Reconstruction
what is reconstruction
the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union
What are monopolies
company that had complete control over an industry. destroying smaller companies and raising prices.
What did the 19th amendment do?
It granted women the right to vote.
What are the MANIA causes of WW1
M- militarism
A-alliances
N- nationalism
I- imperialism
A- assassination
make liquor illegal to sell, make, and transport.
What were the 3 reconstruction amendments
13,14,15 amendments
What is industrialization
Process of transforming the economy of a nation or region from a focus on agriculture to a reliance on manufacturing
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws the required separation of the race
What did America do in the war before being in it?
sent supplies and supported the allies.
which car had an impact on the auto industry
Henry Ford
What was Freedmen's Bureau
An Agency providing relief for freedpeople and certain poor people in the South
What was Social Darwinism
Governments can not interfere with human competition.
What was women's role during WW1
they filled in for men that went to war and got freedom and the right to vote.
which cruise ship was sunken
Lusitania
What was one of the things people would listen to on the radio
The world series or the voice of the president.
What were the Black Codes
Laws that greatly limited freedom of African Americans. passed by every southern state.
define Gilded
something not valuable coated in gold
Who were the presidents during the Progressive Era?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
which group killed Archduke
Black hand.
Which president expanded US economy by using tariffs.
Calvin Coolidge
What were Carpetbaggers & Scalawags
Carpetbaggers: northern born Republicans who moved to the South after the war Northerners accused them of rushing to move to the south to profit from Reconstruction
Scalawags: Name Southerners gave to White southern Republicans “greedy rascals” Democrats believed that these southerners had betrayed the South by voting for Republican Party
Who is Andrew Carnegie
Scottish immigrant and became a major leader in the steel industry sold his steel company to the US steel industry.
Who were the muckrakers
Journalists who used sensational investigative reports to uncover the problems with society
what was the foot disease in the trenches
trench foot
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
thousands of African Africans moving to big cities.