Constitutional Amendments
Ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment
The time period where America was rebuilding following the Civil War
What is Reconstruction?
This man lead the non violent part of the Civil Rights movement including a march on Washington DC
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
Time during the 1930s in the Midwest with horrible storms, causing farmers to flee
What is the Dust Bowl?
Immigrants from Europe came to this immigration station in the 19th and 20th centuries
What is Ellis Island?
Guaranteed women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment
Period of time where lots of change occurred in America. Lead by Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt
What is the Progressive Era?
The President tasked with helping America recover from the Great Depression
Who is Franklin Roosevelt
After reading this book, President Roosevelt helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act
What is the Jungle?
This country became fully Communist following the US withdrawal of troops
What is Vietnam
The two amendments that started and repealed prohibition
What are the 18th and 21st amendments.
This British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-Boat, killing over 100 Americans
What is the Lusitania?
American businessman who created the idea of the assembly line, to make products more efficently
Who is Henry Ford?
The day the Pentagon and World Trade Center were attacked by hijacked airplanes
What is the 9/11/01
The University attended by Mr. Pearsall
What is Stony Brook University?
This progressive era amendment gave people the ability to vote for their senators
What is the 17th Amendment?
The period of time in the late 1800s where America was expanding and growing their borders into the Pacific
What is the Age of Imperialism?
Muckraker and writer of the book "How the Other Half Lives," which exposed challenges faced by poor immigrants
Who is Jacob Riis?
Time period of economic struggle in America where many lost jobs and homes during the mid to late 2000s
What is the Great Recession?
One of the two first jobs Mr. Pearsall had while in High School (they are both local)
What is working for the Long Island Ducks or Umpiring little League baseball
Progressive Era amendment, supported by Woodrow Wilson, creating a progressive or graduated income tax
What is the 16th amendment?
Group of people who opposed immigration to America in the 19th and 20th centuries
Who are Nativists?
The United States President during the Spanish American War and was later assassinated
Who is William McKinley?
Landmark Supreme Court Case that legalized the internment of Japanese Americans in 1944
What is Korematsu v. united states
The leader of the Radical Republicans who wanted to punish the south and helped lead to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?