Cycle 1
What was one effect of the Civil War?
The North’s economy was must stronger than the South’s after the Civil War
What Amendment gave voting rights to African American men?
the 15th Amendment gave voting rights to African American men
During WWII, what was the role of women?
During WWII, more than six million women took wartime jobs in factories, three million volunteered with the Red Cross, and over 200,000 served in the military.
what was one of the main effects of industrialization?
Horrible Living Conditions for Workers, Poor Nutrition, Child Labor, and environmental Harm,
What was the “Great Migration”
The Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970
What was one of the major issues that divided Republicans after the Civil War?
The main issue that divided Republicans during Reconstruction at the end of the Civil War was the disagreement over how to reintegrate the Southern states and address the status of freed slaves.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are and henceforward shall be free."
What was the role of suburbs?
Suburbs were created in response to a boom in the US population and the creation of national highway system and showed a rise in American wealth?
What was The Gentlemen’s Agreement?
The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907-08 was an informal arrangement between the United States and Japan to ease growing tensions between the two countries, particularly pertaining to immigration.
Who were the Flappers
Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior.
What was Social Darwinism?
Social Darwinism was an idea that the smartest and strongest will succeed in social or business and the poor is poor because they are weak. It was used to justify the unfair treatment of people.
What was Abraham Lincoln’s main and first goal?
Abraham Lincoln's main goal in the American Civil War was to preserve the Union.
What happened between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do battle directly during the Cold War. But the two superpowers continually antagonized each other through political maneuvering, military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, arms buildups, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations.
What was the NAACP’s?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism
What was one of the effects of demobilization after WWI
Public demand quickly outpaced the slow production, leading to notable shortages of domestic goods. Removal of women from industrial jobs that were considered male occupations, leading to a shift in gender norms and labor dynamics
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
John D. Rockefeller was the owner of Standard Oil and the oil monopoly.
What did Jim Crow laws do?
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American.
What was the type of weapons that impacted the United States/Soviet relationship during the Cold War?
The types of weapons that impacted the United States/Soviet relationship during the Cold War were the development of nuclear weapons.
who were the Muckrakers?
were reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890s–1920s) who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often through sensationalist publications.
What was the “Scopes Monkey Trial” of 1925
The Scopes trial, was an American legal case from July 10 to July 21, 1925, in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school
What is Laissez-fair?
Laissez-faire is a type of economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism.
What Supreme Court case affirmed that a slave is property and could not be a citizen, the Constitution doesn’t apply to him/her and the Missouri Compromise was therefore, illegal?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Did Marcus Garvey and Booker T. Washington agree with each other?
Marcus Garvey did not agree with Booker T. Washington. He advised African Americans to move back to Africa to preserve their heritage.
what did Settlement Houses like the Hull House in Chicago do?
Settlement houses were organizations that provided support services to the urban poor and European immigrants, often including education, healthcare, childcare, and employment resources
What was the "Palmer Raids"