Period 5 - Reconstruction
During the Reconstruction Era, the fastest-growing sector of the economy was
What is the Railroad Industry
An example of how Andrew Carnegie engaged in the practice of vertical integration is by
What is controlling all aspects of the production process from beginning to end.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created primarily to
What is to fight discrimination in American legal courts
Eugene V Debs was arrested during WWI
What is because he violating the Espionage and Sedition Acts
The Dust Bowl of the Great Depression occurred because
What is intense agriculture had depleted the topsoil
President Johnson was impeached officially because
What is he illegally removed a cabinet member from office
The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to
The focus of the 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement was to
What is to reduce the number of immigrants coming from Japan
This was a major power of the War Industry Board during World War I
What is setting production quotas and allocating raw materials
During the Great Depression, the "Black Cabinet" referred to
What is African Americans in high-level government positions
This law divided the South into districts run by the Union military
What is the 1867 Reconstruction Act
This led to the reduction in price of American agricultural products
What is farmers were compelled to increase production
These are ideas of what American foreign policy:
The US would continue limiting European influence in the Western Hemisphere
Latin America would be seen a an agent for US commercial interests
The US had the right to intervene in Latin American conflicts
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
The Palmer Raids of the 1920s were a response to
What is fears of communism following the Russian Revolution
Huey Long and Upton Sinclair criticized the New Deal on the grounds that
What is they believed the reforms did not go far enough to redistribute wealth
In the Supreme Court case, United States v. Cruikshank, it stated that
What is only state governments can enforce the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
The function of the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 was to
What is to assist western states with establishing colleges
The Supreme Court's decision in Muller v Oregon and Bunting v Oregon stated that
What is that states can limit working hours
This is a reason for the US's neutrality during the first World War
What is Wilson hoped that neutrality would lead to peace OR Neutrality allowed American businesses to trade with both sides of the conflict OR US wanted to be isolated.
The New Deal Agency that was created to assist businesses most directly was
What is the National Recovery Administration
This government action extended suffrage to African American males during Reconstruction
What is the 15th Amendment
The 1887 Dawes Severalty Act was passed to
What is it forced Native Americans to adopt Western culture and farming practices
Florence Kelley's efforts helped lead many states to end the practice of
What is child labor
The Great Migration during the first World War
What is the increased numbers of African Americans moving into Northern cities
The main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to
What is to provide government credit to secure failing banks