Reconstruction
This white terror organization targeted Black Americans and Republicans with acts of violence.
KKK
The belief that white American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America
Manifest destiny
Anarchist leader connected to the phrase, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution"
Emma Goldman
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire made up this alliance during WWI
Central Powers
Upton Sinclair's novel about Chicago's meatpacking industry
The Jungle
Black leader who wrote this about the Reconstruction period: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery."
W.E.B Dubois
The idea that the United States of America is a unique and even morally superior country for historical, ideological, or religious reasons
Exceptionalism
Name given to titans of industry to created monopolies and used illegal means to gain wealth and power
Robber barons
England, France, United States made up this alliance during WWI.
Allied Powers
Type of journalism known for exaggerated, sensational stories aimed at getting people to buy more newspapers
Yellow Journalism
13th
American fruit magnate who led the movement to annex Hawai'i
Sanford B. Dole
The name given to the system of racial caste that dominated Black-white relations in the South.
The fighting along the border between France and Germany was known as this.
The Western Front
Mark Twain or Samuel Clemons
Constitutional amendment granting citizenship to all those born in the US or who undergo the naturalization process
14th
This "splendid little war" gave the United States new territories, including Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Spanish-American War
Nickname given to the International Workers of the World, the socialist labor union
Wobblies
US president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Newspaper publisher credited with saying, "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war"
William Randolph Hurst
Constitutional amendment granting Black men the right to vote
15th
Refers to the right of a group of people to govern themselves
Sovereignty
Believed that Black Americans should prove their value to white Americans by developing useful skills (Hint: a local high school is named after him.)
Booker T. Washington
The name given to the all-Black American infantry regiment that fought bravely in Europe
Harlem Hellfighters
Cuban poet/revolutionary who called the US the "monster"
Jose Marti