Dickinson packet Flashcards
Freedom summer
1964
voter registration project in Mississippi, civil rights
Greensboro sit-ins
1960s
Black college students sat in at Woolworth and demanded to be served
U2 incident
1960
U2 spy plane shot down in Soviet land bad
relationship with Soviets
Detente
1967
French word for release of tension from, Cold War
Warren G Harding
1920s
29th president of the United States many criminal activities in his cabinet he wanted to return to normalcy after World War I
Henry Ford
1920s
Creator of Ford Motor Company started the assembly line
Sacco and Vanzetti
1921
Italians convicted of murder trial took place during the red scare many prejudices against them
Marcus Garvey
1920s
civil rights activist founded the Universal Negro improvement Association & African community league
Agricultural adjustment administration
1930s
controlled supply of crops to support supply and demand balance
new deal program
helped farmers get enough money for a living
Phony war
1939 through 1940
Seemed as if nothing was going on in Europe
Congress of industrial organization
1938
organized Americans industrial workers created by John L Lewis
Brain trust
1930s
a group of advisers to help FDR in his campaign election
Alger Hiss
1940s
accused of being Soviet spy convicted of perjury
NSC 68
1940s
National Security Council
shaped US foreign-policy during cold war
military over diplomatic action
NATO
1949
intergovernmental military alliance based on North Atlantic Treaty
Casablanca conference
1943
made allies with some of Europe during World War II
Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchhill
American colonization Society
1816
attempt to make a group in America content
slaves and free
consisted mostly of Quakers and evangelicals
Missouri compromise
1820s
regulated slavery in Western territory
Tariff of abominations
1820s
designed to protect northern US industry
South against it because it didn’t help their economy
South Carolina exposition
1828
document that protested the tariff of 1828
American Federation of labor
1880s
first Federation of labor union alliances of craft union in Columbus Ohio
Dawes act
1887
allowed president to survey Indian land
Baby boomers
1946 through 1964
post World War II generation
Sputnik
1950s
artificial Earth satellite
Soviets launched it creating the “space race”
Beat generation
1950s
post World War II writers
beat culture: innovation, drugs, alternative sexuality, rejection of materialism
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1953
Americans executed for being blamed of passing info about the atomic bomb
Bank of the United States
1791
first bank of the United States supported by Hamilton
Virginia Kentucky resolutions
1790s
states have the right to decide acts from Congress unconstitutional.
XYZ affair
1797
confrontation of US and France that led to the quasi-war
Whiskey rebellion
1790s
protest against the whiskey tax
first tax on domestic product
Jay Treaty
1794
between US and Britain solve problems to avert wars
created 10 years of peaceful trade
Spoils system
1830s
Andrew Jackson put his supporters in office
uneducated, poor Westerners
Bank war
1829 to 1837
political issue against the second bank of the US
Second great awakening to
1830s
Protestant revival movement
Thomas Paine
common sense
1776
pamphlet that challenge authority of British government
Intolerable acts
1774
acts to punish Massachusetts colonists for their riot of throwing tea into Boston Harbor
Boston tea party
1773
political protest against British rule
Bay of Pigs
1960s
failed military invasion of Cuba
Malcolm X
1960s
civil rights activist, minister
War on poverty
1964
legislation to respond to high national poverty
Henry George
progress and poverty
1879
book went into depth of the cause of the industrial depression and increase of want and wealth
Boxer rebellion
1890s
Anti-imperialist uprising in China
Coxey’s army
1894
Unemployed protesters March took place at DC
Chautauqua movement
1870s
adult education movement traveled and gave informational and cultural presentations
Freedmen’s Bureau
1870s
helped former slaves in south
Battle of Little Big Horn
1876
battle of US against Indians
Boss Tweed
1870s boss of a political machine American politician controlled Tammany Hall stealing, cheating, unfair
League of Nations
1910
organization created after World War I to resolve international disputes
The great compromise
1787
compromise that large and small states agreed on specific representation and legislative structure
Virginia New Jersey plans
1780s
one vote per state population
Disestablishment
1780s
separation of church and state
Treaty of Paris
1783
peace treaty between France and US
Creel committee
1917
committee of public info
influenced public opinion about US and World War I participation
Article X
1919
assistance to others experiencing aggression signed by many peacemakers
Cult of domesticity
1860s
value system that emphasize new ideas of femininity
Manifest destiny
1860s
belief America is meant to expand
James K Polk
1860s
foreign-policy successes 11th president pre-Civil War
Lucretia Mott
1860s
American Quaker, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, social reformer
Fugitive slave law
1850 escape slaves must be returned to owners
Gadsden purchase
1850s
US and Mexico, paid $10 million for land for the transcontinental railroad
Bleeding Kansas
1854
violent confrontation if the Kansas territory should be free or slave
Emancipation Proclamation
1863
proclaimed freedom of slaves in 10 states still in rebellion
Trent affair
1860s
Diplomatic crisis between US and Britain during Civil War
Homestead act
1862 gives people land with little to no cost
Quota system
1920s
system limiting number of immigrants allowed into US
Cultural isolation
1920s
doesn’t care to interact with other countries or has limited interaction
Harlem Renaissance
1920s
new African-American cultural expression across urban areas
Japanese internment
1940s
US government ordered removal of Japanese-Americans
Japanese that lived on Pacific Coast sent to internment camps
Fair deal
1940s
proposal to aid education
Truman doctrine
1940s
stop Soviet expansion during Cold War
Yalta conference
1940s
World War II meeting discussed Europe’s postwar reconstruction
Fair labor standards act
1938
established a minimum wage, overtime, hours, etc.
New deal
1930s
a series of domestic programs in US
Bonus March
1932
bonus army wanted more attention from President Hoover
21st amendment
1930s
repealed Prohibition
Montgomery bus boycott
1950s
buses in Alabama protest against segregated seating
Eisenhower doctrine
1950s
country could request US economic assistance or aid from military forces
Korean War
1952 1953
North and South tension because Soviets interfering with communism
Lincoln Douglas debate
1858
seven debates for senate of Illinois would later affect Lincolns presidential election positively
Freeport doctrine
1858
created by Stephen Douglas and his support for slavery despite courts ruling
Uncle Tom’s cabin
1850s
Anti-slavery novel
Mercantilism
1760s
economic theory dominant in Europe promoted government to regulate nations economy