Civil War & Reconstruction
This 1863 document freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This industry was transformed by Henry Bessemer’s process.
What is the steel industry?
Journalists who exposed corruption were called this.
What are Muckrakers?
The event that sparked World War I
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
President during most of the Great Depression and WWII.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The 13th Amendment did this.
What is abolished slavery?
John D. Rockefeller controlled this company.
What is Standard Oil?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This U.S. propaganda agency promoted support for WWI.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
FDR’s program to combat the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This plan offered a more lenient approach to Reconstruction after Lincoln’s assassination.
What is Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan?
This term describes powerful industrial leaders seen as exploiters.
What are Robber Barons?
Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program was called this.
What is the Square Deal?
The Harlem Renaissance celebrated achievements of this community.
Who are African Americans?
This attack brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
These laws were passed in the South to restrict the rights of freedmen.
What are Black Codes?
This law aimed to regulate railroads and was later strengthened.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
This act improved food and drug safety after The Jungle.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This amendment started Prohibition.
What is the 18th Amendment?
The U.S. policy of providing aid to Allies before officially entering WWII.
What is Lend-Lease?
This Compromise ended Reconstruction in 1877.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
The practice of hiring relatives or political supporters for government jobs.
What is Patronage (Spoils System)?
This constitutional amendment allowed citizens to directly elect Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
The economic collapse that began in October 1929.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This plan helped rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?