Reconstruction
Right to vote
what is suffrage?
Gave the Gilded Age its name
Main instrument of developing the American West
What are railroads?
President known for trustbusting, conservation and the Square Deal
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
US President during World War 1
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
What is his assassination?
Passed by Congress to limit the formation of monopolies.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is imperialism?
Most common means for news and entertainment in 1920s
What is the radio?
Treaty that ended World War 1
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This abolished slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Four main reasons for industrial growth
What are population increase (immigration + baby boom), innovative spirit (inventions), laissez-faire government, new sources of power (oil and electricity)?
Legislation that promoted the settlement of the west
What is the Homestead Act?
Exposed corruption and social issues through investigative journalism
Who are muckrakers?
US foreign policy after WW1
What is isolationist?
Laws in south that enforced segregation
What are the Jim Crow laws?
Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation was constitutional
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
What is the reservation system?
Wilson's plan for lasting peace following World War 1
What are the Fourteen Points?
Granted suffrage to all men despite race or color
What is the 15th Amendment?
What is siding with the business owners?
U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment killed between 150 and 300 Lakota men, women, and children.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Crusaders for women's suffrage and the amendment that they inspire
Who are Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the 19th amendment?
Two events that led U.S. to enter World War I
What are the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram