Indigenous Americans
The idea that America should own the continent "from sea to shining sea."
What is Manifest Destiny?
His 1955 murder sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
It granted suffrage to women.
What is the 19th Amendment?
It means a hands-off approach by the government.
What is laissez-faire?
What is the 13th Amendment?
This tribe's foundational document influenced the American Constitution.
Who are the Iroquois?
This Supreme Court decision determined that separate is not equal in public education.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The term used to describe the "new woman," characterized by short hair and short dresses.
What is the flapper?
The term used to describe an industrialist who hoards their wealth.
What is a robber baron?
He wrote "The Gospel of Wealth."
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
It is defined as the process by which a group comes to resemble to behavior, values, and customs of the majority.
What is assimilation?
A 1942 letter to the editor of the Pittsburg Courier launched a social effort with a popular slogan.
What is the Double V campaign?
Although she wasn't real, this propaganda-based woman became a symbol of women's independence and empowerment?
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
His book popularized capitalism as an economic system.
Who is Adam Smith?
It's defined as the growth of cities.
What is urbanization?
This 1887 law broke up tribal land with the intention of assimilating Indigenous Americans.
What is the Dawes Act?
Examples include not being allowed to vote, not being allowed to work without permission, and requiring separate seating in restaurants.
What are Black Codes or Jim Crow Laws?
The title of Betty Friedan's popular book that sparked the second wave of feminism.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
A policy that supports current citizens as opposed to immigrants.
What is nativism?
Who were the Silent Sentinels?
It is defined as the authority to govern oneself.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed as a result of this key event.
What is the Selma March?
The 19th century ideology that determined the home was a woman's proper place.
What is cult of domesticity?
Used to justify government inaction, it means "survival of the fittest."
What is Social Darwinism?
Examples include government, media, businesses, and influential individuals.
What are Levers of Power?