Founding Documents
founding document that is our written plan for government
What is the Constitution?
these groups were formed to improved working conditions for factory workers in the late 1800's
What are labor unions?
these were segregation laws that separated racial groups in public places
What are Jim Crow laws?
idea that claimed that the United States had a duty to “civilize” and prepare "uncivilized" people for self‑government
What is imperialism?
this doctrine was established by Plessy vs. Ferguson and said that segregation was legal as long as equal public facilities were provided
What is separate but equal?
group that said the rights of citizens should be listed in the Constitution in a Bill of Rights
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
term for when one person or group has complete control of a product or business
What is a monopoly?
What is a trust?
this was a reform movement that emerged in response to political corruption, big business, and problems associated with poverty
What is Progressivism?
this telegram was intercepted by the British and given to the Americans; became one of the reasons the U.S. decided to join WWI
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proprosed this plan at the end of WWI in order to prevent future wars
What are the Fourteen Points?
feature of the Constitution that is designed to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is separation of powers?
What is checks and balances?
this led to fewer workers being needed to grow crops on farms
What is industrialization?
OR
What is mechanization of farm machinery?
Native Americans were pushed onto these unwanted lands when white settlers were demanding land and resources in the West
What are reservations?
type of journalism that features stories that are exaggerated out outright lies; cause of the Spanish - American War
What is yellow journalism?
poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses
What is voter disenfranchisement?
OR
What are methods used to prevent black voters from exercising the right to vote?
founding document that had the goal of wining support for ratification (official acceptance) of the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
this is how business owners in the late 1800's often treated workers attemping to for unions
What is force?
OR
What is violence?
this book led to consumer protection laws like the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
What is the Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
the U.S. acquired overseas territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and temporary control over Cuba through this war
ways that Americans were asked to support World War I (only need to list 1)
What is enlist in the military?
What is rationing?
What is buy war bonds?
What is plant a victory garden?
this founding document created a process for the United State to expand; established a territory that prohibited slavery, guaranteed civil liberties like a trial by jury, set up public education, and guaranteed a republican form of government
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
movement that caused the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
What is nativism?
*nativists in the late 1800's did not want to compete with Chinese immigrants for work
this 1911 workplace disaster led to improved safety standards in the workplace
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
annexation of this place in 1898 provided the United States with a strategic naval base and refueling station in the Pacific
What is Hawaii?
act that signed into law in 2001 for the purpose of strengthening America’s national security to combat terrorism
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?