Reconstruction Era
This President was assassinated shortly after the Civil War ended.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
During the Industrial Revolution, many people left these places to move to cities.
What are farms? (or What are rural areas?)
Many immigrants came to the United States hoping to find these.
What are jobs?
Before joining World War I, the United States tried not to take sides.
What is neutrality? (or What is isolationism?)
Progressive reformers wanted factories to have these for workers.
What are safer working conditions?
This amendment ended slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This transportation system helped move goods and people across the country faster.
What are railroads?
Most immigrants coming to the eastern United States entered through this island.
What is Ellis Island?
This word means building up a country's military and weapons.
What is militarism?
During the Gilded Age, there was a large gap between these two groups of people.
Who are the rich and the poor?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This process caused cities like New York to grow quickly.
What is urbanization?
This famous statue welcomed many immigrants arriving in New York Harbor.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
Soldiers fought from these long ditches during World War I.
What are trenches?
This amendment ended Prohibition.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This amendment gave citizenship to people born in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This new way of making goods used machines instead of doing everything by hand.
What is industrialization?
Many immigrants lived in these crowded apartment buildings in big cities.
What are tenements?
The sinking of this ship helped convince the U.S. to enter World War I.
What is the Lusitania?
The main goal of Progressive reformers was to do this to American society.
What is improve society? (Accept: What is fix problems?)
These two methods were used by Southern states to keep many African Americans from voting after Reconstruction.
What are literacy tests and poll taxes?
This time period looked rich on the outside but had many problems underneath.
What is the Gilded Age?
This word means blending into a new culture.
What is assimilation?
Germany sent this secret message to Mexico asking them to fight against the United States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This amendment banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?