Post-Civil War
All people born in the U.S. are citizens of the country
What is the 14th Amendment?
This Captain of Industry held a monopoly over the oil distribution.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Henry Ford innovated this system to mass produce his cars.
What is the assembly line?
To treat differently based on race, religion, etc.
What is discriminate?
Nickname for the massive dust storms throughout the Great Plains
What are black blizzards?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire in WW1
What are the Central Powers?
Helped African Americans by setting up schools and finding jobs
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This Apache leader who was the last Native American to surrender to whites in 1886
Who is Geronimo?
Many immigrants from Asia came into the United States through this checkpoint.
What is Angel Island?
A cowboy of Hispanic ancestry
What is a vaquero?
October 29, 1929--the crash of the stock market.
What is "Black Tuesday"?
Unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.
What are America's reasons for entering World War I?
A natural resource for the Plains Natives, it means "buffalo" in Lakota
What is the tatanka?
A muckraker and author of The Jungle, he made the nation aware of the meatpacking industry
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Where goods and services are exchanged within the country.
What are national markets?
To become part of a larger group by adapting your ways.
What is assimilate?
The growing fear of communism in America after WWI.
What is the "Red Scare"?
December 7, 1941, "...a date which will live in infamy."
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The South was divided up into five of these during Reconstruction
What are military districts?
She photographed many of America's moments, including the Dust Bowl.
Who is Dorthea Lange?
In 1920, women across the nation earned the right to vote with this Amendment.
What is the 19th Amendment?
What is nativism?
The three "Rs" of President Roosevelt's New Deal program.
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
The symbol of female workers during WW2..."We can do it!"
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Where the transcontinental railroad was joined in 1869.
What is Promontory Summit, Utah?
This corrupt politician controlled Tammany Hall and became rich from bribes and kickbacks
Who is "Boss" William Tweed?
A labor strike here resulted in a violent clash between steel workers and the Pinkertons.
What is the Homestead Strike?
A person or event that can act as a "spark."
What is a catalyst?
President Harding's credibility took a blow with this oil scandal.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
The MAIN causes of the Great War
What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
Windmills, steel plows, and dry farming, to name a few.
What are adaptations to life on the Great Plains?
He said that every nation needs a strong navy
Who is Captain Alfred Mahan?
Chinese immigrants who purchased documents to allow them to immigrate into the U.S.
Who are "paper sons"?
What John Hay hoped would get the U.S. involved overseas
What is the Open Door Policy?
Quote: "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is note what you are going to remember about me."
Who is Al Capone?
What is Order 9066?