This document provides 130 terms related to United States history that students should make flashcards for and study, to be quizzed on weekly from January to the end of the semester. The terms cover a range of topics in American history from the Industrial Revolution to recent decades, and include important people, events, policies, court cases, and more.

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Directions: Students should make flashcards from these End of Course terms/ideas. You will be quizzed
on them every Friday from January 11th
- the end of the semester.
1. made his fortune in oil-Rockefeller
2. made his fortune in steel- Carnegie
3. made his fortune in railroad shipping and has a University named after him in Nashville-Vanderbilt
4. created airbrakes for trains- George Westinghouse
5. belief that government should be “hands off” or have limited involvement- laissez fare
6. responsible for spurring American Industrial growth and creating markets for steel, coal, timber, and
other materials- railroads
7. when a single company takes control of an entire market- monopoly
8. idea created by Karl Marx that believed the wealth should be evenly divided in society- Marxism
9. president during the Civil War(ended in 1865)- Abraham Lincoln
10. first president to be impeached – Andrew Johnson (from TN-replaced Lincoln after assassination)
11. term that means an extreme dislike of immigrants/ foreigners by native-born people- Nativism
12. deal between Theodore Roosevelt and Japan that limited Japanese immigration to the United
States- Gentleman’s Agreement (chapter 6)
13. the political boss of Tammany Hall in NYC- William “Boss”Tweed
14. president during World War I- Woodrow Wilson
15. president during the Women’s Suffrage movement- Woodrow Wilson
16. amendment that feed the slaves- 13th
17. amendment that gave freed slaves citizenship- 14th
18. amendment that gave freed slaves the right to vote- 15th
19. amendment that banned the sale and manufacturing of liquor- 18th
20. amendment that gave women the right to vote- 19th
21. word that means the right to vote- suffrage
22. president of the U.S. during WWII (1939-45)- FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
23. city in TN where the atomic bomb was built- Oak Ridge

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24. secret project developed by scientists and military officials to create the atomic bomb used during
WWII- Manhattan Project
25. Army base in TN that worked on the Manhattan project- Ft. Campbell
26. Jewish scientist from Germany that created the atomic bomb- Albert Einstein
27. delivered the speech Ain’t I a Woman- Sojourner Truth
28. delivered the speech known as the Atlanta Compromise- Booker T. Washington
29. Black separatist who created the shipping line known as the Black Star line- Marcus Garvey
30. African-American graduate from Harvard who disagreed with Booker T. Washington’s approaches to
achieving equality- W. E. B. Dubois
31. agency that helped freed slaves and other southerners immediately after the Civil War- the
Freedmen’s Bureau
32. senator that hunted for Communists in government- Joseph McCarthy
33. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis- JFK
34. president that replaced FDR during WWII and was strong anti-Communist- Harry S. Truman
35. issued and Executive Order in 1947 to desegregate the military- Harry S. Truman
36. helped pass the Federal HWY Act- Eisenhower
37. Granger laws were designed to help people in this industry- farmers
38. process that took the impurities out of steel- Bessemer Process (created by Henry Bessemer)
39. term coined by Mark Twain meaning that things are pretty on the outside, but ugly and rotten on
the inside (refers to political corruption in 1800s)- Gilded Age
40. created by Jane Addams to help immigrants- Hull House
41. famous for taking pictures during the Gilded Age and the Great Depression- Jacob Riis
42. invented the telephone- Alexander Graham Bell
43. founder of the Standard Oil Company- Rockefeller
44. court case that determined that separate was indeed equal- Plessy v. Ferguson
45. exaggerated form of reporting news- yellow journalism
46. journalists that found the filth and gossip in society- muckrakers

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47. court case that determined that separate was indeed equal- Plessy vs. Ferguson
48. author of the book the Jungle- Upton Sinclair
49. launched crusade against lynching- Ida B. Wells
50. launched crusade against Rockefeller- Ida B. Tarbell
51. gave aid to wounded civil war soldiers –sanitary commission
52. American belief that it was our duty to expand and spread democracy- manifest destiny
53. started Mc Donald’s- Ray Kroc
54. real estate developer that built twin towers- Donald Trump
55. started amazon- Jeff Bezos
56. president involved in Watergate scandal- Nixon
57. White House staff member that testified against Nixon at Watergate hearing- John Dean
58. Washington Post reporters that helped cracked the case on Watergate- Carl Bernstein & Bob
Woodard
59. president that was strong conservative- increased defense spending during his “Peace through
Strength” campaign - Ronald Reagan
60. WWI hero from TN that won congressional medal of honor-Sgt. Alvin York
61. studio where Elvis first recorded- Memphis Sun Studio
62. Vietnamese offensive in 1968 during the New Year holiday- Tet offensive
63. first televised war- Vietnam
64. former head of Chrysler- Iacocca
65. Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps during this war- WWII
66. wrote the book Roots- Alex Haley
67. name of president LBJ’s plan to end poverty in the U. S.- Great Society
68. court case that said police must read rights to citizens who are being arrested- Miranda vs. Arizona
69. city in Alabama were 4 black girls were killed in church bombing- Birmingham
70. city where I have a dream speech was delivered- Washington, D.C.

