Vocab
Vocab 2
Immigration
Women's Rights and the Great Depression
World Wars
100
What do we call a SHARE of PIECE of a COMPANY?
a STOCK
100
What do we call the RIGHT TO VOTE?
SUFFRAGE
100
What were major reasons people immigrated to the United States in the 1800s?
hunger, escape political persecution, religious freedom
100
Who was Mary Philbrook?
1st female lawyer in NJ
100
Why did the US enter World War II?
Pearl Harbor was bombed
200
What do we call someone who FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT to VOTE?
a SUFFRAGIST
200
What is the PROCESS of BECOMING a CITIZEN?
Naturalization
200
Why did many immigrants settle in New Jersey and New York?
There were a large number of factory jobs.
200
Who was Alice Stokes Paul?
1. Founded the National Woman's Party 2. Wrote the Equal Rights Amendment
200
Pearl Harbor was bombed
Italy, Germany and Japan
300
What do we call a DIRTY, UNSAFE FACTORY in which people work LONG HOURS for LITTLE MONEY?
a SWEATSHOP
300
What do we call the time when AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVED FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH TO FIND JOBS?
the GREAT MIGRATION
300
What was it like to live in a tenement?
The tenements are uncomfortable and unhealthy so people spent time outside.
300
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
President / New Deal
300
Which forts were important during World War II?
Fort Dix and Fort Monmouth
400
What do we call a person who MOVES TO A NEW COUNTRY to LIVE?
an IMMIGRANT
400
What was the name of the PROGRAM that PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT created to get the US out of the GREAT DEPRESSION?
the NEW DEAL
400
What country did most immigrants come from?
England, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia
400
What signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?
The stock market crashed
400
At the beginning of World War I, what did President Woodrow Wilson want America to do?
to remain NEUTRAL and NOT FIGHT
500
What do we call an OVERCROWDED, POORLY BUILT APARTMENT with one or two rooms?
a TENEMENT
500
What was the time that NAZIS killed millions of JEWISH PEOPLE?
the HOLOCAUST
500
What did immigrants have to do when they arrived at Ellis Island?
medical exam, answer questions about their plans, pass inspections
500
What did many farmers do during the Great Depression?
They moved to cities in search of work
600
What do we call it when the ECONOMY is SLOW and UNEMPLOYMENT is HIGH? (Factories close, workers lose their jobs and people can't afford food and housing)
a DEPRESSION
600
What was WORLD WAR I also known as?
the GREAT WAR
600
What requirements are there to become a US citizen?
18 years old, know US history, oath of loyalty