Which of the following amendments guaranteed equality under the law and defined citizenship as any person born in the US or naturalized?

Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?

Under Lincolns' plan for Reconstruction

Which of the following stated that 50% of pre-war population must swear loyalty to the Union in order to be readmitted?

This court case established the idea of "separate but equal"

Which of the following officially ended Reconstruction in the South?

Which of the following was the first governing document of the United States?

All of the following are considered weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

At this battle, Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull surrounded and defeated Custer and his troops

What is the significance of the Wounded Knee Massacre?

Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.

A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods

Process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

Complete control of a product or business by one person or group

Established the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) - monitors the business operation of carriers transporting goods and people between states - created to regulate railroad prices

First federal action against monopolies

Built a steel mill empire; US STEEL

Established the Standard Oil Company

A railroad tycoon

political party formed to represent the common folk

Leader among the Populist Party - Lost 3 elections

An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions

Process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract

Nonviolent refusal to continue to work until a problem is resolved.

In this location, a bomb was hurled toward police officials, and police opened fire on the demonstrators; numerous policemen and demonstrators were killed and wounded; response in nation's press was decidedly anti-union.

Strike at Andrew Carnegie's steel plant in which Pinkerton detectives clashed with steel workers

In Chicago, Pullman cut wages but refused to lower rents in the "company town", Eugene Debs had American Railway Union refuse to use Pullman cars, Debs thrown in jail after being sued, strike achieved nothing

1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor

Immigrants who had come to the US after the 1880s from southern and eastern Europe

Factors that induce people to leave old residences.

Factors that induce people to move to a new location.

An immigrant receiving station that opened in 1892, where immigrants were given a medical examination and only allowed in if they were healthy

The immigration station on the west coast where Asian immigrants, mostly Chinese gained admission to the U.S. at San Francisco Bay.

A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones

An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.

Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate.

A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city

Time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically

Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public

Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives"

This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.

Social reformer who worked to improve the lives of the working class. In 1889 she founded Hull House in Chicago, the first private social welfare agency in the U.S., to assist the poor, combat juvenile delinquency and help immigrants learn to speak English.

A state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or a proposed constitutional amendment.

Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen by state legislatures)

Social reformer who campaigned for women's rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association

Gave women the right to vote

American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's.

This 1906 law used the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the maximum charge that railroads to place on shipping goods.

Made it so that meat would be inspected by the government from coral to can. It began a quality rating system as well as increased the sanitation requirements for meat producers.

Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA.

Allows the federal government to collect income tax

1914 act designed to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; certain activities previously committed by big businesses, such as not allowing unions in factories and not allowing strikes, were declared illegal.

Policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories

The last queen of the Hawaiian Islands from 1891 until 1893, when she was deposed by those who sought annexation to the United States.

Region in which a state has a level of political, economic, cultural, or military influence

A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.

The idea of negotiating peacefully but also pressuring nations with a powerful military

Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States, it opened in 1915.

Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

The use of economic power to influence the policy of other nations

The United States will not recognize any nation that is hostile to American interests or other nations

Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers

Spanish Ambassador's letter that was illegally removed from the U.S. Mail and published by American newspapers. It criticized President McKinley in insulting terms.

Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War

Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War

Stated that the US intended to free Cuba from tyranny and did not seek to control the island for itself

A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

Allies - Triple Entente: Russia, Britain, France, US (joins later)

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.

A policy of abstaining from an active role in international affairs or alliances

British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat

A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning.

A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.

Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft

Main regulatory board of wartime economy - set production quotas and allocated raw materials

Government organization that produced propaganda to build support for the war

Person who refuses to enter the military or bear arms due to moral or religious reasons

1917 law that set heavy fines and long prison terms for antiwar activities

Government can limit speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive evils

Movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920

President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.

The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

The 3/5 Compromise solved the problem of ________ in regard to slaves and "other" persons.