Unit One
Who could vote in early America?
Rich, White Men
After this president was elected, the south broke away
Abraham Lincoln
What was the original purpose of the KKK?
Stop Black people from voting
Scare/terrorize Black people to stop them from being citizens (voting, running for office, etc)
What was prohibition?
Alcohol made illegal
What was the worst economic crisis in history?
The Great Depression
Describe the Boston Tea Party
In protest of the sugar act/stamp act colonists threw tea in boston harbor
How did the Indian Removal Act impact Native Americans?
Moved them off their land
Trial of Tears
Moved on to reservations
How did the Freedmen's Bureau help newly freed people?
Gave them education, health care, jobs, etc
What was imperialism?
Larger nations take over smaller nations
Expansion through force or diplomacy
What are two causes of the Great Depression?
Possible answers:
Drought/Failing crops/Dust Storm
Bank Failures/Bank Runs
Economy collapse
What did the Sugar and Stamp act do?
Raise taxes on colonists
What was the Reconstruction Era?
time period after the Civil War
Rebuilding the south
Helping those freed from slavery
The process of rural areas becoming city like is called....
Urbanization
What two reasons cause the US to join WWI?
Zimmerman Telegram
Why did the US join WWII?
Attack on Pearl Habor
What did the loyalists support? What did the Patriots support?
Loyalists = wanted to stay with England
Patriots = wanted independent America
Who led the abolitionist raid on Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What was the Ghost Dance Movement?
Native American resistance movement, scared white people who then killed many native americans
What treaty ended WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
What was Mexican Repatriation?
Mexicans deported
What was the first battle of the revolution?
Lexington and Concord
What is manifest destiny?
Belief that Americans had a divine right to expand west
What is Nativism?
Believe those born in the nation are better, fear/hatred of immigrates
What happened at the Scopes Trial?
Ruled that a law banning teachers from talking about evolution was legal
Schools in the south could not teach about evolution
Name two New Deal programs?
Possible answers:
Social Security
AAA (agricultural adjustment act)
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
PWA (Public works admin)
National Housing Act
Fair Labour Standards