Unit 1
The time period following the Civil War
Reconstruction
Hands off government approach with the economy
Laissez Faire
Florida port city that was the staging area for the US troops found for the Spanish American War
Tampa
Italian anarchist brothers whos execution led to riots world wide
Sacco and Vanzetti
Built with a series of "locks" in order to move ships through various elevations
Panama Canal
The amendment that abolished slavery
13th
The corrupt leader of Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
The United States bought Alaska from this country because they were in debt
Russia
Washington Naval Conference
FBI promoting anti-communist activities and arrest people within America deemed "enemies" as they were suspected communist
Palmer Raids
Local laws that enforced segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Lowered the number of Japanese immigrants into the US
Gentlemen's agreement
League of Nations
Believed racial equality could be reached through education and working together, but could not be forced
Booker T. Washington
Exaggerated headlines that promoted the sinking of the USS Maine and escalated the US joining the Spanish American War
Yellow Journalism
Plessy v Ferguson
The economic philosophy supported by factory workers
Socialism
Telegram from Germany that asked for Mexico's help in the war, resulted in the US declaring war on Germany
Zimmerman Note
Immigration regulation that established quotas to limit immigration from South and Eastern Europe
National Origins Act of 1924
"Empress of the Blue", this singer is the greatest classic blues singer of the 1920's
Bessie Smith
Segregation mandated by the law and government
De jure segregation
First president of FAMU
Thomas DeSaille Tucker
Also known as the "Black Devils" this was the only Unit to be commanded by all Black officers
370th infantry regiment
wrote the song “Lift every voice and Sing”, which is also known as the Negro National Anthem
James Weldon Johnson
The symbol of the corruption in the Harding administration and the government
Teapot Dome Scandal