Vocab
What term describes the economic system where private individuals own businesses and factories?
What is capitalism?
Who was the first African American to graduate from the University of South Carolina in 1873?
Who is Richard T. Greener?
What was the main goal of the Progressive Movement?
What is to address the social and political issues caused by industrialization?
What Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in 1896?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
In what year did Prohibition begin in the United States?
What is 1920?
This term refers to the period of economic growth in the U.S. following the Civil War
What is the Gilded Age?
This South Carolina politician became a leader of the Progressive Movement and served as governor.
Who is Coleman Livingston Blease?
Which amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States?
What is the 19th Amendment?
Jim Crow laws were primarily enforced in which region of the United States?
What is the South?
The 18th Amendment established what legal status for alcohol?
What is the prohibition of alcohol?
What is the term for a law that establishes racial segregation in public facilities?
What is a Jim Crow law?
Who was the African American educator who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
What was the main focus of labor unions during the Progressive Era?
What is to improve working conditions and secure better wages?
This term describes practices meant to disenfranchise African American voters in the South.
What are literacy tests?
What organization was instrumental in advocating for Prohibition?
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
This term describes the movement aimed at curbing the consumption of alcohol in the U.S.
What is Prohibition?
This influential woman played a key role in the Women's Suffrage Movement in South Carolina.
Who is Ella Baker?
This act aimed to regulate the railroads and prevent monopolies.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
What were the separate facilities for Black and white people under Jim Crow laws called?
What are "separate but equal" facilities?
What was one consequence of Prohibition in America?
What is the rise of organized crime?
(Like Al Capone)
What word refers to the reform movement that aimed to address social issues caused by industrialization?
What is the Progressive Movement?
This President of the United States initiated the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What major event in 1920 marked the culmination of the Progressive Movement's efforts for women's rights?
What is the ratification of the 19th Amendment?
This act aimed to eliminate racial segregation in public schools.
What is the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
Which amendment repealed Prohibition in 1933?
What is the 21st Amendment?