Vocabulary
Who are reformers who thought they could improve conditions in American life?
Progressives
What is the process becoming a part, or making someone become a part, of a group.
Assimilation
The purpose of this movement was to combat foreign influences and promote traditional American ways.
Know-Nothing
The Know-Nothing movement was against these groups.
Roman Catholics
Irish
Italians
The descriptions of the market in which share prices are rising
Bull Market
When were women granted the right to vote.
1920
He is known for founding the Tuskegee Institute.
Booker T. Walker.
What is the policy of protecting the interests of native-bord or established inhabitants?
Nativism
What is the name of the group formed to support African Americans?
NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What is the movement that banned the consumption and making of alcohol?
Prohibition
What are letters from immigrants in the US to friends and relatives in the old country that spurred further immigration?
American Letters.
What were two actions the federal government took that made the Great Depression worse?
Passing the Smoot-Hawley Tarif Act raising tariffs on imported goods, leading to decreased international trade.
Failure to stabilize the banking system making it easy for people to borrow money.
this group passed the most laws to decrease the number of immigrants coming to America specifically targeting ethnicities and origins.
Nativists
What is the dislike or prejudice against people from other countries?
Xenophobia
What is the date for Black Tuesday?
October 29, 1929.
What were pull factors for immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s
The promise of wealth, jobs, land, and freedom.