Unit 1 Founding docs
The Northwest Ordinance is known for the abolishment of _______ in the northwest territory
Slavery
Name the 2 RailRoad Companies who contributed to the transcontiental RailRoad
Union/Central Pacific
Journalist Who exposed corruption
Muckrakers
Yellow Journalism
The debate between the Federalists and Antifederalists led to which compromise?
The Bill of Rights
What is the political Terminology for a government that is "Hands Off"
laissez-faire
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
The sinking of the U.S.S Maine was the main event that started this war
Spainish-American War
This Enlightenment ideal holds that it is the right of the people to abolish a government if it becomes tyrannical.
Social Contract
What is it called when a business buys up all of their competitors’ companies to eliminate competition
Horizontal Integration
Name The Four Captains of Industry during the Gilded age
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.D Rockefeller
List the 3 reasons for imperialism
Economic opportunity
Military expansion
Racial/Cultural Superiority
This document applied the Enlightenment ideas of guaranteeing natural rights to its citizens and was influenced by the idea of John Locke’s social contract.
The Declaration of Independence
This supreme court case in 1896 strengthened Jim Crow laws allowed racial segregation in public areas (restaurants, hotels, schools).
Plessy v. Ferguson
What are the 3 causes of industrialization
Large supply of Natural resources
New inventions
Growing population
Risky Double: Make the Basketball for 1000 Points,
Miss and lose 500
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Name the Big 3 enlightenment thinkers and their contribution to U.S Founding Documents
John Locke- Natural Rights
Rousseau- Social Contract
Montesquieu- Separation of powers
Name and Define the 3 Reconstruction Amendments
13th- Abolished Slavery
14th- Granted Citizenship to all born in U.S
15th- Voting rights to all Men
Name and Define 3 of the 4 Progressive Amendments
16th amendment (1913)
- Established a federal income tax to generate government revenue.
17th amendment (1913)
- Provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators.
18th amendment (1919)
- Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages (Prohibition).
19th amendment (1920)
- Granted women the right to vote (Women's Suffrage).
What were the 3 reasons for the United States to enter WW1
German U-boats threaten to attack US Ships
Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of the Lusitania