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Tea Act of 1773
Tax that was opposed by colonists that didn’t want “taxation without representation”
muckraking
investigative journalists uncovered much filth in scandals: Teddy Roosevelt’s term for it
Kennedy
the only president that was a Catholic as opposed to Protestant. After assassination, commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren investigated
Europe, 1922: Pre-WWII
German conquered countries include France and Belgium
Fourteen Points
presented January 1918: created by President Wilson to assure people that WWI was fought for a moral and just cause
Terrorism, 1980-2000
Reagan orders bombing attack on Libya: Gadhafi
Automation, 1950-1969
gradual change from agricultural/manufacturing economy to service economy
Protectorate
country that accepts protection in exchange for right of other country to intervene in its affairs: ex. Cuba and the Platt Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
right of black men to vote: 1869/1870 (ratified)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
first European to cross isthmus of Panama: thought that Pacific Ocean was South Sea
Ralph Nader
known for concern for consumer interests as a presidential candidate (1960s)
Progressive Movement
improve slums; teach immigrants English; passage of legislation to make workplace safer; public baths, parks, and playgrounds
1938: Alien threats
originated from radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds” and Mercury Theater
“Lost Generation”
a group of writers that lost illusions of honor and glory in WWI
“Iron Curtain”
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent
Socialism
Labor is higher than capital: the worker should get the fruits of his work.
Herbert Hoover
people lost confidence in Hoover because his policies did not create right away a change in the economic depression
Saturday Night Massacre
Attorney General Eliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus chose to resign rather than fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox
Four-Power Treaty, 1921
France, Britain, Japan, and US agreement
Vietnam War
many college students responded negatively to this war, choosing to flee to Canada rather than be drafted
Battle of Little Bighorn
U.S. redoubled attempts to move Native Americans onto reservations
Battle of Gettysburg
Confederate Army lost due to Union’s advantage of high ground
Iroquois Confederacy
earliest example of American republican government
Promontory Point, Utah
the Wedding of the Rails: Union Pacific and Central railroads meet to form transcontinental railroad
Farmers’ Alliance, 1870s
cooperatives to buy equipment/market products, low-cost insurance, tougher bank regulations, help members in times of drought
labor unions
Progressive reformers encouraged union growth
Hawaii, 1898
Factors leading to statehood: passage of McKinley Tariff, Secret Hawaiian League, McKinley as president, rebellion of Hawaiians in support of annexation (1893)
54th Regiment
first African-American regiment to play a major role in military campaign
War Powers Act
response to Vietnam War
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
U.S. can govern/control Canal Zone in Panama
Watergate Scandal
involved many of Nixon’s cabinet members
Women at war
Clara Barton, Mary Ludwig Hayes, Deborah Sampson, Tokyo Rose
Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic programs that had ambitions for changing “society.”
