CST US History Prep
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Colonists began to question the authority of the British monarchy | What effect did the Enlightenment have on political thought in the colonies? |
| The Great Compromise | The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan were put together to make what? |
| review state and federal laws | Under John Marshall what did he solidify the power of the Supreme Court to do? |
| Constitutional rights of the inhabitants of the new American territories | The acquisition of an American overseas empire during the late 1890's created legal controversies concerning what? |
| revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies | The First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s |
| Catholics | Religious group that had the greatest increase in membership of immigration from Latin America to the US |
| "respecting an establishment of religion" | Response to religious persecution exhibited by the Church of England |
| greater efficiencies in production | Ford's production of Model Ts in the early 20th century demonstrated the economic relationship between specialization and? |
| placing high tariff barriers on foreign imports | The US government attempted to facilitates the growth of domestic industry by? |
| all countries should have equal trading rights in China | Open Door Policy reflected what policy? |
| secure the right to build a canal through Central America | The US supported Panama's revolution to |
| strong navy | Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick" relied on a |
| Nineteenth Amendment gave millions of women the right to vote | Why did the number of votes rise by 8.2 million from 1916 to 1920 |
| increase in the advertising industry | Outgrowth of mass production techniques used during the 1920s lead to an |
| loan money to banks, insurance companies, and other depressed businesses | The Hoover Administration established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to |
| unwanted additions to the ranks of the unemployed | The arrival of the Dust Bowl refugees to California represented |
| provide a minimum retirement income | Social Security was a New Deal program designed to |
| the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor | What was President Roosevelt referring to when he said "Yesterday, December 7, 1941----a date that will live in infamy..." |
| transmitting secret messages to U.S. forces during combat | What was the primary duty of the Navajo Code Talkers during WWII? |
| postwar issues | The meetings at Yalta and Potsdam were focused upon |
| American antiwar sentiment | The US Congress passed a series of neutrality acts beginning in August 1935 in response to |
| to develop atomic weapons for the US military | What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project? |
| restrict communist aggression in Asian countries | SEATO was an attempt to |
| North Korean forces, with Soviet approval invaded South Korea | What was the cause of the Korean War |
| bracero | A program started during WW II in an effort to address the urgent need for agricultural laborers |
| expansion of executive power during periods of crisis | A change in the balance of power among the three branches of government was a result of what? |
| smallpox | What disease was eliminated after WW II? |
| television | What form of technology was a media that expanded the audience for professional sports just after WW II |
| end of racial segregation in the military | President Truman decided to do what due to the record of African Americans who served in the military during WW II |
| Brown v Board of Education | The Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in public school for which case? |
| integrate the public schools | Why did President Eisenhower use federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas? |
| Great Society | The program implemented by President Lyndon B. Johnson created to wage his unconditional war on poverty was? |
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