Goard American History Final Exam Study Guide

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  1. 3. Since the 1980s, we have shifted from a manufacturing-based economy to a __________-based economy.
  2. 5. Extreme economic crisis of the 1930s, characterized by high unemployment and the collapse of the stock market.
  3. 7. The US's rival during the Cold War.
  4. 12. Organization that fights for improvements in the workplace, typically including wages, hours, or conditions.
  5. 13. Post-WW2 paranoia over communism's influence in the United States.
  6. 16. Nickname for the Middle Colonies due to their production of cereal crops.
  7. 18. Since the 1980s, this has been driven by people from Latin America.
  8. 20. Main cash crop of the Southern Colonies.
  9. 23. President during the 1980s who supported deregulation, lower taxes, and an expensive military strategy to defeat communism.
  10. 26. Alliance that the US fought alongside in World War I.
  11. 28. Borrowing money to buy an item and paying for it over time.
  12. 29. Economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country
  13. 32. Highly valuable mineral desired by European colonists
  14. 33. Native Americans believed people could not _______ land.
  15. 35. Relief, recovery, and reform program passed by FDR to fix the Great Depression.
  16. 37. Supporters of American Independence
  17. 38. Conflict between countries without direct fighting.
  18. 39. Location of a significant 1848 women's rights conference.
  19. 44. Communism could exist where it already was, but would not be allowed to spread.
  20. 46. MLK and Malcolm X most disagreed over the use of __________ in the Civil Rights Movement.
  21. 47. First president of the United States
  22. 48. Name for the acquisition of new western territory including California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
  23. 50. 1896 court case that made racial segregation legal, so long as facilities were "separate but equal."
  24. 51. Time period after the Civil War when southern states were trying to rejoin the US and recover from war damages.
Down
  1. 1. Early 1900s movement to address problems caused by industrialization.
  2. 2. Late 1800s political party that "appealed to the people," especially farmers and industrial workers.
  3. 4. The original US constitution that was replaced due to its ineffectiveness
  4. 6. Event that brought the US into World War II.
  5. 8. Colonial region known for religious freedom, ship building, and exporting.
  6. 9. Written by Thomas Jefferson and signed on July 4, 1776, this announced the colonies' intention to separate from Britain
  7. 10. Thomas Jefferson controversially bought this territory for $15 million, doubling the size of the US.
  8. 11. Process of British colonies becoming more like Britain
  9. 14. The greatest influence on Native American culture was the ____________.
  10. 15. Potentially catastrophic environmental crisis of the 2000s.
  11. 17. When a strong nation controls a weaker nation, usually for cultural, religious, economic, military, or political motivations.
  12. 19. Began after the 9/11 attack on NYC.
  13. 21. Asian nation that hosted a highly controversial proxy war between the communist North and the democratic South.
  14. 22. Clear, obvious, and occasionally violent ways that slaves resisted treatment (hint: either overt or covert).
  15. 24. Name for the Union's plan for victory in the Civil War, including a blockade along the Atlantic coast and controlling the Mississippi River to suffocate the south.
  16. 25. Political party formed in the 1850s opposed to the expansion of slavery into new western territories.
  17. 27. Introduced after the French & Indian War, these were placed on the colonies without their approval
  18. 30. Nickname for the mid-1800s economic growth, including rise of factories, new agricultural technology, and improvements in transportation.
  19. 31. The first permanent British colony
  20. 34. Highly contagious disease that killed over 80% of Native Americans
  21. 36. Rival political/economic ideology to American capitalism.
  22. 40. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, these officially ended World War II.
  23. 41. In French, translates to "hands-off" or "let it be." In economics, it means minimal government intervention.
  24. 42. Elected president in 1860 opposed to the expansion of slavery.
  25. 43. The explorer who "discovered" the New World
  26. 45. Preference of native-born Americans over immigrants for political, economic, and social opportunities.
  27. 49. President who is most recognizable for the rise of the "Common Man" and Indian Removal Policy.