US Expansion
Powerful nations dominate over smaller nations for economic and political gain.
imperialism
Freedom of speech, press, petition, religion and assembly
1st amendment
The growth of cities
Urbanization
Journalists who tried to reform society by exposing political corruption, health hazards, and other social problems
Muckrakers
The young woman who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting.
Flappers
Hawaii
Prohibited the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol.
18th amendment
European immigrants on the East Coast passed through what immigration station?
Ellis Island
A group of white and black reformers founded this group to fight for full equality of all races.
NAACP
Refers to this time of heightened public fear of Communists.
Red Scare
The Battleship Maine exploded in Havanna, Cuba with American men aboard. This event led the United States to enter this war.
Spanish-American War
Allowed for the direct election of state Senators
17th amendment
Mixture of different cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs.
Melting Pot
This amendment stated that race or color could not be a reason to deny a person the right to vote.
15th amendment
A literary movement that produced some of the greatest artists, writers, and musicians of all time.
Harlem Renaissance
The 3 factors that drove American imperialism.
desire for military strength, thirst for new markets, and belief in cultural superiority
Gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
Favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people
Nativism
Set health and sanitary standards for all phases
of the interstate meatpacking industry.
Meat Inspection Act
Leader of the Harlem Renaissance movement who encouraged African American writing in the Crisis, the journal of the NAACP
W.E.B. DuBois
Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble.
Platt Amendment
Issued the income tax.
16th amendment
Community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to people in the area.
Hull Houses
This act gave federal government an effective way to raise or lower money supply in times of economic stress.
Federal Reserve Act
A movement that sought to reaffirm precepts of the Christian creed such as the literal truth of the Bible and the central place of Jesus Christ in saving humanity.
Fundamentalism