Civil War/Reconstruction
What are the Civil War/Reconstruction amendments?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th.
What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?
The Interstate Commerce Act was created to limit the monopolistic practices of the railroad industry.
raw materials, social Darwinism (survival of the fittest), white man's burden, religious/moral obligations, nationalism.
The _________________Act enacted Prohibition
Volstead
What is Laissez-Faire?
the policy that is based on the idea that governments and the law should not interfere with business, finance, or the conditions of people's working lives.
Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War?
A. the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery
B. the disintegration of the Whig Party
C. the extension of voting rights to African American men
D. the addition of new states to the Union
C. the extension of voting rights to African American men
Match the following industrialists with their companies/industry.
1. John D. Rockefeller
2. Andrew Carnegie
3. JP Morgan
A. Banking
B. Standard Oil
C. Steel
John D. Rockerfeller--Standard Oil
Andrew Carnegie-Steel
JP Morgan--Banking
Describe the role of Liberty Bonds in WWI.
Liberty Bonds helped pay for the war.
What were the Palmer Raids and why were they controversial?
Raids in multiple cities in search of suspected anarchists, communists and other political radicals
Controversy: More than 10,000 suspects were detained without a hearing and nearly 600 immigrants were deported.
What is was the Dawes Act?
The Dawes Act was enacted to get Native Americans to assimilate by making them independent farmers on land they owned.
The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to assist in the transition from slavery to freedom.
Which entrepreneur had a significant impact on the cosmetics industry?
Madame CJ Walker
What was the purpose of the Panama Canal?
How did the US acquire the canal?
To gain a shortcut from the Carribean Sea to the Pacific.
In exchange for their freedom from Colombia, Panamanians allowed the US to build a canal on their land.
True or False
The Fordney-McCumber Act raised tariffs on goods from other countries.
True
What are "Hoovervilles?"
A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States
Lincoln issued this to free the slaves during the Civil War.
Emancipation Proclamation
What was the transcontinental railroad?
A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah.
Describe Yellow journalism
Yellow journalism is when reporters sensationalize/exaggerate events to convince the public of their agenda.
Name at least three causes of the Great Depression
Stock speculation
Buying on credit
High tariffs
Agricultural overproduction
Banks collapse
Uneven distribution of wealth
Why did the United States decline the Treaty of Versailles?
They did not want to be entangled in future conflicts.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act address?
the expansion of slavery into new territories
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
The Sherman Antitrust Act prohibited monopolies or unreasonable combinations of companies (trusts).
What was Woodrow Wilson's rationale for the United States joining WWI?
"The world must be made safe for democracy."
What was the Scopes Monkey Trail?
It ruled that evolution could not be taught in schools
True or False
The Sedition Act made it a federal offense to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the flag.
The Espionage Act gave postal officials the authority to ban newspapers and magazines from the mails and threatened individuals convicted of obstructing the draft with $10,000 fines and 20 years in jail.
True