Exploring Social Studies
Studies people and events from the past
Who is a Historian?
Eastern and southern Europe (Greece, Russia, Italy, Turkey, Poland)
Where did new immigrants cam from in the 1880's?
This amendment made it illegal to make, sell, or transport alcohol
What is 18th?
Period of rebuilding the south after the Civil War
What is reconstruction?
This group was part of the "new" immigrants arriving i the 1880's
Who were the Italians?
Study how things are made, bought, sold, and used
Who are economists?
Catholic and Jewish
What are "new" immigrants main religions?
Rewards for political supporters was this type of system.
What is the spoils system?
Grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.
What is the 14th amendment?
Birth in the U.S., naturalization
What are the 2 ways to become US citizens?
Eyewitness reports are one type source for example
What is a primary source?
Anti-immigrant feelings were a cause of this law, passed in 1882 and extended twice.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This amendment stated, "people elect Senators"; passed because the legislators that chose Senators were often controlled by party bosses and business interests
What is the 17th?
an arrangement in which farmers give a share of their crops to landowners
What was sharecropping?
Asian immigrants were processed for citizenship at the is island...
What is Angel Island?
Landforms, relief and elevation, for example are this type of map
What is a physical map
Could cause immigrants to be refused entry to the US
What are contagious illnesses?
"The power of the ballot we need in sheer self-defense,-else what shall save us from a second slavery?" -W.E.B. DuBois
According to this quote from W.E.B. DuBois, this right was key to ending racial inequality...
What are voting rights?
This amendment gave voting rights to African American men
What is the 15th?
This amendment during President Taft's term allowed for income to be taxed..
What is the 16th?
Mr. Floyd's least favorite
movement, regions, human-environment interaction, location, place
What are 5 themes of geography?
This was an immigrants most difficult challenge upon arriving in the U.S.
What is finding work?
The party/group that supported government efforts to regulate industry
Who were the Progressive Party?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th?
This act regulates banking
What is the Federal Reserve Act?