Period 5
1844-1877
1844-1877
This Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This industry connected national markets and helped accelerate western settlement and industrial growth.
What is the railroad industry?
This reform movement sought to fix problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, political corruption, and inequality.
What is Progressivism?
This foreign policy goal aimed to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
What is containment?
This 1863 document declared enslaved people in rebelling Confederate states to be free and changed the purpose of the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This term refers to wealthy industrial leaders who were criticized for using ruthless business tactics.
What are robber barons?
This 1898 war helped the United States acquire overseas territories and become more involved in world affairs.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This 1954 Supreme Court decision ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This labor union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled workers, higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions.
What is the American Federation of Labor/AFL?
This constitutional amendment allowed for the direct election of senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This 1964 law banned segregation in public places and outlawed employment discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This amendment defined citizenship and promised equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This 1882 law severely restricted immigration from China.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This New Deal program created retirement pensions and unemployment insurance.
What is Social Security?
This 1965 law removed barriers such as literacy tests that had prevented many African Americans from voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This political deal ended Reconstruction by resolving the disputed election of 1876 and removing federal troops from the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This political movement attempted to unite farmers and workers against banks, railroads, and big business.
What is Populism/the Populist Party?
This wartime action forced Japanese Americans into camps during World War II.
What is Japanese American internment?
This failed 1961 invasion of Cuba was an embarrassment for the Kennedy administration.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?