South Carolina seceded from the Union when this man was elected President.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Policy of the government NOT to interfere to regulate businesses.
What is "laissez-faire"?
100
A sensationalist expression of opinion and not accurate reporting of the news.
What is yellow journalism?
100
This treaty stripped Germany of territory and required them to pay reparations.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that being in a free territory did not make a slave free.
What is the Dredd Scott case?
200
An important effect of this Proclamation is that it gave a moral purpose to the war.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
Political machines expected this in return for economic favors.
What are votes?
200
This African American leader supported the use of technical training to obtain economic independence and increase the standard of living for African Americans.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
200
These laws allowed the U.S. government to silence ideas that challenged its authority during America's implication in World War I.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
300
This abolished slavery in the North.
What is the 13th Amendment?
300
This is the name of the Union's war strategy which was symbolized by a snake.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
300
William Jennings Bryan warned against this standard in his Cross of Gold speech.
What is the gold standard?
300
Although this group of people could not yet vote, they played key leadership roles in every aspect of the Progressive movement.
Who are women?
300
Big number of African Americans moving North to take advantage of job opportunities during World War I.
What is the Great Migration?
400
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public facilities was legal.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
400
"It should be unlawful for a Negro and white person to play together" is an example of what type of law?
What is Jim Crow law?
400
This group of people opposed the gold standard, supported Bryan for President, and supported increasing the money supply. They also wanted government to regulate the ownership of railroads.
Who are the Populists?
400
This Progressive reform allowed citizens to directly propose State laws.
What is initiative?
400
The sinking of this British passenger ship outraged Americans and turned public opinion against the Central Powers.
What is the Lusitania?
500
The purpose of this law was to assimilate Native Americans into American society.
What is the Dawes Act?
500
What made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the nation?
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
This law decreased Chinese immigration.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
500
This is what John Hay called the Spanish American War. He felt that way because the short war allowed the U.S. to gain territories and emerge as a world power.
What is "a splendid little war"?
500
This government committee used propaganda to spread the US government's official version of the war.