Foundations & Government
This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, listed grievances against Britain.
Declaration of Independence
This process made steel production faster and cheaper during the Gilded Age.
Bessemer Process
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This president created the New Deal.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This event caused the U.S. to enter WWII.
Pearl Harbor
This system divides power between national and state governments.
Federalism
Buying stocks with borrowed money in the 1920s is called what?
Buying on margin
This movement pushed to ban alcohol in the 1920s.
Prohibition (18th Amendment)
This muckraker wrote The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
What was one effect of urbanization during the Gilded Age?
Overcrowding / tenements / disease
Which amendment protects freedom of speech and religion?
1st Amendment
This program provided jobs and economic relief during the Great Depression.
New Deal
This cultural movement celebrated African American art and music in the 1920s.
Harlem Renaissance
This naval strategist argued the U.S. needed a strong navy to become a world power.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
How did the Treaty of Versailles help cause WWII?
Punished Germany → led to anger and rise of Hitler
What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
Protect individual rights
What was one cause of the Great Depression?
Speculation / bank failures / tariffs
What was one effect of the Great Migration?
Growth of Black populations in Northern cities
This civil rights leader led the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks (spark) / MLK Jr. (leader)
How did WWII impact the U.S. economy?
Ended Depression / created jobs
What is the main idea of “consent of the governed”?
Government gets power from the people
Why was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff harmful during the Great Depression?
Reduced trade, worsened economy
How did Prohibition lead to organized crime?
Illegal alcohol sales → rise of gangs like Al Capone
Compare the goals of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington (if covered).
Immediate equality vs gradual approach
Explain how buying on margin contributed to the Great Depression.
Debt → market crash → financial collapse