Reconstruction->Gilded Age
What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment?
13- Free
14- Citizens
15- Vote
What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
To provide financial assistance (retirement fund) to the elderly and disabled.
What was the purpose of the Espionage and Sedition Act during WW1?
To limit Americans freedom of speech since it stopped them from criticizing the war during a time of danger. This targeted many immigrants from the enemies countries (ex: Germany + Japan)
What was the cause of the Red Scare?
Fear of communism
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Ended segregation in all public spaces
Describe the goal of a labor union.
To get better working conditions such as better pay and less working hours.
What was the 19th amendment?
Womens right to vote (suffrage)
How did WWI & WW2 impact the U.S. economy?
It increased it because of mass mobilization, push to support the war effort, and the availability of jobs.
Describe what the "credibility gap" was and what it led to in the 1960s.
It was when the government was saying one thing but the media was saying another thing so people stopped trusting the government and it led to the counterculture/anti-war movement
2. What was its purpose?
1. Obama
2. Provide more affordable health care benefits to people
What was the purpose of the Bessemer Process?
Used to create steel used for RRs and skyscrapers
The book called "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, led to the creation of what?
Pure Food and Drug Act (FDA)
Food & Drug Administration
Who took over Hawaii (Give his name) and to use as what? (Give the Why/what we use from hawaii)
1. Sanford B Dole
2. Fruits + Sugar (Raw materials) & to use as a military base
Limits the president from sending troops to war without permission from Congress and a formal declaration. Passed after the Vietnam War because of LBJ's Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Many were against FDR's court packing plan, because it gave the ______________ too much power.
Executive Branch
How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad contribute to the settlement of the West?
A) Led to the development of the Bessemer Process
B) Encouraged settlement beyond the frontier/improved transportation of goods
C) Created Distant Markets
D) B & C
D) B & C
Describe the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem became the center for intellectual, artistic, and social activity for Black Americans, drawing musicians, writers, and artists. Fueled by the Great Migration, they listened to Jazz and celebrated Black cultural pride.
Why did the Spanish-American War make the U.S. a world power? Be specific.
We acquired territories such as Guam, the Phillipinnes, and Puerto Rico
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To help European countries rebuild after WW2 by providing them financial assistance.
Why were people migrating from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt in the 80s-Modern Day? List the 3 reasons.
1. Lower property taxes in the South
2. Loss of jobs in the North due to automation and availability of technical jobs in the South
3. Warmer climate in the South
What is the role of a political machine?
Providing services to immigrants in exchange for votes
What was the purpose of the Initiative, Referendum, and Recall process?
It allowed citizens to participate more in the democratic process because they would propose laws to city officials, vote on the ballots, and remove corrupted elected officials.
Describe what happened as a result of Executive Order 9066.
Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps and stripped of homes and businesses and rights to 14th amendment.
Describe what happened during the Tet Offensive.
They attacked U.S forces in Vietnam and this went on the media, so it led to the anti-war movement and protests and the credibility gap.
What does the motto "E Pluribus Unum" mean?
Out of many, one