Lowman Bellringers: World Power: Day 3

Freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press, speech

• National Park Service

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• 1st Amendment

• Gilded Age

Passed to prevent immigrants from taking jobs from settlers out West

• National Park Service

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• 1st Amendment

• Gilded Age

Created by Roosevelt to conserve land

• National Park Service

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• 1st Amendment

• Gilded Age

Businesses became wealthy; corrupt government officials supported business first policies

• National Park Service

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• 1st Amendment

• Gilded Age

What European country did Cuba want to gain their independence from?

• France

• Spain

• Britain

• Portugal

Determine which statement describes the causes of the Spanish-American War.

Groups:

(a) Political Cause

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(b) Economic Cause

,

(c) Social Cause

• American businesses wanted to protect their investments in Cuba

• A suspected explosion by Spain sunk an American battleship USS Maine of the coast of Cuba

• Yellow journalism caused many Americans to support Cuban independence.

What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted above helped advance the cause of gender equality?

• It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government

• It gave women new economic rights, such as property ownership

• It established the idea that women should contribute to all sectors of the economy

• It contributed to a long-term decline in the number of men voting in elections