Abeka america land I love teest 12 study guide

1588

the defeat of the Spanish Armada

religious freedom

what Rhode Island set a precedent for

Benjamin Franklin

wrote Poor Richard's Almanac

French and Indian War

established English tradition and liberty in North America

steamboat

what Robert Fulton is remembered for perfecting

progressive

movement that President Roosevelt popularized

16th Amendment

gave Congress the power to tax personal incomes

Columbia

first space shuttle the United States launched

Margaret Thatcher

conservative leader of Great Britain

Muammar al-Qaddafi

the Libyan leader that supported international terrorism

NAFTA

treaty ratified by the United States, Canada, and Mexico that called for the elimination of tariffs

Iraq

held their first free election in fifty years as a result of the War on Terror

Samuel Gompers

founded the first successful labor union

Jamestown

served as a good example for the failure of the common-store system

Creation

what William Jennings Bryan was defending when he won the Scopes trial

October 29, 1929

date the stock market crashed, beginning the Great Depression

November 22,1963

assassination of Kennedy

1914

beginning of WWI

1791

Bill of rights added

April 1607

founding of Jamestown

1950

Korean war

Thomas Jefferson

ended tribute to Barbary pirates

Andrew Jackson

issued the Specie Circular

Barack Obama

passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Woodrow Wilson

proposed the League of Nations

William Clinton

NAFTA

Herbert Hoover

Great Humanitarian

George W. Bush

passed the Secure Fence Act

James Carter

negotiated the surrender of the Panama Canal Zone

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Interstate Highway System

William McKinley

passed the Gold Standard Act

the Gilded Age

what Mark Twain called the Age of Industry

containment

policy that committed American troops to stay on the defensive and simply keep Communism from spreading

Oliver North

U.S. colonel investigated in the Iran-Contra hearings

al-Qaeda

terrorist group behind the attacks of September 11, 2001

Global Positioning System (GPS)

the series of navigational satellites launched by the United States

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

established after September 11 to promote the safety of the American people

Ground Zero

name given to the site of the collapsed World Trade Center

Andrew Carnegie

built the largest steel manufacturer in the world

Neil Armstrong

first man to walk on the moon

Saratoga

War for Indendence

Bull Run

Civil War

War on Terror

Operation Enduring Freedom

Vietnam War

Gulf of Tonkin

Mexican War

Buena Vista

Persian Gulf War

Operation Desert Storm

difference in principles between Reaganomics and President Roosevelt's New Deal

Reaganomics called for balanced budgets; the New Deal called for government spending.

significant difference between the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War

Military leaders were not allowed to take the offensive during the Vietnam War; however, military leaders directed the offensive during the Persian Gulf War.

Cultural differences have come together as Americans work together.

reason why the United States is called the melting pot

Education is needed for freedoms to be maintained.

reason why education is needed in the United States

Norman Schwarzkopf

Persian Gulf War

Douglas MacArthur

World War 2

Ulysses S. Grant

Civil War

Alvin York

World War 1

Zachary Taylor

Mexican War

Japan

where the Townsend-Harris Treaty opened for Christian missionaries

England

who the United States defeated in the War of 1812

Booker T. Washington

founded Tuskegee Institute

liberal

believes that the government should provide for the people

Ronald Reagan

President when the United States experienced the longest period of continuous economic growth since World War 2

Bush Doctrine

called for a military campaign against terrorists and the nations that gave shelter and aid to terrorists

Boris Yeltsin

leader when the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a nation

President Obama

president when U.S. troops were withdrawn from Iraq

three branches

number of branches of government the U.S. Constitution calls for to provide for checks and balances

Soviet Union and United States

who the Geneva Summit was of a discussion of nuclear arms between

Appalachian Mountains

Mexico

Canada

United States

Greenland

Hudson Bay

Mississippi River

Caribbean Sea

Panama

Gulf of Mexico

1820

Missouri compromise

May 10, 1869

trans-continental railroad

April 11, 1898

Spanish-American war

June 6 1944

D-Day

October 1990

Reuniting of Germany

legislative branch

makes the laws

executive branch

passes the laws

judicial branch

comes into play to find out of if a law is unconstitutional

Jamestown

What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?

Battle of Yorktown

What was the final major battle of the War for Independence?

Cherokee

What Indigenous nation called their forced removal the Trail of Tears?

Cyrus McCormick

Who invented the reaping machine?

California

What territory did gold seekers rush to in 1849?

Battle of Gettysburg

What was the most decisive battle of the Civil War?

Thirteenth

What amendment outlawed slavery in America?

Wymong

What was the first state to give full political privileges to women?

1898

In what year was the Spanish-American War fought?

communism

What idea promotes the government controlling all resources on behalf of the people?

Franz Ferdinand

Whose assassination led to the beginning of World War I?

Benito Mussolini

Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?

Lend-Lease Act

What legislation allowed the Allies to purchase American weapon and food during World War II?

Battle of Midway

What was the turning point in the battle to control the Pacific during World War II?

UN

What organization was formed to promote peace among the nations of the world after World War II?

Kuwait

What nation did Saddam Hussein invade in 1990?

Nancy Pelosi

Who was the first female Speaker of the House?