American Experience
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
what are Reconstruction amendments
the prohibition of Chinese immigration to the United States
policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries
what is isolationism
the year in which World War II in Europe when Hitler invaded Poland
what is 1939
the amendment that made the sale and distribution of alcohol illegal in the U.S.
what is the 18th amendment
African American men received this under the 15th amendment; women received this under the 19th amendment (vocab word)
what is suffrage
the movement of African Americans to the North during World War I
what is the Great Migration
in the 1930s, the U.S. tried to pass these laws to avoid involvement in World War II
what are the neutrality acts
the event that marked the official end of the U.S. policy of neutrality and isolationism in World War II
what is the attack on Pearl Harbor
FDR's meaning of the New Deal; also known as the "three R's"
what is relief, recovery, and reform
allowed for the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality
what is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
name used to describe the "new" woman of the 1920's who wore short hair and dresses and expanded social freedoms
what are flappers
"It is America's right to stretch from sea to shining sea. Not only do we have a responsibility to our citizens to gain valuable natural resources we also have a responsibility to civilize this beautiful land."
what is manifest destiny
the event of June 6, 1944 in France
what is D-Day
the Scopes trial, flappers, Prohibition, and the KKK are examples of the _____________________
what are cultural changes of the 1920s
known as Executive Order 9066, this was the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the U.S.
what are Japanese internment camps
this is the Attorney General who advocated for the deportation of communist and anarchist immigrants during the 1930s
who is A. Mitchell Palmer
act introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt that gave military and economic aid to the Allies in WWII
what is the lend-lease act
secret research and development of the atomic bomb
what is the Manhattan Project
the failure of banks during the Great Depression led to the creation of the __________ as part of the New Deal
what is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or FDIC
the role of women changed in the U.S. during WWII because they began to ______________
what is "work in factories"
this was a result of the Red Scare in the 1920s
what is the changing immigration policy of European immigrants
two reasons for the policy of imperialism in the late 19th century
what are economic markets/trade, cultural superiority, or desire to be seen as a world power
these countries make up the Axis Powers
this development in the 1920s led to an economic boom and the Stock Market crash in 1929
what is consumer spending/credit purchasing