Civil War/ Reconstruction
The battle that started the war.
What is FT. Sumter?
A Progressive is someone who wants to see progress and reform that benefits all.
What led to political reform?
Militarism
Building up for a strong military to prepare for what?
The Great Depression
what was the great depression?
The first African American baseball player.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Why did the south states secede from the union?
Muchraker
what type of people were crusades to uncover social injustice?
trench foot
how did people get trench foot?
Installment plan- buy now, play later
What is Installment plan?
The 15th amendment
What did the 15th amendment do?
The Dread Scott Decision.
Who were declared to not be considered citizens and could not sue for their freedom?
Prohibition
What does prohibition mean?
Assassination
What is assassination?
consumer dept
what is consumer dept?
A special fee that people had to pay before they could vote
what was a poll tax?
The Missour Compromise.
Who made Missouri a slave state?
Teddy Roosevelt
What is a trustbuster?
Trench Warfare
What is a trench warfare?
banks made unsound loans
bank failures resulted when what could not be repaid?
Black Codes
What did black codes do?
The Reconstruction Era was after the Civil War.
The Southern States needed to rebuild what?
Natural Disaster in Charleston, SC
how many people died because the earthquake?
Chemical Weapons
world war one was the first major war to use what?
high demand for goods created increase in production
what is this called?
The KKK
Why did the kkk try to prevent African Americans from exercising their new rights?