Reconstruction
Southern states limited rights of former slaves by inact these "rules"
Black Codes or Jim Crow Laws
A monopoly describes when a company controls all parts of an industry and has no competitors. Most monopolies are run by ruthless businessmen that are called...?
Robber Barons
This "significant event" event led to public support for war and was the last straw leading the United States into the Spanish-American War.
What is the Sinking of the USS Maine? (15)
African American movement of art, literature, music, etc. that started in Harlem, New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Sailed the ocean blue in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
This shady deal gave the presidency to the Republicans in 1877 demanding the removal of Union Troops from the south. The democrats effectively took back the south and implemented the Jim Crow Era ending Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877
Eastern and Southern Europe is where most of the immigrants came from during the Gilded Age. They experienced discrimination and favoritism that was anti-immigrant. What is this idea called?
Nativism
This note explained that Germany would help Mexico get Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona from the United States.
Zimmerman Note (Telegram)
The First Red Scare in the United States is in response to this.
What is communism?
This famous American History event happen on this day, December 16, in 1773 in Boston Massachusetts significantly escalating tensions between the American Colonies and Great Britain, leading to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the Boston Tea Party
Group was responsible for helping the newly freed slaves.
What is Freedmen's Bureau? (7)
This Act ended tribal landholding and encouraged economic assimilation by making Native Americans private land owners. Focus goes away from the tribe, to the individual. Reformers hoped that it would encourage assimilation of Native Americans?
What is Dawes Act
From which conflict did the US gain control of Puerto Rico, Guam, & the Philippines?
Spanish American War
The Meat Inspection Act led to meat having an expiration label on it. Which novel, written by muckraker Upton Sinclair, exposed the meatpacking industry?
What is The Jungle.
Two "animated" Christmas movies are famous for having one actor play almost all of the major parts.
Name the movies and the actors!
A Christmas Carol - Jim Carey (2009)
Polar Express - Tom Hanks (2004)
The Jim Crow Era ran from 1877 - 1954 and saw African Americans rights trampled and racism skyrocket. This supreme court decision made the Jim Crow Era stronger and more terrible by legalizing segregation.
Plessy vs Ferguson
The beacon of hope for immigrants arriving in the United States.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
When looking at the M.A.I.N.S. causes of World War One, the "S" stands for "Significant Event." What was the significant event that started WWI?
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand? (16)
What were the 4 Progressive Era Amendments?
(16-19)
16 - Income Taxes
17 - Direct Election of Senators
18 - Prohibition
19 - Women's Suffrage
This Irving Berlin Christmas song is the best-selling single record of all time, with over 100 million sales, worldwide. Made famous by singer, Bing Crosby.
White Christmas
Describe all 3 of the Reconstruction Era Amendments! (14-15)
13th - Slavery is banned
14th - Established Citizenship
15th - Suffrage based on race
Name BOTH battles/events:
1. The battle where the Sioux defeated General Custer and US army.
2. The massacre of hundred of Sioux in response to the Ghost Dance Movement, effectively ending the "Indian War" era.
1. Battle of the Little Bighorn.
2. Wounded Knee Massacre
Originally written in German, this song was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber with lyrics by Joseph Mohr, and was translated to English in 1859. During the "Christmas Truce of 1914" during World War I, the carol was sung simultaneously by English and German troops.
Silent Night
This is the idea that some individuals and businesses are naturally stronger and should survive while others should not. Leads to cutthroat business tactics and large income gaps.
Social Darwinism
Name that Movie:
"A divorced dad mistakingly kills an old man in order to prevent a home invasion, then is obligated to assumes his identity while struggling with the concepts of dreams vs reality."
The Santa Clause