Reconstruction
15th Amendment
What robber baron/ big business owner is known for his steel empire?
Andrew Carnegie
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics that took place during the 1920s
The Harlem Renaissance
A program that provided aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II
Marshall Plan
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace
Fourteen Points
What were the four requirements of President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?
1. Pardons would be granted to those taking a loyalty oath
2. No pardons would be available to high Confederate officials and persons owning property valued in excess of $20,000
3. A state needed to abolish slavery before being readmitted
4. A state was required to repeal its secession ordinance before being readmitted.
What was the short term cause of the Spanish American War?
The explosion of the USS Maine
What were the causes of World War One?
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Civil Rights leader that followed a philosophy of non-violent protest
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This was dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic Bomb
An act that outlined the terms for southern states' readmission to the Union
Reconstruction Act of 1867
This act was the first federal attempt to regulate big business
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Name three reasons for American imperialism
1. Economic opportunities/benefits
2. Manifest Destiny
3. The idea of racial superiority (Social Darwinism)
This court case overturned the "separate but equal" decision made in Plessy vs. Ferguson, ruling that it was unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
This group attacked the Twin Towers on 9/11
Al Qaeda
What was the organization established by Congress to provide practical aid to newly freed African Americans in their transition from slavery to freedom?
The Freedman's Bureau
Name 3 Native American battles with the US government/settlers during westward expansion
Battle of Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee, Sand Creek Massacre
Acts passed during WWI that limited Americans' civil liberties
Espionage and Sedition Acts
The name given to the group of countries under the influence of the Soviet Union
Communist Bloc
What was one of the main controversies/scandals during the Reagan Administration?
The Iran-Contra Affair
This settled the disputed 1876 presidential election and resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and ending the Reconstruction Era
Compromise of 1877
A group of agricultural organizations that worked to increase the political and economic power of farmers
The Grange Movement
A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and prairies during the 1930s
The Dust Bowl
This event escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
What is the purpose of the Patriot Act?
To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and the world