American Dream Flashcards
Stamp Act
act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
Sugar Act
law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market
Declaration of Independence
defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
The Crisis
a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or dange
Boston Massacre
riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city
Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.
Middle Colonies
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
New England Colonies
Connecticut Colony, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Province of New Hampshire
Southern Colonies
Province of Maryland, the Colony of Virginia, the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia.
Oregon Trail
The route over which settlers traveled to Oregon in the 1840s and 1850s; trails branched off from it toward Utah and California
Pioneer
a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
Donner Party
group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F.
Gold Rush
a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to California in 1848–49, was followed by others in the US
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
Jacob Riis
Danish-American social reformer, “muckraking” journalist and social documentary photographer.
Tenement House
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments
Ellis Island
served as the prime immigration station of the country
Immigrant Restrictions
a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States as of the 1890 census, down from the 3% cap set by the Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Richard Nixon
vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974
Watergate
Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and President Richard Nixon’s administration’s attempted cover-up of its involvement.
Ronald Reagan
A political leader of the twentieth century, elected president in 1980 and 1984. Reagan went into politics after a career as a film actor. He served as governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and became a leading spokesman for conservatism in the United States.
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia.
1929 Stock Market Crash
Started the Great Depression
FDR
Instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during WW2
Fireside Chats
Series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Roosevelt to the nation beginning in 1933
Herbert Hoover
Political leader, became famous for his direction of relief work in Europe after WW1
Dust Bowl
An area of Oklahoma, Kansas and northern Texas affected by sever soil erosion caused by wind storms
