| Theodore Roosevelt asserted US domination progressive
169
Muckrakers
1900s
| reform minded journalist who wrote about corruption and social ills
170
Stamp act Congress
1765
| first Congress consisting of representatives from north America British colonies
171
Nonimportation agreements
1766
| no longer import goods resistance to British colonies
172
Pontiacs rebellion
1763
| Native Americans resisting British policy
173
Gaspee affair
1772
| to let up to American Revolution British customs ship was burned after engaging in anti-smuggling
174
Boston massacre
1770
| British army killed five civilians, highly propagandized by patriots
175
Tea act
1770s
| reduce surplus of tea and help struggling economy
176
Credit Mobilier scandal
1880s
| Union Pacific railroad construction company
177
Upton Sinclair the jungle
1906
| novel about horror of meatpacking industry and immigrant struggle in the US
178
Pure food and drug act
1900s
| consumer protection laws
179
Emilio aguinaldo
Lead Filipino revolution against Spanish assisted with US invasion
180
Trade and navigation acts
1670s
| laws that restricted the use of foreign chips between Britain and its colonies
181
Bacons rebellion
1670s
| armed rebellion by Virginia settlers
182
Halfway covenant
1670s
| partial church membership created by New England
183
Trail of tears
1830s
| Andrew Jackson Indian removal policy
184
Nullification
1830s
| state has right to nullify any federal law
185
Hartford convention
1810s
| meeting of anti-Federalist party
186
Treaty of Ghent
1812
| ended war of 1812
187
Federal Trade Commission
1914
| promotes consumer protection
188
Keating Owen child labor act
1910s
| prohibited sales from companies that had children working under 14
189
Treaty of Versailles
1910s
| French peace treaty at end of World War I
190
Bullmoose party
1910s
| Progressive party wanted to progress Theodore Roosevelt
191
Triangle shirt waist fire
1911
| New York City deadliest industrial disaster in history of the city
192
Volstead act
1910
| prohibited intoxicating beverages
193
14 points
1910s
| points used as a blueprint for world peace used for peace negotiations
194
Vietnamization
Nixon policy to and US involvement in Vietnam war
195
War Powers act
1941
| increased federal power in World War II
196
Kent State
1940s
| college students protesting invasion of Cambodia got killed
197
Force act
1830s
| protected African-Americans right to vote
198
Independent treasury
1830s
| system for retaining government funds in US treasury
199
Specie circular
1836
| Andrew Jackson said government land had to be paid and gold and silver
200
Pullman strike
1894
| strike American railroad union against pullman company
201
Scalawags
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and anti-slavery
202
Mayflower compact
First governing document of Plymouth colony
203
Great Puritan migration
Puritans move to new England to start land where they could express religion
204
Roger Williams
Religious freedom separation of church and state
205
Seawards folly
1860s
| Alaska purchased from Russia
206
"Long hot summers"
1964
| White police man shot younger black child violence rippled across America
