Reconstruction
This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
13th Amendment
This term describes rapid growth of factories and mechanized production in the late 1800s.
Industrialization
This naval explosion in Havana Harbor helped trigger the U.S. entry into the Spanish–American War.
USS Maine
This movement saw millions of African Americans relocate from the rural South to Northern cities in search of work and better opportunities.
Great Migration
This skill asks who created a source, when, and why
Sourcing
This amendment is known as the "Equal Protection" Amendment
14th Amendment
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social problems during the Progressive Era.
Muckrakers
M.A.I.N. causes of WWI
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
1920s cultural movement that celebrated Black culture, literature, and art
Harlem Renaissance
This skill places an event or source within the larger conditions of its time to better understand it.
Contextualization
These laws, passed in Southern states, restricted the freedoms of Black Americans after the Civil War and tried to maintain a labor system similar to slavery.
Black Codes or Jim Crow
This 1882 law was the first major restriction on immigration in the U.S.,
Chinese Exclusion Act
Germany's "secret" telegram to Mexico trying to persuade them to start a war with the United States.
Zimmermann Telegram
Event commonly seen as the start of the Great Depression
1929 Stock Market Crash
Multiple sources are compared to see where they agree or differ
Corroboration
This system trapped many Black and poor white farmers in cycles of debt by tying them to landowners and limiting economic mobility.
Sharecropping
Two business strategies used by large corporations to control markets: one controls all stages of production, the other buys or eliminates competitors. (Name both.)
Vertical and horizontal integration
A stronger country extends its control over weaker territories for economic or strategic gain
imperialism
New Deal programs designed for relief, recovery, and reform. Name two
FDIC, SEC, CCC, TVA, AAA, WPA, NRA, HOLC, CWA
A careful reading, noting word choice, claim, and evidence.
Close Read
This political settlement ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South and effectively allowing white Southern Democrats to regain control.
Compromise of 1877
He wrote The Jungle, which exposed conditions in the meatpacking industry and helped lead to the Meat Inspection Act.
Upton Sinclair
This international organization was proposed after WWI to prevent future wars, but the U.S. Senate refused to join.
League of Nations
Buying stocks by borrowing most of the purchase price
Buying on margin
Explain how you would combine sourcing, contextualization, corroboration, and close reading to evaluate a single newspaper article about U.S. entry into WWI.
First, identify who wrote the article and when (sourcing). Next, describe the political and social situation at the time (contextualization). Then, compare this article to other newspapers, letters, or government documents (corroboration). Finally, read the article carefully for word choice, claims, and evidence to assess reliability and bias (close reading).