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71. Civil Rights Leader killed in Memphis, TN at the Lorraine Motel- MLK Jr.
72. leader of Cuba- fidel Castro
73. leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
74. country that had fascist government- Italy
75. term associated with communism- containment
76. papers that authorized the govt. to go to war in Vietnam- Gulf of Tonkin
77. author of the Feminine mystique- Betty Friedan
78. started Wal- Mart- Sam Walton
79. first man on the moon- Neil Armstrong
80. president assassinated in Dallas, TX in 1963- JFK
81. president that replaced JFK- LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
82. Vietnamese Communist leader- Ho Chi Minh
83. JFK’s plan to send volunteers into developing countries to teach skills- Job Corps
84. heir to the Austro0Hungarian throne who was assassinated at start of WWI- Franz Ferdinand
85. committee that gave aid to wounded Civil War soldiers- Sanitary Commission
86. chemical plant that supplied gun powder for wars- Du Pont
87. belief that the U. S. needed to conquer new territory- more markets, democracy, and Christianity-
imperialism
88. law that broke up Indian reservations- gave away their lands- Dawes Act
89. chocolate king who built his own town in Pennsylvania around his choco factory- Milton Hershey
90. made his wealth in shipping- has university named after him in Nashville- Vanderbilt
91. scandal with whiskey and liquor distillers- whiskey ring
92. political theory that believes that the govt.’s needs come before the individuals
93. treaty that said Germany would have to pay reparations after WWI
94. reason the League of Nations failed- no police power
95. idea that only strongest people and nations will survive- social Darwinism

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96. act that required civil service exam for government jobs- Pendleton Civil Service Act
97. decade when you could buy things on credit and pay later- 20s
98. TN governor that called a special session of legislature to vote on 19th
amendment- Gov. Albert
Roberts
99. period during the 20s where African American music and art flourished- Harlem Renaissance
100. president that helped the U. S. acquire the Panama Canal- Theodore Roosevelt
101. cities in TN where munitions, Navy vehicles, an aircraft were made for WWII- Memphis and
Chattanooga
102. new deal program that provided aid to elderly and disabled- social security
103. president during the Great Depression- Hoover
104. name given to shantytowns during The Great depression- Hoovervilles
105. found different uses for peanuts- George Washington Carver
106. New Deal program that called for the planting of trees across the U. S.- CCC
107. gave assistance to military personnel for education and loans –G. I. Bill
108. another name for the Hippies- went against established traditions- counterculture
109. period where the birth rate increased dramatically after WII- baby boom
110. war that lasted from 1946-1990- Cold War
111. act that prohibited discrimination in employment and public facilities based on race, creed, or
color- Civil Rights Act of 1964
112. south Carolina senator that was the leader of the Dixiecrat- Strom Thurmond
113. civil rights leader who disagreed with MLK’s theory- Malcolm X
114. police commissioner that turned fire hoses and police dogs on protesters- Bull O’ Connor
115. trial over evolution in TN- Scopes/ Monkey trial
116. testified against Nixon in the Watergate hearings- John Dean
117. built on orders of Soviet leader Krushchevez to divide East and West Berlin
118. country that was divided at 17th
parallel- Vietnam
119. court case that gave states the authority to set railroad rates- Munn v. Illinois

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120. celebration were the Parthenon was unveiled in Nashville- TN Centennial Celebration
121. established the U. S. Forest Service- advocated conservationism- Gifford Pinchot
122. TN suffragette that pushed for the passage of the 19th
amendment- Anne Dallas Dudley
123. company that produced aluminum for the war- ALCOA
124. term used to describe the cultural gap between older people and younger people- generation gap
125. secretary of state under FDR- father of the United Nations- Cordell Hull
126. word used in the 50s- meant everything must be the same – conformity
127. term that means equating personal happiness with the purchase of material items(60s)-
consumerism
128. court case that determined that separate was not equal- Brown vs. Board of education
129. school where U. S. Marshalls had to come in so that James Meredith could go to school in MS- Ole
Miss
130. school where National Guardsmen killed four students in a riot- Kent State
131. first president to be impeached- Andrew Johnson
132. name for Vietnamese guerillas that the U. S. was fighting – Viet Cong
133. Teddy Roosevelt’s group of volunteers that fought in Spanish/American War
134. fired by Truman during the Korean war for insubordination- Douglas Mc Arthur
135. date that Pearl Harbor was bombed- December 7, 1941
136. former member of SNCC and Core that switched and began advocating Black Power- Stokely
Carmichael
137. U. S. senator from TN who investigated organized crime in the 1950s and wore a coonskin cap-
Estes Kefauver