What was sharecropping?
A farming system that often led to debt and poverty
What did industrialization cause in the late 1800s?
Growth of factories and cities
why did many immigrants come to the U.S.?
What was one goal of progressives regarding government?
What was a major cause of WWI?
Nationalism and alliances
when did the Great Depression begin?
1929
Why did the U.S. enter World War II?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
who were the main sided in the cold war?
US & Soviet Union
who promoted nonviolent protest?
Martin Luther King Jr
what was the Vietnam War about?
Containing communism
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13 Amendment
which industry greatly expanded transportation?
Railroad industry
Why did immigrants settle in cities?
Factory jobs
What were muckrakers?
Journalist who exposed corruption
Why did the U.S. enter WW1?
Submarine attacks and the Zimmerman telegram
what caused the great depression?
stock market crash
what role did women play in WWII?
worked in factories
what was the space race?
competition in science/technology
what was the goal of the civil rights movement?
End discrimination
what happened on 9/11?
Terrorist attacks on U.S.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws enforcing racial segregation
what is a monopoly?
A company that controls an entire industry
Where were European immigrants processed?
Ellis Island
What did the 19th amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote
What did the Treaty of Versailles do?
Ended WW2
what happened to many Americans during the great depression?
lost jobs and homes
who were the allies?
US, Britain, Soviet Union
What was NATO?
Military alliance against communism
what did the civil rights act of 1964 do?
Ended segregation in public places
what ended the cold war?
Collapse of the Soviet Union
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Citizenship and equal protection under the law
why were labor unions created?
To improve wages and working conditions
Angel Island
what did progressive reformers support?
safer working conditions
What was the goal of the fourteen points?
Promote peace
Who created the New Deal?
How did WWII end in the Pacific?
atomic bombs on Japan
what was containment?
stopping the spread of communism
what did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Protected voting rights
who resigned after the Watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
What was the main goal of Reconstruction?
To rebuild the south and integrate formerly enslaved people into society
What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
How did political machines gain support?
By providing jobs and services
What was the main goal of the Progressive Movement?
Who proposed the fourteen points?
Woodrow Wilson
what were the goals of the New Deal?
why was the United Nations created?
prevent future wars
what the Marshall Plan do?
Rebuild Europe
what did Brown vs Board of Education rule?
School segregation was unconstitutional
what is a major modern challenge?
Economic globalization