During the Civil War, the Union used this plan to Blockade all Southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The movement of African Americans north was due to availability of jobs and the Jim Crow South.
What is the Great Migration?
This Amendment ended Slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This type of economic policy called for a "hands-off" approach by the government
What is What is laissez-faire?
This white guy was head of Tammany Hall and stole taxpayers dollars in NYC.
Who is Boss Tweed?
Poll taxes, Literacy Tests, Grandfather clause
What are ways to block voting rights?
3rd party political party that was supported by mostly farmers and industrial workers
This international peacekeeping organization failed to prevent World War II
What is the League of Nations?
The work of these investigative journalist led to many reforms in society.
Who are muckrakers?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
Teddy Roosevelt coined the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick" that involved the use of diplomacy with the threat of force in international matters
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
Millions of homeless Americans named their "shantytowns" after this failed President
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
What are territories gained after the Spanish American War
These "big businesses" took advantage of farmers by charging unreasonable prices
What are railroad monopolies?
The Delome letter', the U.S.S. Maine, and Yellow Journalism were all causes of this late 19th century war.
What is the Spanish American War?
These immigrants came from Eastern and Southern Europe
Who are "New Immigrants"
It gave all male citizens the rights to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
This government policy attempted to break up Plains Indian tribes buy allotting plots of land for farming.
What is the Dawes Act?
This popular President pioneered the New Deal to help ease the effects of the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Sacco and Vanzetti, Palmer Raids, and Labor Strikes
What are example of the Red Scare
Populist supported backing up currency with this precious metal
What is silver?
During WWI this was the area of land between the enemy trenches
What is No Mans Land?
This religious movement of the Gilded age focused on improving society, charity, and temperance.
What is the Social Gospel Movement?
This amendment defined U.S. citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
The Interstate Commerce Act and Sherman Anti-Trust Act were attempts to regulate these types of businesses.
What are monopolies/big business?
This Reconstruction President failed to address the needs of former slaves after the civil war.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Stock Market Crash, protective tariffs, bank failures
What are causes of the Great Depression?
Famous lawyer and orator who gave the "Cross of Gold Speech".
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
This war, fought during the presidency of James K. Polk in the 1840s, resulted in the annexation of large amounts of territory in the Southwest. This caused heated discussions about the extension of slavery into territories.
What is the Mexican-American War
1862 law in which the government offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to move west
What is the Homestead Act?
This amendment led to a rise in organized crime
What is the 18th Amendment?
This policy of the United States was designed to prevent new colonization of the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This Old White President saw the end of Reconstruction in 1877
Who is Rutherford B Hayes?
Military power, need for new markets, American ideals
What are causes of Imperialism?
This movement of farmers was created to assist farmers with purchasing machinery, building grain elevators, lobbying for government regulation of railroad shipping fees and providing a support network for farm families
What is the Grange Movement?