US History Flashcards
(25 cards)
Which of the following documents outlawed slavery throughout the United States?
13th amendment
What were the consequences of the Spanish-American War?
Aquired colonies in the Carribbean and Pacific Oceans
Which constititutional amendment gave woman the right to vote in the US?
19th Amendment
What consequences did the Great Migration have?
It lead to increased racial tension in the North in early 1900s
Which Supreme Court decision struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Which of the following led to the American Revolution?
Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party
Which events contributed to increasing sectional tension before the Civil War?
Bleeding Kansas conflict (slavery in newly formed Kansas)
Which caused American to join WWI in 1917?
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare
Which event was the last major armed conflict between US forces and Native Americans?
Massacre at Wounded Knee
What consequences did the Neolithic Revoltion have?
Native Americans began to crow crops
What document established the first system of government in the US?
Articles of Confederation
What consequences did the New Deal have?
Established a number of federal agencies and programs that continue to function in the 21st Century.
What is an advantage the North had over the South during the Civil War?
The north had a larger Navy.
Where did the US acheive victory during the Cold War?
The Space Race!
The president’s cabinet does what?
Advises the president
Which organization helped Ronald Reagan win the White House in 1980?
Moral Majority
Since 1965 where have most immigrants have come from what regions:
Central and South America: Asia
Which event sparked the gay and lesbian rights movement in 1969?
The Stonewall Inn Riot
What were characteristics of The Gilded Age?
Social inequality, increasing urbanization, and expanding industrialization
Which were the characteristics of the American political environment in the early 1900s?
The Populist Party and Progressive Reformers
Which is the following motivated Christopher Columbus to sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
A desire to establish a direct trade route to Asia
What brought France into the war in 1777 and became a key turning point in the Revolution?
The battle of Saratoga
What did Radical Republicans hope to accomplish during Reconstruction?
Equal rights for freed slaves.
What was a characteristics of the American economy after World War II?
Increased use of computers!
