A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.

a document or written work created after an event

Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based.

proof; artifacts, documents, eye witness accounts, historical sites, photographs

A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable.

the order in which events happen

A measure of the relationship between two variables

Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.

Nonviolent refusal to continue to work until a problem is resolved.

A refusal to buy or use goods and services.

Created as people gained some wealth and began commuting to work from the suburbs during the Progressive Era.

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

the belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided

World War II, collected tin cans, scrap metal, rubber to make into bullets, tanks, airplanes - and Backyard gardens; Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort

Certificates sold by the United States government to pay for the war.

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.

A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.

A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)

An idea that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

US policy to stop expansion of Soviet Union and Communism

an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries

congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States

1960's agency designed to protect environment

organization established by Betty Friedan to combat discrimination against women

Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans.

group of mostly African American ministers who worked to fight injustice through nonviolence

group formed by student activists; used the sit-in as an effective method of protest

Network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settled and find work in the cities

labor union of farm workers that used nonviolent tactics, including a workers' strike and a consumer boycott of table grapes

organization founded in 1944 to promote rights of Native Americans

led by Dennis Banks and Russell Means; purpose was to obtain equal rights for Native Americans; protested at the site of the Wounded Knee massacre

In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal.

held in 1963 to show support for the Civil Rights Bill in Congress. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream..." speech. 250,000 people attended the rally

a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and Whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961

1776, unalienable rights, consent of the people, equality of rights for all citizens, government protects the rights of citizens

Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states

1787 plan of government for the United States of America

The first ten amendments to the Constitution that protected the rights of the individual as well as the states

Law passed by Congress which allowed a nation at war to purchase goods and arms in US as long as they paid cash and carried merchandise on their own ships. This benefited the Allies, because Britain was dominant naval power.

Roosevelt's compromise for helping Britain as he could not sell Britain US destroyers without defying the Neutrality Act; Britain received 50 old but still serviceable US destroyers in exchange for giving the US the right to build military bases on British Islands in the Caribbean.

allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S

1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the war