Units 1-4 Recap

Unit 1

100

Being separated by the color of one's skin is called

Segregation

200

This connected the American East Coast to the West Coast

Transcontinental Railroad

300

What was the name of the court case that legalized segregation in the United States. (Separate but equal)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

400

What is the term we used to describe the forceful adoption of another culture. Ex: Native Americans being forced into boarding schools

Assimilation

500

This encouraged Americans to settle in the Western regions of the United States and buy Native American land

Homestead Act

Unit 2

100

When one person or company controls an entire industry it is called a 

Monopoly

200

Business owners and bosses that were known for taking advantage of their workers through lack of pay, long hours, and poor working conditions were known as 

Robber Barons

300

As immigration skyrocketed in the Gilded Age, many Americans known as what opposed new immigrants entering the country

Nativists

400

When workers protest poor wages or working conditions by refusing to work it is called a 

Strike

500

Give me a specific example of something a muckraker would or has done

Ex: Expose political corruption, take pictures and publish poor living conditions, interview children in child labor, write about about unsanitary food processing, write a book about poor treatment of those with mental disabilities,

Unit 3

100

What was the SPARK, that set World War I off

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

200

Policy of a stronger country exercising power and control over a weaker one

Imperialism

300

After the USS Maine was sunk, the United States declared war on

Spain

400

What was the cause for the United States to enter World War I?

Zimmerman Telegram

500

Choose 1 to answer:

What is Yellow Journalism? Or what is Nationalism?

Exaggerated newspaper writing that is used to stir up a strong emotional reaction

Extreme loyalty or devotion to a nation and their decisions

Unit 4

100

The era in the United States and elsewhere when many Americans lost their jobs due to the stock market crash and severe inflation

The Great Depression

200

The era of banning alcohol in all forms (buying, selling, transporting)

The Prohibition

300

Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to correct the financial and social problems of the country by creating new federal organizations was known as 

The New Deal

400

The movement of black Americans from the South to the North in the early 1900s was known as what?

The Great Migration

500

This amendment allowed women nationwide the right to vote

19th Amendment