Reconstruction Era
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1830 law allowed the U.S. government to relocate Native Americans in the Southeastern region of the United States, west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This president was known for trust-busting and the Square Deal. He also championed "Big Stick Diplomacy".
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Before being renamed as World War I, The war was known as "____________".
What is "The War to end all Wars"?
Following the election of Warren Harding, America's foreign policy changed. Harding promised Americans that he would not lead them into the League of Nations, solidifying this new approach to foreign affairs
What is Isolationism?
This agency was created to help formerly enslaved people with education, housing, and jobs.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This term describes the forced relocation route where thousands of Native Americans died.
What is the Trail of Tears?
These journalists exposed corruption and social injustices during the Progressive Era.
What are Muckrakers?
Nationalism harmed this country due to the many language & ethnic groups that lived within the borders of the empire/country.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This cultural movement celebrated African American art, music, and literature.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
These laws, passed in the South after the Civil War, restricted the rights of African Americans.
What are the Black Codes?
This president ignored a Supreme Court ruling against the Indian Removal Act, but continued Native American removal anyway.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This major engineering project, completed in 1914 under Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership, connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and greatly reduced travel time for ships.
What is the Panama Canal?
On (What Date?), the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated while visiting the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia, a land under the control of Austria-Hungary.
What is June 28th, 1914?
This famous gangster became a symbol of organized crime during Prohibition.
Who is Al Capone?
This amendment granted citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This Native American group was most famously forced along the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee?
This war in 1898 marked the beginning of U.S. foreign diplomacy and expansion into the rest of the world and building an empire.
What is the Spanish-American War?
By the 1880s, most of the world had been claimed by a European nation. In fact, only one area had remained free of any major European influence:
What is Africa?
Many Americans feared the rapid changes in society. Their concerns led to an upsurge of ______, the belief that Americans are superior to foreigners.
What is Nativism?
This controversial election led to a compromise that ended Reconstruction in 1877.
What is the Election of 1876?
This Supreme Court case ruled that Cherokee territory was sovereign and not subject to state laws.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
After signing the Armistice, all military forces involved in World War I agreed there would be a cease-fire on this date and at this time.
What is 11am on November 11th?
Henry Ford was a pioneer in making affordable automobiles for American citizens. The name of his car design was...