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EOC 2026
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Geneva Accords 1954 | it marked the end of French rule and initiated direct U.S. involvement in Vietnam, setting the stage for the Vietnam War. |
| Yalta Conference 1945 | planned the final defeat of Nazi Germany, facilitated the creation of the United Nations, and aimed for post-war democratic stability in Europe. |
| Malta Summit 1989 | the landmark close of 40+ years of tensions by declaring a new era of U.S.-Soviet |
| Paris Peace Accords 1973 | they ended direct American military involvement in the Vietnam War, allowing for the withdrawal of remaining troops and the return of prisoners of war |
| Nuremburg trials 1945-1949 | establishing the legal precedent that individuals, not just nations, are accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity |
| Miranda vs Arizona 1966 | requiring police to inform suspects of their rights, including the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney. |
| Plessy vs Ferguson 1896 | legalized racial segregation in the United States by establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine |
| Brown vs Board of Education | declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional, ruling that "separate but equal" facilities are inherently unequal. |
| Which ship was sunk to get the US involved in WW1 | Lusitania |
| Which was attacked to get the US involved in WW2 | USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor |
| Which ship was attacked to get the US involved in the Spanish American War? | USS Maine |
| Which area was attacked to get the US to increase war efforts in Vietnam? | Gulf of Tonkin |
| What building was attacked to get the US involved in the War on Terror. | World Trade Center |
| President Lincoln | facilitated the preservation of the Union, the abolition of slavery, and the strengthening of federal authority |
| President Franklin Roosevelt | Facilitated the nation through the Great Depression with the New Deal and WW2 |
| President Theodore Roosevelt | is known for "Big Stick" foreign policy significantly shaped the nation’s 20th-century trajectory. |
| President George HW Busch | navigated the end of the Cold War and managed a major international military coalition in the Persian Gulf |
| President George W Busch | dealt with national security, and global standing. Key contributions and events include his response to the 9/11 attacks |
| President John F Kennedy | completed intense Cold War maneuvering, the acceleration of the Civil Rights movement |
| President Nixon | opening diplomatic relations with China, fostering détente with the Soviet Union BUT also Watergate |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude |
| 14th Amendment | Defines citizenship, guarantees equal protection under the law, and ensures due process. |
| 19th Amendment | Granted women the right to vote |
| 16th Amendment | Authorized Congress to collect income tax. |
| 26th Amendment | Lowered the voting age to 18 |
| Thomas Edison | light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera. |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Patented the first practical telephone |
| Henry Ford | model T and the assembly line |
| Orville and Wilbur Wright | airplane |
| Nikola Tesla | Developed alternating current (AC) electricity |
| Madam C. J. Walker | developed a line of hair care products and became a millionaire |
| Laissez-faire | means government’s hands-off approach to business regulation |
| Vertical vs. Horizontal Integration | Vertical (buying supplies/shipping) vs. Horizontal (buying all competitors) |
| Monopoly/Trusts | Complete control of a product or business by one group |
| Captain of Industry vs. Robber Baron | "Captains" were innovators "Robber Barons" were viewed as ruthlessly exploiting workers. |
| Jay Gould | known for Railroads |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | known for Railroads and shipping |
| Henry Flagler | known for Florida Railroads |
| J.P. Morgan | known for banking |
| John D. Rockefeller | known for Oil |
| Andrew Carnegie | known for Steel |
| Ida B. Wells | African American women who reported extensively on lynching in the South |
| Jacob Riis | Used photography to show the appalling conditions of New York City slums |
| Lincoln Steffens | Documented corruption in municipal governments, took down political machines |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote "The Jungle" exposed disgusting, unsafe conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry |
| Ida Tarbell | broke up Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company |
| Debt Peonage | is similar to slavery and share cropping that sets groups up to be in debt |
| Black Codes and Jim Crow laws | used in the South to control black labor and prevent civil rights |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | Marking the worst defeat of US forces against the Sioux |
| Populist movement | third party that advocated for farmers and laborers against monopolies |
| Bimetalist Movement | Coinage Act of 1792, where the dollar was pegged to fixed amounts of both gold and silver, making both legal tender. |
| Dawes Act | authorized the president to break up communal tribal lands into individual plots, forcing assimilation of Native Americans |
| Interstate Commerce Act 1887 | federal government's authority to regulate railroad rates and practices |
| Great Migration | the mass movement of Black Americans out of the rural South to the urban North, Midwest, and West |
| Farmers Alliance | organized farmers to combat economic hardships, such as high debt, low crop prices, and high railroad freight rates |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | between the U.S. and Japan, where Japan voluntarily restricted passports for laborers immigrating to the U.S |
| Yellow Journalism | newspaper that prioritized sensationalism, exaggerated headlines, and fake stories over factual reporting |
| Panama Canal | opened trade with a 50-mile, U.S.-built man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across Panama. |
| George Westinghouse | reduced the number of railroad accidents by creating air brakes |
| Palmer Raids | a series of violent, often unlawful raids targeting suspected radicals, communists, and anarchists during the First Red Scare |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | To work with other nations to prevent future wars |
| Manifest Destiny | ideology that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism |
| Golden Coast | transformed from a sparse frontier into a densely populated, wealthy urban region in the 20th century, Miami and Palm Beach |
| Zimmerman Telegram | secret message from Germany proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the United States |
| W. E. B. DuBois | founder of the NAACP |
| Mosquito Fleet | private, donated boats defending the Florida coast from U-boats |
| Franklin Roosevelt first 100's days | Regulating banks to solve the root cause of economic crisis |
| New Deal | domestic programs, projects, and reforms launched by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression. |
| Lend Lease Act | shift in foreign policy between the world wars |
| Korematsu vs US | created the internment of Japanese Americans |
| United Nations | promote international efforts to stop the war |
| Truman Doctrine | pledging military and economic aid to democratic nations resisting authoritarian, communist threats. |
| The Domino Theory | suggesting that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring countries would inevitably fall, like a row of dominoes |
| Korean War | increase tensions in the Cold War, communist vs the US |
| Eisenhower Interstate System | led to Suburbanization |
| Economic Opportunity Act 1964 | President Johnson was facing high levels of poverty in America |
| Civil Disobedience | peaceful demonstrations led by Martin Luther King |
| Freedom Summer | register African Americans to vote |
| Great Society | is still seen in modern days with Medicare |
| Iran Contra Affair | trading weapons for hostages by Ronald Reagan |
| Troops to the Balkans in the 1990's | to prevent ethnic conflict |
| Rough Riders | served during the Spanish-American War. The volunteer cavalry, consisting of cowboys and elite athletes, trained in Tampa |
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