The prohibition of slavery was an idea included in this document, that was then later added to the Constitution
Northwest Ordinance
True or False: The U.S. workforce was impacted by rapid industrialization and an increased numbers of immigrants in the late 1800s
True
United States foreign policy post WW1
Name one major cause of the Great Depression
Excessive Lending
Consumer Debt
Speculation
Stock Market Crash
Federal Reserve Constricts the Money Supply
What was the purpose of the containment policy
Stop the spread of communism
The governments responsibility to protect, not violate, the rights of citizens is an idea expressed in which Historic document?
Declaration of Independence
Unsafe working conditions in large factories was a factor that led to the growth of _______ _______ during the early 1900s.
Labor Unions
Greater competition for jobs and housing, and increased racism pushed forward by the KKK in the North were effects of what migration?
The Great Migration
What two groups of people had more job opportunities during WW2 on the Homefront
Women and African Americans
The Cold War came to an end largely because of...
Communist governments collapsed across eastern Europe
A major goal of the government regarding the culture and way of life of American Indian Tribes
Assimilate them into American Culture
Agricultural production became more efficient in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because of...
Improvements in Agricultural Technology
Increased automobile ownership in the late 1920s led to the growth of...
Suburban areas
Japanes Internment was a major effect of what event?
Pearl Harbor
The Immigration act of 1965 brought more immigrants to the United States from where?
Asia, Latin America, Africa (all around the world)
This was the primary argument that the Anti-Federalists made about the Constitution
It needed a Bill of Rights (or the Constitution did not adequately protect the rights of citizens without the Bill of Rights)
Jim Crow laws made it legal to discriminate against African Americans living in the South and were possible because of the ruling of what Supreme Court Case?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Primary reason the United States did not ratify the treaty of Versailles
The fear of being drawn into foreign conflicts
The Soviet Union was recognized as a world superpower after they did what in 1949?
Test an atomic bomb
A major cause of prosperity and economic growth in the United States during the 1950s
Baby Boom
How were American Indians impacted by westward expansion?
They were often pushed off of their land or sectioned off into reservations
A reform movement that emerged in response to political corruption, the practices of big business, and problems associated with poverty.
Progressive Era
Primary goal of the United States foreign policy post Spanish American War
Expand its military and economic reach
Deficit Spending
What group of people were in charge of investigating claims of communist activity during the 1940s and 1950s?
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)