Reconstruction
Laws designed to keep African Americans in a slave-like condition
What are the black codes?
A company that controls every aspect of an industry with no competition, can charge any price they want
What is a Monopoly?
This author wrote "The Jungle"
Who is Upton Sinclair?
The historical "fake news" sensational journalism
What is Yellow Journalism?
When buying or selling alcohol was illegal
What is prohibition?
What is a literacy test?
The economic perspective that the Government should not regulate or get involved in business
What is Laissez-faire economics?
Advocacy group to fight against discrimination, racism and segregation
What is the NAACP?
Diplomatic perspective of speaking softly but carrying a big stick
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
The new popular music that took hold in the 1920's
What is Jazz?
Federal agency designed to give practical aid to freed slaves, credited with accomplishments in schooling
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This robber baron owned the Standard Oil company and became a monopoly
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Famous court case that ruled "separate but equal" was legal in the United States
What is Plessy vs Ferguson?
The man credited with moral diplomacy
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Prohibition led to this unintended consequence (Al capone)
What is organized crime?
The amendment outlining citizenship to African Americans
What is the 14th Amendment?
This robber baron was an international shipping tycoon with a University named after him
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Someone who searches and publishes scandal/corruption
What is a muckraker?
The passenger ship that Germany sunk, eventually helping push America to war
What is the Lusitania?
A woman in the 1920's who had short hair, wore shorter skirts, and lived a more carefree life than typical women
What is a flapper?
These were the three plans for Reconstruction
What is the Johnson Plan, Lincoln Plan, and Radical Republican plan
American farmers had beef with this large industry during the Gilded Age
What are Railroads?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
This cause for WWI is described as bulking up a country's armed forces
What is Militarism?
This is the name of the artists/authors that belonged and trailblazed the 1920's Arts/Lit scene (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Who is the Lost Generation?