SAT II Prep: 5 Flashcards
Crisis of Nicaragua
Reagan administration authorized continued federal aid to Nicaraguan Contras, defying Boland Amendment
Farmers’ issues, mid-1800s
supply of crops exceeded demand, debt from purchases of land or equipment, prices of crops fell, no protective tariffs on imported crops
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
succeeded in raising wages, shortening workweek. Membership rose by 10,000s. African-American women became involved in the strike
Clinton Administration
economic prosperity, federal budget surpluses, low unemployment, passage of social legislation
Bursum Bill
“This bill will destroy our common life and will rob us of everything which we hold dear–our lands, our customs, our traditions.” this bill deprived the Pueblo Native Americans of their land, leaving Mexican and American claimants to grapple over possession of the land.
Union generals during the Civil War
William Tecumseh Sherman, Ambrose Burnside, Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan
Anaconda Plan
Union blockade of Confederate ports, destroy Southern railroads and industries, seize the Mississippi, assault coastal ports to seize trading vessels
“Square Deal”
limited power of trusts, promoted public health and safety, improved working conditions for laboring class, balanced interests of big business, consumers, and labor
Powell v. Alabama
death sentences of “Scottsboro boys” revoked on grounds that defendants were denied right to due process of law
Great Plains Wars
Sioux led by Sitting Bull
Nativism
violent acts against immigrants, candalized Catholic churches, formed political party supporting restrictions on immigration, elected officials that discriminated against immigrants
Mary Boykin Chesnut
wrote diary chronicling daily life on plantation during the Civil War
Treaty of Versailles
signed by Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando, and David Lloyd George
26th Amendment
response to protests of Vietnam War
“Great White Hope”
reference to white boxer good enough to defeat Jack Johnson, world heavyweight champion in 1908
Horace Mann
raised teacher salaries, increased funding for schools, started teacher training programs, updated curriculum
Causes of the War of 1812
acquire Canada and Florida, policies of Madison, impressment of US soldiers into British Navy, British alliance/support of Native American revolting tribes
Market Revolution, early 1800s
primarily caused by building of national roads and canals
Voting Rights Act of 1975
voting materials must be made available in a variety of languages
War Powers Act
passed primarily because of presidential intervention of Congressional policies during the Vietnam War, mostly Johnson and Nixon
Atlantic Charter, signed 1941
aggressor nations disarmed, nations can choose their own government, equal and free access to trade, U.S. and Britain won’t expand territory
Oberlin College
Ohio: the 1st U.S. school where women and African Americans can earn a four-year college degree
Great Migration
took place in 1920s
Federalist Papers
written by people such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay
