The Civil War
A system of oppression where Black Americans were forced to provide free labor in the South
What is slavery?
A hate terrorist organization that gained popularity after the civil war and still exists today
What is the K.K.K.?
The power source behind the Industrial Revolution
What is electricity?
The leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire who was assassinated leading to the start of WWI
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A small piece of a company that anyone can buy or sell
What are stocks?
The president during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
What is the 13th Amendment?
A way of producing goods faster where each person has a small task to complete
What is an assembly line?
Many countries had agreements to back one another up if they got into a war (aka alliances)
Why did so many countries get involved so quickly?
Their money just disappeared
What happened people’s savings if a bank collapsed?
More people, more factories, more railroads, and the moral high ground
What are the advantages that the North had over the South?
Laws that target Black Americans to keep them from gaining equality
What are Jim Crow laws or Black Codes?
Tens of thousands of people moved out west
What happened when the government gave away free western land?
They attacked American ships and sent a letter to Mexico asking Mexico to attack America
What did the Germans do to anger America?
A slum-like town built out of scraps and nicknamed after the president at the time
What is a Hooverville?
A war that happened due to American troops being intentionally placed on the border to instigate an attack
What was the Mexican-American War?
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Airplanes and cars
What vehicles were invented that changed the world?
A type of naval vessel that can dive underwater and use torpedoes to attack from below
What is a U-Boat or Submarine?
A way of buying expensive items that a person is expected to pay back every month
What is credit?
A proclamation made by the president that freed all enslaved people in the rebelling states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Allowed anyone born in the United States to become a citizen and protected the basic rights of all citizens, regardless of the state they live in
What is the 14th amendment?
A large fire that highlighted the horrible working conditions of many factories at the time
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire? (will also accept detailed description)
A type of fighting where each side digs into the ground and it becomes impossible to cross no mans land
What is trench warfare?
A time period where anyone could be accused of being communist and taken to jail for this accusation
What is the Red-Scare?