Reconstruction
Period after the Civil War from 1866-1877
Reconstruction Era
Describe the Gilded Age
What is the period of extreme poverty and wealth in America (1870s-1920s)?
Describe the Progressive Era
Period of numerous reform movements in America
Definition of imperialism
Banned Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This president opposed Reconstruction and was impeached by Radical Republicans
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Name 2 of the terms used to describe people like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan
What are robber barons/captains of industry/industrialists?
Investigative journalists who exposed unfair/unsafe conditions
What are muckrakers?
War that led America to become an imperialist power
What is the Spanish American War?
This Amendment gave women the right to vote
Nineteenth Amendment
These unjust laws discriminated against African Americans (especially in the South)
What are Black Codes/Jim Crow laws/segregation laws?
Group of workers who join together to fight for better pay and conditions
What is a labor union?
Name 2 muckrakers
Who is Upton Sinclair/Ida Tarbell/Ida B. Wells-Barnett/Jacob Riis?
Fake news/original clickbait that used sensationalism, exaggeration and misinformation to sell newspapers
What is yellow journalism?
This law restricted immigration from Eastern and Central Europe and Asia to the U.S
What is the National Origins Act of 1924/What is the Immigration Act of 1924?
Agreement between the Democratic and Republican Party that ended Reconstruction (It withdrew Federal troops from the South and made Rutherford B. Hayes president)
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Two terms that describe companies that band together to control their industry and eliminate competition
What are monopolies and trust?
Term that means "the right to vote"
Term that means a person who fights for the right to vote
What is suffrage?
What is a suffragist?
Name 3 territories that America gained during the Age of Imperialism
OR
Name 3 U.S. presidents during the Age of Imperialism
The Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii,
William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Name the two terms:
Belief that White Americans are superior to newcomers
AND
Irrational fear of foreigners
Nativism
AND
Xenophobia (pronounced "zee-nuh-foe-bee-uh")
Name the Three Reconstruction Amendments and explain what they did
13th - Abolished slavery unless as punishment for a crime
14th - Gave formerly enslaved people citizenship
15th - Gave African American men the right to vote
Name this violent clash between workers and company owners
What is the Haymarket Riot/Pullman Strike?
Movement against alcohol that led to the 18th Amendment
Temperance Movement/Prohibition
Name 2 examples of U.S. foreign policy during the Age of Imperialism. Explain what they did.
What is the Monroe Doctrine? (opposed European colonization in Latin America)
What is the Roosevelt Corollary/Big Stick Policy? (added on to Monroe Doctrine and said America would use force if diplomacy failed)
What is Dollar Diplomacy? (If the U.S. gave a country loans, it had the right to interfere in its affairs)
True or False:
The recall forces an elected official to step down from office
The referendum allows citizens to vote on an issue
The initiative prevents an elected official from ignoring a bill or issue
True