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America gained independence from Great Britain -
-Out of many one- It's means to form one single nation from a collection of states -
It was the nations first Constitution -
allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population -
It comprises the first ten amendments of the constitution -
an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government -
a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue -
the ability to assess and initiate things independently. -
These are the 5 values of the democracy in America: Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire. -
an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement -
a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access -
The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead -
Nativism is an attitude that favors people born within a country over its immigrant residents -
the theory that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin perceived in plants and animals in nature. -
the theory that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin perceived in plants and animals in nature. -
a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century. -
a lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands. He lived through the periods when Hawaii was a kingdom, protectorate, republic, and territory -
It gives the government the power to take private property and convert it into public use. -
It provided services to the poor and immigrants -
the physical location of the New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century -
Expansionism is defined as a policy to increase a country's size by expanding its territory, while imperialism can be defined as a policy of extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. -
an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
a violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers that occurred in 1892 in Homestead, Pennsylvania -
an American sociologist, socialist, historian and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. -
Skookum Jim and his family found gold near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. -
a period of armed conflict between Spain and the United States. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence -
A muckraker was any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing -
the scientifically erroneous and immoral theory of “racial improvement” and “planned breeding,” which gained popularity during the early 20th century -
a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War Il -
a power reserved to the voters that allows the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official. -
an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres -
that the United States Senate should be made up of two Senators out of each state -
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary -
increased cargo traffic flow from the West Coast to the East Coast, decreasing transportation costs and increasing transit time -
an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properties with various title designations -
a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I -
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 -
an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production -
one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I -
prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes -
prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to a vote -
an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City -
unmatched prosperity and cultural advancement was accompanied by intense social unrest and reaction -
a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923 -
a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator -
enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. -
limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and advocated for world peace -
an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. -
the repatriation and deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans to Mexico from the United States during the Great Depression between 1929 and 1939 -
an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army -
the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident -
a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression -
federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States -
one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures credit unions. -
an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 -
an ambitious employment and infrastructure program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, -
an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits -
a symbolic place for the Italian army because of the defeat at the Battle of Adwa by the Ethiopian army during the First Italo-Ethiopian War -
a fleet admiral of the United States Navy -
Germany wanted to expand its territory to include the Sudetenland and gain control of key military defences in the area -
a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army -
Vernon Joseph Baker was a United States Army first lieutenant who was an infantry company platoon leader during World War II and a paratrooper during the Korean War. -
The First American Volunteer Group of the Republic of China Air Force, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China -
a group of primarily African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World War II -
an American soldier, actor, songwriter, and rancher. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. -
U.S. Marines of Navajo descent who developed and utilized a special code using their indigenous language to transmit sensitive information during World War II -
this order authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland. -
Forced march of 70,000 U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war (World War II) captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. -
the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico -
was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to uphold the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II -
were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries and other crimes in World War II -
an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. -
It's the new official motto of the united states, it means that god is everywhere, whether we're conscious or not