RECONSTRUCTION
(TRIPLE POINT OPPORTUNITY)
This Amendment abolished slavery -
This Amendment Granted citizenship to African Americans -
This Amendment gave African American MEN voting rights -
13th
14th
15th
(DOUBLE POINTS) MUST GET BOTH RIGHT AND SAY WHICH IS WHICH!
These are the reasons that immigrants CHOSE their new countries. (Examples: promise of wealth, more jobs, the American Dream)
These are the reasons that immigrants were LEAVING their home countries. (Examples: Famine, corrupt government, disease)
Pull Factors
Push Factors
factory system where each worker performs one task only. Once the worker completes their task, the object moves on the line to the next person.
Assembly Line
What is a "muckraker"?
Journalists who exposed corruption and wrong-doing within established institutions.
What officially sparked the Spanish-American War?
The sinking of the USS Maine
Which Supreme Court case supported the Constitutionality of segregation?
Hint: P v. F
Hint: Plessy v. Ferguson
A section of a neighborhood where many people from the same background would settle is called: (Examples: Chinatown, Little Italy)
Ethnic Enclaves
What is "Industrialization"?
The process of shifting the economy from agriculture to manufacturing. It involved the development of factories, mines, and refineries, and the use of mechanized mass production
This man is known for his unbelievable pictures that he took during the Progressive era. The pictures brought attention to the horrible conditions that people were living in in the inner cities at the time.
Jacob Riis
This was one of Teddy Roosevelt's most famous motto's
"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"
Despite making slavery illegal, many Southern states found loopholes in order to keep former slaves working on the plantations for little to no pay through which of the following systems?
A. Jim Crow Laws
B. Sharecropping
C. Sweatshops
B. Sharecropping
This was the U.S. immigration policy prior to 1920 in which there were hardly any quotas or limits as to how many immigrants could enter the country.
Hint: Watch Mr. Palazzo
Open Door Policy
MYSTERY QUESTION!
Your group must decide NOW whether you want to play or pass. If you choose to play, and WIN you win the points, If you choose to play and LOSE, You lose the points.
Total control of an industry by a person or company
Monopoly
President of the United States who believed the purpose of government was to protect the well-being of the people and therefore supported government intervention in monitoring big business and protecting the environment. (Hint: I have a picture in the same place he was standing!)
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
What Territories did the United States gain from the S.A.W?
Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam
What is Sharecropping?
Labor system that evolved during and after Reconstruction whereby landowners furnished laborers with a house, farm animals, tools and advanced credit in exchange for a share of the laborers’ crop. Sharecropping gave African Americans more control over their daily work and social lives than during the slavery era, it often resulted in sharecroppers owing more to the landowner than they were able to repay.
This was the immigration law passed by Congress in 1882 (and was not repealed until 1943) which marks the first time the government attempted to limit immigration of one specific ethnic group.
What is a labor union? Describe it.
What are the Progressive Era Amendments?
16th-
17th-
18th
19th-
16th- Federal Income Tax
17th- Direct election of State Senators
18th- Prohibition
19th- Women's Suffrage (Right to vote)
Why did the United States help Cuba in the S.A.W?
200- 1st reason
200- Second reason
They sympathized with Cubans. America has been there before.
They needed to protect the Economic aspects of things. Sugar trade.
MYSTERY QUESTION!
Your group must decide NOW whether you want to play or pass. If you choose to play, and WIN you win the points, If you choose to play and LOSE, You lose the points.
Laws calling for the segregation or separation of the races in public places
Jim Crow Laws
(Must get both right for points!!)
Immigrants traveling from parts of central and eastern Asia, mostly the Chinese, most likely immigrated to the United States through:
Immigrants traveling from parts of Europe most likely immigrated to the United States through:
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Policy that government should not interfere in the economy
Laissez-Faire
Once a poor Scottish immigrant, he rose through the ranks of the Pennsylvania railroad becoming one of the richest men in the world. He believed in helping humanity through assistance and donated over 90% of his fortune to causes that “helped the poor to help themselves”.
Andrew Carnegie
Which event opened the door to a new period in which imperialism and internationalism were the cornerstones of foreign policy in the United States
Spanish American War