Reconstruction
This system kept freedmen tied to the land through cycles of debt.
What is sharecropping?
This process made steel cheaper and stronger, fueling industrial growth. Name the process and the person who brought this technology to the U.S.
What is the Bessemer Process - Andrew Carnegie?
This belief justified U.S. expansion westward across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This style of warfare created stalemates and horrific conditions on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
This amendment gave Congress the power to collect income taxes.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This policy meant government should not interfere with business.
What is Laissez-Faire?
This act divided Native lands into plots, aiming to assimilate Native Americans.
What was the Dawes Act?
This migration saw African Americans move north for jobs during WWI.
What was the Great Migration?
This amendment allowed for the direct election of senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This group of Republicans wanted harsh punishment for the South and full rights for freedmen.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
This tragic factory fire highlighted unsafe working conditions for women.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
This 1898 war gave the U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What was the Spanish-American War?
This Supreme Court case limited free speech during wartime.
What was Schenck v. U.S.?
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This organization provided food, education, and aid to freedmen after the Civil War.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This was the nickname given to the Industrialists of the era due their ability to take advantage of the Laissez Faire government and lack of labor regulations.
What is Robber Barons?
This policy sought equal trading rights in China.
What was the Open Door Policy?
This treaty ended WWI but punished Germany harshly, planting seeds for WWII.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
These laws broke up monopolies to protect competition. (2 of them)
What were the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts?
This political deal ended Reconstruction and removed federal troops from the South.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
This muckraker exposed tenement life in How the Other Half Lives.
Who was Jacob Riis?
This Filipino leader fought both Spain and later the U.S. for independence.
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
This is the main reason why the United States chose to enter WWI, and the only reason that would be accepted by the public.
This government agency was created to protect consumers and workers from unfair business practices during Woodrow Wilson's presidency.
What is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?