Civil War & Reconstruction
This 1861-1865 conflict was fought between the Northern Union and the Southern Confederacy.
What is the Civil War?
Wealthy industrialist "captains of industry" like Rockefeller and Carnegie were often critically called this.
What are Robber Barons?
The policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries through economic or military means.
What is Imperialism?
The nickname given to the 1920s, a decade of economic boom and cultural change.
What are the Roaring Twenties?
This 1944 law provided WWII veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and low-interest housing loans.
What is the G.I. Bill?
This term described Northerners who moved to the South after the war to profit from Reconstruction, often carrying their belongings in cheap fabric bags.
What are Carpetbaggers?
This was the primary entry point for millions of European immigrants arriving in New York City.
What is Ellis Island?
The U.S. gained control of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after this 1898 war.
What is the Spanish-American War?
October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed, is often referred to by this color-coded name.
What is Black Tuesday?
This 1954 Supreme Court case overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1887 Act attempted to "Americanize" Native Americans by breaking up tribal lands into individual plots.
What is the Dawes Act?
These organizations were formed by workers to demand better pay, shorter hours, and safer conditions.
What are Labor Unions?
This British ocean liner was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing 128 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
This series of government programs was launched by FDR to provide "Relief, Recovery, and Reform."
What is the New Deal?
The U.S. policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism, starting with Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Completed in 1869, this transportation marvel linked the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This movement aimed to fix social and political problems caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization.
What is the Progressive Era?
President Woodrow Wilson's famous plan for world peace following World War I.
What were the Fourteen Points?
This New Deal program, specifically for young men, focused on environmental projects like planting trees and building parks.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps/CCC?
This 1964 law officially ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This 1862 Act provided 160 acres of free land to settlers who moved West and improved the land.
What is the Homestead Act?
Journalists who exposed corruption in business and government were known by this "dirty" nickname.
What are Muckrakers?
This intercepted message from Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico against the U.S.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This 1924 law strictly limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe using a "quota system" based on the 1890 census.
What is the National Origins Act?
This 1973 law was passed to limit the President's power to commit U.S. troops to an armed conflict without Congressional approval.
What is the War Powers Act?