Foreign Policy
Advised in Washington's farewell address, this policy steered the U.S. away from European alliances.
What is Isolationism?
This New York harbor island served as the main processing center for over 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954.
What is Ellis Island?
This first recognized national labor organization in the U.S. was founded in 1869, aiming to organize all working men and women.
What are the Knights of Labor?
This 1830 act signed by Andrew Jackson forced the relocation of tribes to the West.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This allowed voters to remove an elected official from office before their term ended.
This 1807 action by Jefferson forbade trade with all foreign nations, heavily damaging the U.S. economy.
What is the Embargo Act?
Passed in 1882, this was the first significant federal law restricting immigration, specifically targeting a certain nationality.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Founded by Samuel Gompers, this alliance of skilled workers focused on higher wages and shorter hours rather than large-scale social reform.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
This 1887 act aimed to break up tribal lands and accelerate "Americanization".
What is the Dawes Act?
This 1913 amendment authorized a federal income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This policy, established in 1899, sought equal trading rights for all nations in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
By the late 1800s, this term was used to describe immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, such as Italy, Poland, and Russia.
What is "New" Immigrants?
This Socialist leader and presidential candidate was jailed for his role in the 1894 Pullman Palace Car Company Strike.
Who is Eugene V. Debs
This term refers to the forced assimilation policies aimed at stripping Native Americans of their culture.
What is Americanization?
This 1920 amendment extended voting rights to women.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The acquisition of colonies or territory to increase national power, which the U.S. adopted in the 1980s.
This 1924 act established strict national origin quotas, severely limiting immigration from Southern/Eastern Europe and banning most Asian immigrants.
What is the Immigration Act of 1924?
In the late 1800s, this term described the negotiation technique where union members acted together to gain better conditions.
What is Collective Bargaining?
Founded in 1879, this Pennsylvania institution was the first off-reservation boarding school.
What is the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
Constitutional Amendment that provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This was the "big stick" approach of the intervening in Latin American affairs to protect U.S interests.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
While Europeans often entered through Ellis Island, Asian immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s faced a much harsher detention process here.
What is Angel Island?
This 1912 event marked the peak of political socialism in the U.S. when two Socialists were elected to this legislative body.
What is the U.S. House of Representatives
In 1924, Congress passed this act granting citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S..
What is the Indian Citizenship Act?
This system was designed to make local government more efficient and less corrupt, first used in Galveston, Texas.
What is the Commission System?