Reconstruction
Under whose presidency did Reconstruction occur?
Abraham Lincoln.
What two immigration stations were established for immigrants checking into the United States?
Ellis and Angel islands.
Why did the United States want to expand/Imperialize during the 19th century?
Extend American influence, resources.
Who became the new labor force during WW1?
Women.
What were the names of the 2 atomic bombs that the US dropped on Japan?
Little Boy and Fat Man.
What was the Ten-Percent plan?
10% of the population of Southern States had to swear allegiance to the Union and abolish slavery to be readmitted.
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote.
What treaty gave the United States: Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
The Treaty of Paris.
What event caused the start of WW1?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What organization was created after World War II to prevent another World War from occurring?
What were the 3 big questions the United States’ government and the North had to figure out through Reconstruction?
1. How to reincorporate the South into the United States?
2. What to do with Slaves?
3. How should the South be represented in Government?
What was the first labor union in the United States?
Knights of Labor.
Why was Cuba angered at the end of the Spanish-American War?
US promised to grant them independence but didn't.
What event drew the United States into WW1?
Zimmerman Note.
What types of job opportunities opened up for Women during World War II?
Working in factories building planes, tanks, guns, ammo for troops.
What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
13th- abolish slavery
14th- birthright citizenship
15th- guaranteed voting rights to all races of American men
What push factors would have influenced immigrants into leaving for the United States during the 19th century?
Religious persecution, famine, political oppression.
What is the importance of the Panama Canal?
Allowed connection between Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
What was the First Red Scare?
The fear that communism would take over the US.
What were Japanese Internment Camps?
Camps located on the US West Coast, US capturing of Japanese-American citizens. Arrested due to belief all Japanese-Americans committed treason against the US.
What were the 4 ways African-Americans felt disenfranchised by living in the South?
1. Literacy Tests
2. Grandfather Clause
3. Residence Requirements
4. Poll Taxes
Who were the “Old School Immigrants”? Who were the “New School Immigrants”?
Old School: Came from Northern and Western Europe before 1880.
New School: Came from Southern and Eastern Europe after 1880.
Why did the US want to colonize...
- Hawaii
- Alaska
- Philippines
- Hawaii: Trade with Asia, cheap labor, resources.
- Alaska: Trade with Asia, help the US become a Pacific power, resources.
- Philippines: Extend American power, fear other countries would colonize, resources.
Who was in the
Triple Entente?
Triple Alliance?
Entente- Britain, France, Russia.
Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy.
What were these groups' roles during WW1?
Native Americans, Latino-Americans, African-Americans.
Native-Americans: Code talkers.
Latino-Americans: Farmed and provided food for soldiers and civilians.
African-Americans: Fought for the Civil Rights Movement.