Review Unit & Reconstruction
First attempt at self government in the USA:
What is the Articles of Confederation?
American inventor credited with the light bulb, recording sound, etc:
Who is Thomas Edison?
Speak softly but carry a big stick:
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
Secret message from Germany to Mexico, trying to get Mexico to ally themselves with Germany. This was the last straw and led to America joining WWI
What is the Zimmermann Note?
The three "Reconstruction Amendments"
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
Founding fathers who desired a strong central government:
Who are Federalists?
Legislation designed to limit the power and growth of big business:
What is Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
This engineering marvel was constructed to help naval transportation, increase trade, and expand US presence in Latin America:
What is Panama Canal?
American policy during WWI, wanted to stay out of conflict:
What is Isolationism?
Group of immigrants who mostly built the Transcontinental Railroad:
Who are Chinese Immigrants?
Legislation allotting 160 acres of free land if you lived and worked on the land for 5+ years:
What is the Homestead Act?
Journalist who worked to uncover the ugly side of the lower class living and working conditions:
Sinking of this ship led to American outrage, leading to our involvement in the Spanish American War:
What is the USS Maine?
This funded roughly 70% of US home front war effort:
What are Liberty Bonds?
Giving money away to benefit society, method used by Bid Business leaders to stay in the good eye of the public:
What is Philanthropy?
This event/legislation officially ended federal reconstruction:
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Political Machine boss in NYC from 1865-1873:
Who was William "Boss" Tweed?
19th Century clickbait, exaggerated headlines designed to sell more newspapers:
What is Yellow Journalism?
This is the reason why the US refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles:
Central American civilization whose capitol is modern day Mexico City, practiced human sacrifice:
Who are the Aztecs?
Supreme Court case that set a legal precedent for segregation:
What is Plessy vs Ferguson?
This is how the government planned to pay for the reforms from the Progressive Era:
Farm based reformers in 1880's and 1890's
Who are Populists?
Federal agency overseeing wartime production and mass production for the war effort:
What is the War Industries Board?
Photosynthetic Algae that lives symbiotically inside the flesh of coral. This algae gives coral its vibrant color, but also gives the animal nutrients through photosynthesis:
What is Zooxanthella?