Presidents
This president replaced Abraham Lincoln after his assassination and was pro-Southern
Andrew Johnson
Which amendment ended slavery in the US?
13th Amendment
This ship exploded in Havana, Cuba, giving pretext for American involvement in the Spanish-American War
USS Maine
This socialist presidential candidate founded the Socialist Party in the US
Eugene Debs
This white supremacist terrorist group first came about in Tennessee during Reconstruction, but in the 1920s it made a second appearance as a national group
Ku Klux Klan
This progressive president was in charge during WWI and championed a 14-point peace plan.
Woodrow Wilson
This amendment allowed for Black male suffrage
15th Amendment
The US joined World War I in response to
Zimmerman Telegram
This union was unique for its time in allowing women, people of color, and unskilled laborers to join
Knights of Labor
This movie, directed by D.W. Griffith and watched by Woodrow Wilson in the White House, inspired the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Birth of a Nation
This progressive president is often considered the first modern president.
Theodore Roosevelt
This amendment allowed for women's voting rights
19th Amendment
After the Spanish-American War, the US annexed this current country after a long war to take it over
Philippines
In this Chicago affair, a strike rally went wrong when a bomb was thrown and killed several. Labor organizers were executed for it, and the Knights of Labor would fall off and be replaced by the American Federation of Labor
Haymarket Affair
This supreme court case allowed for segregation laws to spread under the idea that it was "separate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Spanish-American War was fought under this president, who was assassinated and replaced by his VP Theodore Roosevelt,
William McKinley
This act was used to arrest Eugene Debs in 1918 for speaking against American war involvement
Espionage Act
Woodrow Wilson's peace plan for WWI was known as the
14 point plan
Eugene Debs became socialist after being arrested for his leadership in this strike, which US troops put down violently-- 30 people were killed
1894 Pullman Strike
These two Italian immigrants were executed in the 1920s for a murder they likely didn't commit, highlighting nativist feeling in the US
Sacco and Vanzetti
This president took power after a contested presidential election was solved with the Compromise of 1877.
Rutherford B. Hayes
What are the three parts of the 14th Amendment?
Equal protections, due process, and birthright citizenship
This amendment meant that while Cuba was not annexed by the United States, it controlled their external affairs and could invade at any time
Platt Amendment
This massive fire killed 146 women workers in 1911, pointing out poor safety standards in the garment industry
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This supreme court case allowed for sterilization in the US without consent
Buck v. Bell