Reconstruction
Define Reconstruction.
Rebuilding the South post-Civil War
Define Manifest Destiny
Goal of progressives
reform education, workplace, and gov
Define imperialism
Extend power by taking territory and resources
President w/ Teapot Dome
Harding
The 14th amendment gives...
Equal protection under the law
Privatize native land
Progressive reforms at the state and local level
Steps of Mahan's Plan
Canal, modernize navy, new navy bases
Buying on credit
buy and pay back in installments with interest
How southern states limited voting rights.
Poll taxes, literacy taxes, reading comprehension tests
Bad about monopolies
eliminates competition, increases prices for consumers
16th amendment
Federal income tax
Dollar diplomacy
use money to get access to trade/resources
Red Scare
Powerful political party during reconstruction.
Republican
Labor unions during the gilded age
Largely unsuccessful but would see success later
Purpose of Square Deal
Reform/regulate businesses, conservation
Goal of War Industries Board
Ensure factories are producing war products
Prohibition was unsuccessful bc...
Not enough federal agents to police it/enforce it
Event that helped end reconstruction.
Panic of 1873
Impact of nativism
put quotas on immigration, immigration exclusions on certain countries
The Jungle
Expose working conditions in factories in Chicago
Why the US didn't sign the Treaty of Versailles
Preferred to be isolated, didn't want more war, could not get enough support/votes
Gov responses to the Red Scare
limiting immigration from eastern Europe, Palmer Raids