Reconstruction & Industrialization
This constitutional Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all natural-born Americans, with the intent on protecting citizenship for freed slaves
The 14th Amendment
The conflict in 1898 that began the U.S.'s heavy involvement in global affairs
The Spanish American War
President Wilson's initial response to the outbreak of WWI was this
Stay neutral
President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to try and help Americans recover during the Great Depression
The New Deal
The country the United States was in direct competition with for global influence during the Cold War
The Soviet Union
Completed in 1869, this connected both coasts of the United States, improving transportation for the country
The Transcontinental Railroad
This Progressive President was one of the first to fight back against monopolies & help out workers. He believed in conservation of the environment but also American imperialism.
Theodore Roosevelt
The period in the 1920s where many African Americans produced works of poetry, music, and other forms of art that helped define parts of American culture
The Harlem Renaissance
The creation of this helped swiftly end WWII, and created a new age where people & governments were fearful of this object
The atomic bomb (nuclear weaponry)
This country was engaged in a civil war during the Cold War, in which the United States directly supported the non-Communist forces in the country (2 possible answers)
Korea or Vietnam
These laws were passed in the South during Reconstruction that greatly restricted the freedoms and liberties of African Americans
Black Codes (will also accept Jim Crow Laws)
These journalists helped uncover corruption & poor working/living conditions for workers during the Progressive Era
Muckrakers
The document that directly put all of the blame for WWI on Germany, and established the League of Nations, which the U.S. did not join
Treaty of Versailles
This WWII measure by the U.S. involved rounding up and containing individuals of a particular ethnicity in fear of spies giving info to the enemy
Japanese Internment
This period helped end segregation in the United States & gave increased freedoms & voting power to minorities, especially African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. was a central figure in this
Civil Rights Movement
This process was used to force Native Americans to give up their traditional practices and culture for white American culture, in order for the U.S. to use the land the tribes were living on
Assimilation
From 1899-1902, the U.S. went to war with this nation, even though the U.S. had previously helped this country gain its independence from Spain
The Philippines
This is what the 19th Amendment granted. President Wilson justified it as a war-time measure due to the fact that this group of people were critical to the U.S. war effort
Gave women the right to vote
This program helped give jobs to unemployed Americans during the Great Depression (multiple answers)
Civilian Conservation Corps, Public Works Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, Works Progress Administration
This incident almost brought the entire world into nuclear conflict, but was resolved by the two superpowers removing nuclear missiles from neighboring countries
Cuban Missile Crisis
The process where a company buys out other competing companies in order to increase its size and power. Used by Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company
Horizontal Integration
This law was originally aimed at limiting the powers of trusts and monopolies. It wasn't effective at first, but was later heavily used during the Progressive Era
Sherman Antitrust Act
This is the style of economics that Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover believed in during the 1920s. (Hint: it's a French phrase)
Laissez-faire
A political action considered by FDR that received heavy backlash from Republicans, Democrats, and most Americans. FDR did not follow through with this action after the backlash.
Trying to expand the Supreme Court
The U.S. saw the rise of a new conservative era in the 1980s after the election of this President who promised to lower taxes, cut government programs, and tom not lose the Cold War
Ronald Reagan