Reconstruction
Term used to describe the segregation and discrimination in the South
What is Jim Crow
During the Gilded Age, this form of transportation helped connect the East Coast of the United States to the Pacific Ocean, allowing for faster travel and shipping times.
What is the railroad
Country the US went to war with, gaining Puerto Rico and the Philippines
What is Spain
The most significant new entertainment technology of the 1920s
What is the radio
This group of black American pilots were never defeated
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen
Assassinated Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
This term refers to men like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, who monopolized their industries at the expense of their workers and smaller companies.
what are "Rober Barons"
Location the US built a canal
What is Panama
This era, which began in the early 1920s after a Constitutional amendment, came about as a result of the temperance movement of the 19th century
what is Prohibition
Termn used to describe the USD going from island to island in the Pacific fighting the Japanese
What is island hoping
This Amendment banned slavery in the US
What are the 13th
During the 1880s, a law was passed denying this group of immigrants entry into the United States and even prevented from obtaining citizenship.
Who are the Chinese
president during WWI
Who is Woodrow Wilson
This African American cultural revival took place in New York City, producing all sorts of advances in music, literature, and the arts
What is the Harlem Renaissance
Allowed the US to send supplies to their Allies
What is the Lend-Lease Act
Name of a restriction put on black citizens ability to vote
What is literacy tests
what is poll tax
The method by which a government official gives government jobs to his friends or family as a reward for past favors
The spoils system (or patronage)
Name of the International Organization created after WWI
What is the League of Nations
New form of music invented in this era
What is Jazz
The biggest invasion in human history in Normandy France
What is D-Dday
Was elected President with the Compromise of 1877, ending Reconstruction
What who Rutherford B. Hayes
This law was passed in 1890 to try and crack down on the practices of big businesses. It was not enforced immediately however...
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The US was unable to Join the League of Nations because this Government body denied it
What is the Senate
What is culture
What is Hiroshima
what is Nagasaki