Civil War/Reconstruction
First African American to serve in the US Congress
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
Teddy Roosevelt
Who was the progressive president?
Pride in one's nation or ethnic group
What is Nationalism?
An economy with high employment, falling income, falling business, & decline in production and sales
What was depression?
In 1938 he became head of the NAACP's legal section
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Jim Crow-era law that prevented African Americans from voting by restricting the right to vote to men who had voted before 1867
What is a Grandfather Clause?
A process in which citizens can vote to remove elected officials from office
What is a recall?
Finally ended the war officially
Why was the Treaty of Versailles a big impact?
Borrowing money from the banks to buy stocks
What is buying on Margin?
Poor run-down neighborhoods
What is the Ghetto?
Sent threats and intimate the Whites and Blacks in the south
Who is KKK (Ku Klux Klan)?
Someone who protects natural resources
What is a Conservationist?
The spread of information designed to win support for a cause
What was propaganda?
A drought in the 1930's and destroyed farmlands
What was the dust bowl?
Businesses and schools were encouraged to give preference to members of group that have been discriminated against in the past
What was Affirmative Action?
Test were administered by White Clerks who could pass or fail a person based on race
What is a Literacy test?
Allowed voters to put a bill before state legislatures
What is an Initiative?
British Empire, France, Russia, & USA
Who were in the Allied powers?
Giving out loans and people couldn't pay them
What were bank failures?
A policy that required people to stop working at a certain age
What was Mandatory retirement?
Grown to love the rich land in the South
Who is the Northerners?
Became a president after William Mckinley was assassinated
What did Teddy Roosevelt do?
June 28th, 1914
When was the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
After WW1, there was an increased demands for goods but people could not afford it
What was the Consumer Dept?
He paved a way for other African American Athletes to complete in professional sports
Who is Jackie Robinson?