Unit 1
The group that opposed the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
What are Jim Crow laws?
Granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
The US Senate opposed this at the end of WWI because they felt it would pull the country into more conflicts
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This banned the sale of alcohol but was eventually repealed due to problem with enforcement
What is Prohibition?
The Enlightenment idea seen in the Declaration of Independence where it says that a government's power comes from the people and it must protect the rights of citizens.
What is social contract?
Rise of this group after Reconstruction began a pattern of intolerance, violence, and intimidation in the U.S.
What is the KKK?
Progressive Movement supported antitrust laws to fight against the growing power of these
What are monopolies?
This war gained the US territory and access to markets and more natural resources
What is the Spanish American War?
American foreign policy in the 1920s following World War I
What is isolationism?
Weakness in the Articles of Confederation that meant the country could not pay Revolutionary war debts or adequately fund the government
What is no power to tax?
The amendment passed during Reconstruction that abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment
Increased movement to the cities by immigrants and farmers looking for jobs during the industrial revolution
What is urbanization?
Foreign policy of Teddy Roosevelt to act as the police power in the Western hemisphere by negotiating with countries when possible but using force when necessary
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
The movement of African Americans from the South to the North to escape discrimination and have more job opportunities
What is the Great Migration?
Laid out conditions for new states; had to ban slavery, establish republican form of government, and provide freedom of speech and jury trials
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The Dawes Act and boarding schools were a part of government policy to do this with Native Americans
What is assimilate?
Unsafe and unfair working conditions led to the rise of these during the Industrial Revolution
What are labor unions?
Its sinking was one of the events that led the US to declare war and join the Allies during WWI
What is the Lusitania?
Celebration of African American culture in the 1920s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The government principle that means dividing power between states and the national government
What is federalism?
The amendment passed during Reconstruction that gave African Americans the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
Reform society
(End government corruption, curb unfair practices of big business, safer working/ health conditions, conservation)
Passed after WWI, nations agreed not to use war as an instrument of foreign policy. It became an example of isolationism
What is the Kellog-Briand Pact?
Opposition to immigration and the rise of Nativism in the 1920s led to this