Early America
What is the "Supreme Law of Land"
The Constitution
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that segregated the South and took rights away from African Americans during Reconstruction
What is a Monopoly?
When one business owns everything and has full control of the industry
Provide an example of Nativism?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Riots against Scab accepting jobs when unions are on strike
What provoked the Spanish American War?
Explosion of the USS Maine
What rights are we given in the First Amendment?
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, freedom of assembly
What was the supreme court case that established the "separate but equal" concept that allowed for the continuation of segregation?
Plessy V. Ferguson
Name a Captain of Industry/Robber Baron and their product/industry.
Rockefeller - Oil
Carnegie - Steel
Vanderbilt - Railroads
What was one push factor for immigration to the US? What was one pull factor?
Ms. Pedersen will check your white boards
Name a minority and the challenges/opportunities they had in WWI
Native Americans
African Americans
Women
Immigrants
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
My man Thomas Jefferson
What did the 15th amendment change
African Americans were given the Right to Vote
What were the names of the buildings/housing immigrants lived in?
Tenenments
What processing station did most European Immigrants have to go through?
Ellis Island
What were the two events that led the US to join WWI?
The Zimmerman Telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania
What is a primary source?
First hand document from that time period in history
What was Abraham Lincolns main goal as President?
To keep the United States together
What was the Triangle Shirtwaste Factory?
Massive fire, no safety protocols, women locked in burned alive or jumped out windows to their death from the factory led to safety reforms
Why did workers form Unions?
Higher wages, shorter work day, unfair business practices
What is Imperialism and how was the US involved?
Countries extending their powers abroad/controlling other territories
The US did this with the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba
What right does the second ammendment protect?
The right to Bare Arms
Who were the Carpetbaggers?
Northerners who moved to the South hoping to get jobs in politics
Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle, what was this about?
Exposing how nasty and unsafe the meat packing industry was
What is Trust Busting and what US president was known for his dedication to this act?
Breaking up monopolies & Teddy Roosevelt
What did Woodrow Wilson suggest/create, but the US did not join?
The League of Nations