Amendments
Women's suffrage
19th Amendment
A Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War.
Carpetbagger
Who were the "big three" that attended the Yalta Conference?
This Act provided cheap land for settlement of U.S. western territory.
Homestead Act
What provided free education to World War II veterans?
G. I. Bill
Abolishment of slavery.
13th Amendment
Why did southern states secede from the Union?
Lincoln was elected.
What state was the first to secede from the Union in 1861?
South Carolina
What Act was created to Americanize Native Americans?
Dawes Act
Who was the author that wrote "The Jungle" regarding the meat packing industry?
Upton Sinclair
No denial of vote because of race, color, previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment
What was the naval blockade called on the south called?
The Anaconda
What President decided to use the atomic bomb?
President Truman
What Act expanded slavery into new territories in 1854?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This German telegram wanted Mexico to declare war on the U.S.
The Zimmerman Telegram
Voting Age Set to 18 Years
26th Amendment
How many states seceded from the Union?
11
Who used the term "iron-curtain" to describe communist Eastern Europe?
Winston Churchill
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, this law was passed in 1820.
The Missouri Compromise
The United States tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of ___________?
Neutrality
rights of citizens: 1)all persons born in the united states are granted citizenship, 2) no state can deny any person the equal protection of the laws, 3)no state can deny any person life, liberty, property without due
14th Amendment
What was one of Lincoln's Plans for Reconstruction?
10 percent plan
What General was fired by President Truman?
General MacArthur
This Act was created to monitor railroad operations and price fairness.
The Interstate Commerce Act.
This was President Woodrow Wilson's speech about The Great War that it was being fought for moral cause and postwar peace in Europe.
Fourteen Points