Unit 1
Civil War & Reconstruction
Civil War & Reconstruction
Amendment that freed the Slaves
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idea that...American citizens have the right by god to move and settle in the west, regardless of who is currently there.
Manifest Destiny
Time period following industrialization that attempted to solve societal problems by passing legislation...
Teddy Roosevelt was a president during this time period
Progressive era
For most of Americas early history, the foreign policy could be described as
isolationism
style of warfare in WWI
trench warfare
What advantages did the North have ...that helped them defeat the South in the civil war?
industrialization, larger population, fighting done in south, north had more railroads, north had access to invention of telegraph
long, dangerous main route to the west coast of the United states.....fun educational video game
Oregon Trail
invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
The US foreign policy pivoted to _______ in ther late 1800s. Examples of thi foreign policy include the Monroe doctrine, the Spanish-American War, and the Mexican American War.
imperialism
what happened because the Germans sank the Lusitania and sent out the Zimmerman Telegram
US enters war
His plan for reconstruction ultimately fails. Many in the North believed he was a southern sympathizer.
"Good name....bad president"
Andrew Johnson
absorption of one culture into another
assimilation
Most immigrants to California and the West Coast were from what country
China
When the explosion of the Maine happened, many Americans blamed it on which country?
Spain
"agreement" that ended WWI occurred at the ___ of ____
Treaty of Versailles....
policies put in place by Southern States to continue discrimination and keep African Americans away from the polls
Jim Crow Laws
deadly route Native Americans used when forced to leave their land on march to forced reservation
Trail of Tears
What do we call labor organizations that utilize collective bargaining to negotiate terms of employment?
unions
the MAIN causes of WWI...
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The Treaty of Versailles also established an international peacekeeping organization called _______, that ultimately failed to stop WWII.
league of nations
established segregated schools, as long as African Americans had "separate but equal" public facilities
Plessy v Ferguson
policy that gave land to any American who would move west and live there fore 5 years
Homestead Act
During the late 1800s, presidents and governors most often used the _________ to support industrialists and end strikes occuring during labor management conflicts
military
WWI was fought between the years___ to ____
1914 - 1918
Wilson’s plan for peace has become known as
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