Colonial America
Why did plantation systems develop in the South instead of the North?
Southern states had better climates and soil which was better for growing cash crops
Which group of people were most impacted by Westward Expansion?
What made labor unions unsuccessful during the Gilded Age (3 things)
1. Companies used violence and intimidation
2. Federal government took the side of businesses over workers
3. Companies would hire "scabs" as replacements for strikers
Why was the Transcontinental Railroad so important?
It brought the country together after the Civil War
Alfred Thayer Mahan influenced American Imperialism by
Writing about the need of strong navy and having an overseas empire of colonies
The first Great Awakening was a religious revival to encourage colonist to do what?
Think for themselves in terms of government
How was cotton important in the North and South?
Both regions relied on cotton for the economies
What was passed to protect consumers from big businesses? (Think food)
Pure Food and Drug Act
What was the Gospel of Wealth?
The belief that industrialists should give back to the poor and their workers
What did the Roosevelt Corollary do?
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine encouraging American intervention in Latin America (America would be the police of Latin America)
What could women not do during Colonial America in terms of government?
Vote. Woman had no political power
Define sectionalism
Increased divisions between the North, South, West caused by the expansion of slavery
Who was filling the jobs needed in the industrial north during the Gilded Age?
Immigrants
A trust is the same as a what
Monopoly
Which area of the world did Woodrow Wilson and William Taft practice their diplomacy?
Latin America
Sarah Grimke supported which two movements?
Abolitionist movement and Women's Rights Movement
Which side of the Mississippi River were people encouraged to move?
West
What industries were immigrants working in during the Gilded Age?
Steel and Iron Industries
What Act was passed to take land away from Native Americans
Dawes Act
Wilson's Fourteen Points addressed the issues of what?
Free trade
Which two regions were impacted more by industrialization?
The 13th Amendment protected which natural right?
Liberty
What caused crop prices to drop from 1878 to 1897?
Famers Alliance
What was the name given to American citizens who opposed immigration and foreigners?
Nativist
The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 limited what 2 things?
Citizens ability to protest the government and silencing critics who opposed the war