Government Terms
Voting in elections, serving on a jury, staying informed on government issues
Civic responsibilities
Fought segregation through civil disobedience; bus sit in led to year long bus boycotts and inspired others
Rosa Parks
took on new roles to support war effort; joined nurse cadets and worked in factories to keep up production
Women
increased women's political power by granting them suffrage, or the right to vote
19th Amendment
resulted in farmers settling the Great Plains
Homestead Act
lists freedoms (religion, assembly, press, speech) and rights(due process, trial by jury) that are guaranteed to all U.S. citizens
Bill of Rights
Wrote The Jungle, which resulted in government regulation of food products
Upton Sinclair
Moved to U.S. for better economic opportunities; some worked in factories, while others farmed, forced to assimilate.
immigrants
Prohibited sale of alcohol; supported by women; aimed to reduce crime and health problems; resulted in speakeasies and crime
18th Amendment
created a government benefits program to help elderly, disabled, and retired; increased governments's responsibility
Social Security Act
unalienavle rights- rights that cannot be taken away; belief in consent of the governed; other nations recognized U.S. as a country; inspired others to question their governments
Declaration of Independence
Fought for women's suffrage and started the settlement house movement in the U.S. to help assimilate immigrants
Jane Addams
Wanted restrictions on immigration; encouraged assimilation; viewed immigrants as competition for jobs
Nativists
used by the Supreme Court to overturn some New Deal policies which infringed on powers reserved for the states
10th amendment
Passed to prevent immigrants from taking jobs from settlers out west
Chinese Exclusion Act
Initiative, Referendum, recall; increased citizen participation in democracy; ensured Elected officials were held accountable
State Reforms
Founded NAACP, Civil rights group that fought for the legal rights of African Americans
W. E. B. DuBois
Political Machines
limited a president to serve only two terms; passed in response to FDR serving four terms
22nd amendment
Passed to prevent further acts of terrorism; complaints that right to privacy was ignored
Patriot Act
"Out of many, one"; colonies were different yet came together to form one country
E Pluribus Unum
African American Veteran of WWII; received Medal of Honor
Supported the working class citizens; a third party, which influences and draw votes away from the major political parties
Populist Party
decreased voting age to 18; citizens believed if old enough to be drafted into war, then should have right to vote
26th Amendment
Made it a crime to interfere with war effort and limited freedom of speech during wartime; upheld by supreme court
Espionage & Sedition Acts