World War I (SSUSH14a)
In what year did World War I begin?
in Europe 1914
What is the Significance of Progressive Voting Rights?
Created reforms that increased citizens’ right to vote and impacted the government.
At ______ ________ in New York and ______ _____ in San Francisco new immigrants were isolated and forced to pass health and welfare tests.
Ellis Island and Angel Island
Confederate forces staged a 24-hour bombardment against a federal fort in South Carolina and, by attacking federal property, had committed an act of open rebellion.
Fort Sumter (April 1861)
What is the Significance of the Second Great Awakening?
It showed the impact people and reform groups can have on the federal government.
President ______ _________ Neutrality Policy: was designed to keep the United States out of the World War I.
Woodrow Wilson’s
A means by which a petition signed by a certain number of voters can force a public vote.
Initiative
The new immigrants were mostly _________, working as unskilled laborers and living mostly in cities.
poor
First major battle on northern soil and Lincoln considered the battle a win for the North
Battle of Antietam (September 1862)
Issue: People should drink less alcohol, or alcohol should be outlawed altogether. Impact: This movement increased the size of Protestant religious organizations. Women played an important role, which laid the foundation for the women’s movement.
Temperance movement
Germans sink cruise ship with over 100 U.S. citizens on board.
Sinking of Lusitania
A vote in which the voting population is asked to accept or reject a particular proposal.
Referendum
They created communities to imitate the cultures of their home countries. Name both of them
(Little Italy and China)
North lay siege to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to gain control of the Mississippi River. Confederate troops and supplies in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas were cut off from the Confederacy, and the North gained control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg (May-July 1863)
Issue: All children should be required to attend free schools supported by taxpayers and staffed by trained teachers. Impact: This movement established education as a right for all children and as a state and local issue improved the quality of schools by requiring trained teachers.
Public school movement
Germans used ____________to attack wherever they wanted in the Atlantic Ocean.
Submarines
A procedure to remove an elected official from office before his or her term has ended.
Recall
What is the Significance of Immigration?
Most of the new immigrants (Asia and Europe) took jobs in manufacturing and mining.
The South hoped that an invasion of Union territory would significantly weaken Northern support for the war effort.
Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863)
Women did not have the right to vote (suffrage) and often lacked legal custody of their children in the early 1800s.
Women’s Movement
A German Foreign Minister promised to help Mexico win back land the US had acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War.
The Zimmerman Telegram
What is a Direct election of Senators?
17th Amendment:
The ___ ____ ___ used violence, murder, and threats to intimidate blacks and those who favored giving African Americans equal rights.
Ku Klux Klan
North tries to capture Atlanta for its manufacturing and railway traffic. For example, Grant and Sherman used total war to end the Civil War.
Battle of Atlanta (July-September 1864)
African American preacher ____ _______ believed his mission was to free his people from slavery. A violent slave rebellion on four Virginia plantations and they killed 60 whites. He was captured, tried, and executed.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion