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The declaration of independence was a history document that formally announced that the 13 north american british colonys were separated from Great Britain becoming their own government. -
e pluribus unum was a motto created for the first great seal of the united states by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776. The bird symbol can be found on american bills -
The us. constitution was formed to created a better union for the united states. It established americas national government and fundamental laws. -
The bill of rights is basically a longgg document that states every citizens rights in american. It is also know as the law of the land. one of the bill of rights is freedom of speech. -
nativism is when you have a fear or dislike of immigrants. Nativism affected mainly the Irish, German, Chinese, and immigrants from other southern and eastern countries. -
tenement houses were all too often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation. People who migrated to america often stayed in these. -
alex de tocqueville and his 5 principles consisted of popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism. -
The homestead act was during 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. -
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.
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political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by luring them in with a bribe of money resulting in controlling the members.
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eugenics is the scientifically erroneous and immoral theory of “racial improvement” and “planned breeding -
the Settlement House Movement was intended to bring together all social classes. The result ended up in the people undergoing health and sanitation problems. -
tin pan alley was a songwriters group who was popular in the 19 century. It refers to new york city
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Homestead Strike was a violent riot between the workers and the Carnegie Steel Company it was the result of industrialization and employee rights
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shookum jim and his family discovered gold in canada, and 4,000 of it was found by miners.
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conflict between spain and america, Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba
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A Muckraker was a journalist who wrote things from the war specifically telling confidencial information. -
The panama canal was built i order to provide a better transportation system for transporters transporting goods, dividing north and south america.
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allows Congress to levy a tax on income from any source without apportioning it among the states and without regard to the census. -
The 17th Amendment states that the United States Senate should be made up of two Senators out of each state. Each Senator should have one vote and serve for six years after being elected
A easy way to remember this is the first 2 letters in 17 is the same 2 letters in senate. -
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was the main catalyst for the start of the Great War (World War I).
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wildrow wilson signed for the park to be established, Simply made to conserve scenery and historic landmarks. -
the Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic beverages. -
The harlem renaissance was a time period when african americans migrated north from south for social justice and the genre of jazz was popular
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the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote because before only men could because they were looked at as superior -
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding the secrete leasing of federal oil
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The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. During this time period asian immigrants were making a huge impact on california especially. -
mexicans faced a deportation threat migrating to america the need for jobs and food shortages affected both americans and mexicans. By one estimate, one-fifth of Mexicans in California were repatriated by 1932, and one-third of all Mexicans in the US between 1931 and 1934.
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the Flying Tigers was the first american volunteer group of china air force. It was nicknamed the flying tigers because it was formed to help chinese invasion
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Bracero program permitted millions of Mexican men to work legally in the United States on short-term labor contracts. This included harsh paying jobs that made it hard to provide for families.
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The Executive Order 9066 authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland.
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The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons -
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214, 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 -
The trials uncovered the German leadership that supported the Nazi dictatorship. 24 were sentenced to death, 20 to lifelong imprisonment, and 98 other prison sentences. the rest were found innocent
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in god we trust is a motto from the united states it replaced the motto "E plurbis unum" it means there is God everywhere, whether we are conscious or not.
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