Reconstruction
These laws prevented newly freed African Americans from living as full citizens in the South
Black Codes
A person that uses proper business techniques while being innovative and caring about their employees and society
Captain of Industry
Term for an investigative journalist that wrote about problems in society
Muckraker
"Remember the Maine!" was a slogan that launched America into this splendid little war in 1898
Spanish-American War
He was president during World War I. He suffered a stroke that left his wife in charge of the White House for months.
Woodrow Wilson
This white supremacist organization used terroristic tactics against African Americans to prevent the implementation of Reconstruction after the Civil War
Ku Klux Klan
A person that uses underhanded, devious, or illegal tactics to gain money in business and accumulate power
Robber Baron
This book by Upton Sinclair detailed the horrors of the meatpacking industry and led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906
The Jungle
This state was purchased from Russia in a what was called Seward's Folly
Alaska
This ship was sunk in 1915 by a German submarine and the loss of life angered the American people
Lusitania
This President succeeded Abraham Lincoln after his assassination and took a very easy path to forgiving the South after the Civil War
Andrew Johnson
This economic term is when a single business controls a huge amount of an industry allowing them to prevent other competition
Monopoly
The idea of women voting across the entire United States
Suffrage
This event in China was a series of attacks on American and European diplomats in Beijing. The group that conducted the attacks was named for their martial arts skills.
Boxer Rebellion
These are the MAIN causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
This Amendment made all people born in the United States American citizens
Fourteenth Amendment (14)
Transcontinental Railroad
This president was known for the Square Deal, getting shot in the chest before a speech, and saying "Walk softly but carry a big stick"
Theodore Roosevelt
This state was an indepdendent Pacific kingdom until it was annexed by the United States to help fruit growers
Hawaii
This was the treaty that ended World War I
Treaty of Versailles
This event ended Reconstruction by withdrawing the Union Army from the South. It also gave the election of 1876 to Hayes even though Tilden won more votes.
Compromise of 1877
The term for when workers refuse to work to protest unfair treatment or make demands of their employers
Strike
This factory burned in New York City killing 146 people that couldn't escape due to the working conditions.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
The United States conquered this former Spanish colony in the Caribbean in 1898. In 2020 voters there declared their desire to become the 51st American state.
Puerto Rico
This court case found that First Amendment free speech protections can be limited during wartime
Schenk vs United States