People
Unit 1
Unit 2
Vocabulary
Misc.
100

The Senator who created the Dawes Act of 1887

Who is Henry Dawes

100

The Social policy that favored natural-born Americans rather than Americans who have migrated. 

What is Nativism

100

The Social & political policy that restricted African Americans to Segregated parts of society.

Who/ What is Jim Crow

100

The ideology that people used to justify colonizing the west part of the United States

What is Manifest Destiny

100

The short period of drought in the US resulted in massive sandstorms.

What is the Dust Bowl

200

The President who passed the New Deal

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

200

The system that found immigrants jobs, housing, and food. All in exchange for a single vote. 

What was a Political Machine 

200

The Time of Economic Collapse in the US between 1929 and 1943

What was the Great Depression

200

A group of workers who want to change workplace conditions, such as wages and hours. 

Unions / Labor Unions

200

It was the promise given to freed slaves by the U.S. Government during Reconstruction. 

What is "40 Acres and a Mule"

300

Leader of the Chicano Movement

Who is Caesar Chavez / Who is Dolores Huerta 

300

The Act that restricted Native Americans to the Reservation System. 

What is The Dawes Act of 1887

300

Sparked by Rosa Parks; Early success for MLK

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott
300
It's 150 Acres, it takes 5 years to prove. 

What is Homesteading

300

The control of an entire industry by one person or company

What is a monopoly 

400

The First billionaire in the United States

Who is J.D. Rockefeller
400

They "Dig Up" the truth. Usually, they have to rake away the lies of companies. 

Who are Muckrakers

400

The Occupation of this island pushed Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1975.

What is Alcatraz Island

400

The period directly after the Civil War, which ended in 1877.

What is Reconstruction

400

He wrote "The Gospel of Wealth"

Who is Andrew Carnegie

500

The President who started the Mexican-American War

Who is James K. Polk

500

The Law that restricted the immigration of Asians into the United States by 1885

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1885
500

Protected the rights of African Americans against discrimination in public and in jobs. 

What was the Civil Right Act of 1965

500

The trail that brought many Americans to the West 

What is the Oregon Trail / Mormon Trail

500
The Lakota Chief who successfully resisted the U.S Government's westward expansion. 

Who is Red Cloud