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This 1865–1877 effort rebuilt the South politically, economically, and socially after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction?
This 1882 law was the first to ban a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the U.S
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
The League of Nations was seen as this kind of plan when proposed by President Wilson.
What is ambitious?
This economic idea means the government stays out of business affairs.
What is laissez-faire?
These two terms reflect different styles of love for country; one is humble, one is often aggressive.
What is the difference between patriotism and nationalism?
Two methods Southern Democrats used to block formerly enslaved people from voting after the Civil War.
What are literacy tests and poll taxes?
These cheaply made, crowded apartment buildings grew rapidly during industrialization.
What are tenements?
The main goal of this WWI-era law was to silence dissent, much like propaganda tried to shape thought.
What is the Sedition Act?
The Great Depression shaped this, both in how we view the economy and how it is now managed.
What is modern economic policy/government regulation?
This long-term struggle for rights built on Reconstruction, Jim Crow resistance, and modern protest.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Created after the Civil War, this agency aimed to help formerly enslaved people transition to freedom.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Birds of Passage were different from other immigrants because they intended to do this.
What is return to their home country instead of staying in the U.S.?
These two battles in the Pacific signaled how deadly and hard-fought the path to Japan would be.
What are the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa?
This fire revealed unsafe working conditions and became a symbol of the need for reform.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
This period and war expanded women’s roles—but some say only temporarily.
What are the 1920s and World War II?
This makes sense as a post-war service because millions of people had to suddenly transition to freedom.
Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau created after the Civil War?
Two benefits and two drawbacks of this 1887 law include land for Native Americans but loss of culture.
What is the Dawes Act?
This was the single greatest factor in the outcome of WWI, bringing resources, troops, and morale.
What is U.S. entry into the war?
Two contrasting beliefs about love for country—one embraces criticism, the other rejects it.
What are patriotism and nationalism?
This belief in an equal opportunity life has changed with immigration, war, and protest.
What is the American Dream?
This movement connects to Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and modern activism, using evolving tactics and media.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This immigrant group was essential in building the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who were Chinese and Irish immigrants?
This kind of warfare defined the Cold War, from Vietnam to nuclear arms and space races.
What are proxy wars?
This flashy term describes the period of rapid growth, corruption, and wealth disparity in late 1800s America.
What is the Gilded Age?
From the light bulb to social media, these have both increased freedom and threatened truth.
What is technology?