Civil War & Reconstruction
What was the main cause of the civil war?
slavery
The 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote.
Women
This belief held that Americans were destined to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
He led the steel industry during the Gilded Age.
Andrew Carnegie
The U.S. entered WWI in this year.
1917
He ran for president as a Progressive in 1912 and promoted the “Square Deal.”
Teddy Roosevelt
This 1898 war marked a turning point in American imperialism.
Spanish American War
Immigrants arriving at this New York location were inspected and processed.
Ellis Island
This amendment started Prohibition.
18th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery in the US
13th Amendment
Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in this industry.
Meatpacking industry
The U.S. acquired this island territory after overthrowing its queen.
Hawaii
Overcrowded, poorly maintained apartment buildings where many immigrants lived.
Tenements
This intercepted message pushed the U.S. toward war.
Zimmerman Telegram
The plan that allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union after the Civil War.
reconstruction
This 1911 event led to fire safety and labor reform laws.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The U.S. supported a revolution in Panama to build this.
Panama Canal
This journalist and photographer exposed the harsh living conditions of immigrants in tenements through his book How the Other Half Lives.
Jacob Riis
A famous trial that debated evolution vs. religion in schools.
Scopes Monkey Trial
Laws passed in the South that severely limited African American rights after the Civil War.
Black codes
Jane Addams founded this type of center to assist immigrants and the urban poor.
Settlement House
This act forced Native Americans to assimilate by dividing their land.
Dawes Act
Nativism led to this 1882 law that banned immigrants from a specific country.
Chinese Exclusion Act
This risky financial practice involved purchasing stocks with borrowed money and was a major factor leading to the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Buying on margin