Progressive Era
What is the term that refers to the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
Monopoly
what years did the war last?
1914 -1918
This system reflects the practice of African Americans renting land and supplies in an effort to provide for their families
Sharecropping
this term refers to the thing that connected the East and West of the United States
Transcontinental Railroad
Who was the president during the Civil War
This refers to the journalists who would write about the corruption of companies
muckrakers
What were the names of the two groups fighting?
The Allied Powers and Central Powers
This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote
15th Amendment
This act gave families whose head of household was over 21, 160 acres of land
The Homestead Act
Who was the president during the Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
This amendment gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
What year did the US join WWI
1917
This amendment gave African-Americans the right to be called citizens
14th amendment
This battle was known as the bloodiest single day of combat in American History
Battle of Antietam
Who killed Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
This Amendment limited the sale of liquor in the United States
18th Amendment
What policy was the US practicing before joining the war?
Isolationism
This term refers to the moving of Americans from the east, for areas that gave them more space and in search of gold.
Western Expansion
Ulysses S. Grant
The progressive Era's goals were
fixing the problems occurring because of immigration, industrialization and political corruption
What is the acronym that represents the main causes of WWI?
M.A.N.I.A.
During what years was the Reconstruction Era?
1865-1877
This term refers to a war that pitted the Union and Confederacy against each other.
Who was the General of the Southern forces?
Robert E. Lee