Reconstruction
The name given to the post-Civil War era, when for a brief period the national government attempted to protect the civil rights of African-Americans in the South.
What is Reconstruction?
What was Ellis Island?
This famous movement tried to gain a major right for over half of America's population.
What was the Women's Suffrage Movement?
This Progressive President reluctantly embraced joining World War I.
Who was Wilson?
"Speak softly, but carry a big stick!"
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
The first organized American terrorist organization, originally largely made up of Confederate veterans.
What is the KKK?
This infamous "battle"--many believe it was more of a massacre--finally ended the Indian Wars in 1890.
What was Wounded Knee?
This famous Progressive President helped to create our national park system--partly because he was obsessed with the idea of manliness!
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Wilson said our entire involvement in the war was worth it--as long as America agreed to join this international organization.
What was the League of Nations?
"I aimed for America's heart, and I hit its stomach!"
Who was Upton Sinclair?
This famous amendment attempted to guarantee legal equality for all Americans.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This famous steel tycoon used powers of vertical integration to seize control of the entire industry.
Who was Carnegie?
These famous journalists specialized in digging up dirt on the crimes of big American companies.
Who were the muckrakers?
The war was triggered in Europe in 1914 by this famous death.
What was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
"__ Rules? God himself only had 10!" (Name this famous Wilson vision for the world)
What were the 14 Points?
This former Civil War general, as president, attempted to balance the different approaches of Reconstruction.
Who was Grant?
This Congressional act tried to break apart the American Indian nations and force them into individual landownership.
Woodrow Wilson signed off on the creation of this system, which tried to bring a new structure to America's banks and money supply.
What was the Federal Reserve?
These controversial bills cracked down on American freedoms during World War I.
What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
"This is a white man's country and a white man's government, and by God as long as I am President it shall remain so!"
Who was Andrew Johnson?
The name of the agreement where the North agreed to abandon Reconstruction.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Who was William Bryan?
These famous buildings were bought out by wealthy Progressives, who used them as a base for trying to provide aid to poor immigrant communities.
What were settlement houses?
This amendment passed during World War I--trying to crack down on hard-drinking immigrant communities.
What was the 18th Amendment?
"Oh yeah, how's that horse doing?" (As his friend responded after he bragged about horseback riding all day)
Who was William Taft?