Reconstruction
These were laws passed in the South to restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans.
What are Black Codes?
A single company that has control over an entire industry is known as this.
What is a monopoly?
These journalists exposed corruption and social injustices during the Progressive Era.
Who are muckrakers?
This 1929 event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash/Black Tuesday?
Wilson’s post-war WWI plan attempted to create this unified legislative body.
What is the League of Nations?
These were the three goals of Reconstruction.
What are to reunify the nation, rebuild the south, and secure rights for newly freed slaves?
This political organization, led by Boss Tweed, was known for corruption in New York City.
What is Tammany Hall?
Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle led to reforms in this area.
What is the meatpacking/food industry?
These makeshift communities were named after the president who was blamed for the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
This naval disaster helped spark the Spanish-American War.
What is the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine?
This organization aimed to assist newly freed slaves with education, healthcare, and finding jobs.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This economic theory argued for minimal government interference in the economy.
What is laissez-faire?
Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy that aimed to balance the interests of businesses, consumers, and laborers was called this.
What is the “Square Deal”?
FDR’s plan to help Americans recover from the Great Depression was called this.
What is the ”New Deal”?
This secret project developed the atomic bomb during WWII.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This agreement ended Reconstruction and led to the withdrawal of federal troops in the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This railroad scandal involved government officials and a fake construction company.
What is the Credit Mobilier scandal?
This act ended the spoils system and created merit-based hiring in government positions.
What is the Civil Service Act of 1883?
The Dust Bowl was a result of these three factors.
What are high winds, soil erosion/poor farming practices, and drought.
Who are FDR, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States and its territories.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This labor protest turned violent and hurt the public image of labor unions in 1886.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
This political movement called for reforms and helped farmers and working-class Americans.
What is Populism?
FDR was criticized for trying to do this during the 1937 court-packing controversy.
What is adding justices to the Supreme Court to sway their rulings in his favor/benefit New Deal policies?
The invasion of Normandy known as D-Day occurred on this date.