Flashback Facts
Name two components of the Dawes Act (1887). (unit 6)
Divided tribal land into individual plots; aimed to assimilate Native Americans into white culture.
Connect Social Darwinism and laissez-faire capitalism in the Gilded Age. (unit 6)
Social Darwinism justified the success of the wealthy and discouraged government intervention in the economy.
You arrive in the 1870s. What’s happening? (unit 6)
Reconstruction winding down
Railroad strikes and labor unrest
Rise of monopolies (Standard Oil)
Put these in order:
a. Chinese Exclusion Act
b. Homestead Act
c. Pullman Strike
d. Sherman Antitrust Act
(unit 6)
b, a, d, c
Who were the Knights of Labor? (unit 6)
A labor Union that addressed low wages and poor working conditions.
What were two results of the Transcontinental Railroad’s completion? (unit 6)
Increased westward migration and settlement; growth of national markets and industries.
How do the Populist Party and the Omaha Platform relate to the concerns of farmers? (unit 6)
The Populist Party sought to address farmers' struggles through ideas like free silver, regulation of railroads, and direct election of senators.
You land in the 1890s. What do you see? (unit 6)
Pullman Strike (1894)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Populist movement peaks
What did many people challenge about urban political machines during the gilded age? (unit 6)
political corruption
In what year did the US purchase Alaska?
1867
Name two reforms from the Progressive Era. (unit 7)
Meat Inspection Act; direct election of senators (17th Amendment); child labor laws.
Connect the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. (unit 7)
The Roosevelt Corollary extended the Monroe Doctrine, stating the U.S. could intervene in Latin American affairs to maintain stability.
You land in the 1910s. What do you see? (unit 7)
U.S. enters World War I (1917)
Espionage & Sedition Acts
19th Amendment campaign begins
Theme: War and shifting roles at home and abroad
Question: Put these in order:
a. U.S. entry into World War I
b. FDR elected president
c. Stock Market Crash
d. Spanish-American War
(unit 7)
d, a, c, b
Preform a rap battle between Theodore Roosevelt vs. Woodrow Wilson on foreign policy. (unit 7)
First to do it wins
What were two causes of the Great Depression? (unit 7)
Stock market crash of 1929; overproduction and underconsumption; bank failures.
What’s the connection between the New Deal and the role of the federal government? (unit 7)
The New Deal greatly expanded the federal government’s involvement in the economy and welfare of citizens.
You arrive in the 1930s. Describe three significant things. (unit 7)
New Deal programs (CCC, WPA)
Dust Bowl and internal migration
Rise of fascism in Europe
Theme: Economic crisis and federal response
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Who said this, and what was the context?
(unit 7)
Franklin D. Roosevelt in his First Inaugural Address (1933), encouraging Americans during the Great Depression.
What were two provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? (unit 5)
Repealed the Missouri Compromise; allowed territories to decide slavery by popular sovereignty.
How are the Fugitive Slave Act and the Underground Railroad connected? (unit 5)
The harsh enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act increased resistance efforts like the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves reach safety.
You land in 1857. What’s going on? (unit 5)
Dred Scott decision denies citizenship to African Americans
Panic of 1857 causes economic turmoil
Heightened sectional tensions over slavery
Put these in order:
a. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
b. Emancipation Proclamation
c. Compromise of 1850
d. Battle of Antietam
(unit 5)
c, a, d, b
Draw Reconstruction-era events (unit 5)
-the 14th amendment
-Freedman's Bureau
-KKK intimidation tactics