Civil War and Reconstruction
Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River
What is The Anaconda Plan?
This Act the government trying to control business between states and was initially ineffective.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act
Theodore Roosevelt's policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve America's goals
Young women from the 1920s who defied traditional ruled of conduct and dress
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
What is Pearl Harbor?
The name of the states that succeeded from the north.
What are the confederate states of america?
These newspaper drawings helped bring down the infamous political machine known as Tammany Hall, as well as shed light on issues within our country/government.
What are political cartoons?
List of terms for resolving World War I and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson
The literary and artistic revival in the African American community was called the ______
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
What was the name given to the African-American fighter pilots?
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen
1870 Constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights regardless of race or previous condition of servitude
A political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.
What are political machines?
Fought in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life
What is the Red Scare?
This secret mission created a bomb that gets its violent power from splitting an atom
What is the Manhatten project
Segregation laws enacted in the South after Reconstruction
What are Jim Crow Laws?
An American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway.
Who is Henry Flagler?
British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War I
Many people were laid off (lost their job) and were not able to afford goods during the Depression. So, many people looked to start buying things on______, or buy now and pay later.
What is Credit?
Under this program the U.S. was able to help the Allies by providing supplies.
What is lend-lease
System in which a farmer tended a portion of a planter's land in return for a share of the crop
1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This weapon changed the way that WWI was fought. Prior to this creation wars were fought by soldiers charging each other on the battlefield.
What is the Machine gun.
This act made the sale of alcohol illegal in the united states.
What is the Volstead act
Eased the return of World War II veterans by providing education and employment aid
What is the GI Bill?