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Constitutionals Amendments
Reform Movement
Voting
Civil Rights
US Government
100
What is the 14th Admendment?
All free men were citizens
100
What Muckraker wrote the book the "Jungle"?
Upton Sinclair
100
What was the Poll Tax?
A tax pepople had to pay to vote (made it hard for African Americas to vote).
100
Who helped to desegregate the busses in Alabama?
Rosa Parks
100
What is the Executive branch?
President (enforces laws)
200
What is the 13th Admendment?
Ended slavery
200
What was a Muckraker?
Journalist who esposed corruption or problems in America
200
What reading and writing test did people have to pass to vote?
Literacy Test (tried to keep African Americans from voting).
200
What is segregation?
Seperation of the races (white and black)
200
What branch is the Judicial?
Supreme Court (decides if laws are good or bad)
300
What are the 18th and 21st Amendments?
The 18t Amendment started Prohibition and the 21st ended Prohibition
300
Who were the people who wanted to fix problems in American society and end injustices?
Reformers
300
Who is a Suffragist?
Person who fights for the right to vote.
300
What laws seperated white and black people in public places (white drinking fountain and black drinking fountain).
Jim Crow Laws
300
What branch is the Legislative?
Congress (makes laws)
400
19th Amendment
Gave women right to vote
400
What was Yellow Journalism
Journalism (newspaper writing) that exaggerated the news.
400
What was the Grandfather Clause?
Allowed a person to vote if their grandfather had voted befre 1876.
400
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
Court case that said "Seperate but equal (=) was okay".
400
How many Senators for each state?
2 for each state.
500
What is the 15th Amendment?
African Americans can vote
500
What are tennements?
crowded and dirty apartments buildings.
500
What type of source is a letter written by George Washington?
Primary Source
500
What court case said that Plessy v. Ferguson was illegal.
Brown v. Board of Education
500
How many represenatives for the House of Represenatives does each state get?
Based on population