Reconstruction & Its Aftermath
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This Scottish-American industrialist promoted the “Gospel of Wealth.”
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This telegram contributed to U.S. entry into World War I.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This federal law gave settlers 160 acres of land to encourage western migration and agricultural development.
What is the Homestead Act?
This 1980s president promoted tax cuts and deregulation.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
These laws restricted the freedom of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
This term refers to sensational journalism that influenced U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This international organization was proposed by Wilson but rejected by the U.S. Senate.
What is the League of Nations?
This 1890 law was the first federal attempt to curb monopolies and regulate big business.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This crisis in the 1970s led to gas shortages and highlighted dependence on foreign oil.
What is the Oil Crisis (or Energy Crisis)?
This president's impeachment reflected tensions over Reconstruction.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle led to this federal legislation.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
This 1941 act allowed the U.S. to support Allies before entering WWII.
What is Lend-Lease?
This series of programs aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This major event in 2001 drastically reshaped U.S. foreign and domestic policy.
What is the September 11th attacks?
This political party led Congressional Reconstruction.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
This 1896 Supreme Court decision upheld “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This 1947 policy aimed to contain communism globally.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This post-WWII program helped returning veterans attend college, buy homes, and reintegrate into the economy.
What is the G.I. Bill?
This 2010 law aimed to expand healthcare coverage in the U.S.
What is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
The Compromise of 1877 ended this government program.
What is Reconstruction?
This law, supported by nativists, restricted immigration from China.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This Cold War event brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This 1980s economic policy, often called “Reaganomics,” emphasized tax cuts, deregulation, and supply-side growth.
What is supply-side economics (or trickle-down economics)?
This social movement emerged in response to police violence and systemic racism.
What is Black Lives Matter?