Reconstruction
In this 1896 case, the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This term describes the business practice of buying out all competitors in a market to establish control over prices and production, often seen in late 19th-century industries like railroads and steel.
What is a monopoly?
This 19th-century belief held that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This amendment, ratified in 1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
In 1917, this telegram, intercepted by the British, revealed Germany's attempt to incite Mexico to join World War I against the United States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This U.S. president's Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863, paved the way for the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This oil magnate founded Standard Oil and built a near-total monopoly in the American oil industry by buying out competitors and consolidating control.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This law, passed in 1862, provided 160 acres of public land to settlers who were willing to cultivate and improve it for at least five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
This term, coined by Theodore Roosevelt, refers to journalists and writers who exposed corruption, social injustices, and the negative effects of industrialization during the early 20th century.
What is muckraking?
This U.S. president's foreign policy, often associated with the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick," emphasized military strength and intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean using the Monroe Doctrine.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Established in 1865, this government agency helped formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the South by providing food, education, medical care, and legal assistance.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This author, known for co-writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, coined the term "The Gilded Age" to describe the period of rapid economic growth, political corruption, and social inequality in the late 19th century.
Who is Mark Twain?
These areas of land, established by the U.S. government, were designated for Native American tribes, often after they were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands.
What are Native American reservations?
This 1913 amendment changed the way U.S. Senators were elected, allowing for direct election by the people instead of being chosen by state legislatures.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This 1898 event marked the U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, as well as the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Americas.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This type of test, used in some states to prevent African Americans from voting, was rendered unconstitutional by the 15th Amendment.
What are literacy tests?
This political system, where party bosses controlled votes, government contracts, and jobs in exchange for loyalty and support, was common in many U.S. cities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What is machine politics?
This policy, proposed by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899, aimed to ensure equal trading rights for all nations in China and prevent any one country from gaining exclusive control over Chinese trade.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This tragic 1911 event, where 146 workers died in a New York City garment factory fire, led to major changes in labor laws and workplace safety regulations.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
This U.S. president, who led the country into World War I, declared that the war was being fought to "make the world safe for democracy."
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
These members of the _________ Party, who advocated for strong federal intervention in the South after the Civil War, were key proponents of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
This 1890 law was passed to prevent the formation of monopolies and trusts, aiming to promote competition and limit anti-competitive practices in the U.S. economy.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
These immigration stations located in New York, California, and Texas processed thousands of immigrants in the 20th century.
Immigration Processing Centers
This 1892 political party, formed by farmers and laborers, called for reforms such as the free coinage of silver, a graduated income tax, and direct election of senators.
What is the People's Party (Populist Party)?
This was the name of the peace proposal presented by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918, which outlined a vision for a just and lasting peace and included the creation of the League of Nations.
What are the Fourteen Points?