Lecture Notes Review

Flashcards for review based on lecture notes.

14th Amendment

Citizenship and protection under the law.

13th Amendment

Abolished slavery.

15th Amendment

Voting rights regardless of race (men).

Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Declared all slaves in Confederate states would be free.

Homestead Act (1862)

Offered land to settlers and accelerated westward expansion.

Consumerism

Rise of stores, advertising, and mass consumption.

Anti-Imperialists

Opposed annexation of Philippines & foreign expansion

Woodrow Wilson

Progressive president, WWI leadership, League of Nations proposed

Spanish American War (1898)

US vs. Spain, Yellow Journalism & USS Maine, acquisition of territories in Western Hemisphere & the pacific

WWI

Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, US Joins in 1917

Great Depression

After Roaring 20s: economic collapse & mass unemployment

New Deal (1930s)

3Rs: Relief, Recovery, & Reform; included WPA

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Employed millions to work on roads, buildings, & libraries; supported artists & writers.

Public Works Administration (PWA)

Large scale public projects like dams & other infrastructure.

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Protected rights of employees to organize & bargain collectively with employers, leading to more labor unions.

Social Security Act (SSA)

Established a system of old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to families.

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Raised crop prices by reducing surpluses through government payment to farmers.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Employed young men in conservation projects, planting trees, building trails, fighting fires, & providing jobs.

Eisenhower

Expanded highways, balanced cold war strategy

Nuclear Family

Idealized family model in post war suburban America

Free Enterprise

Promoted capitalism during the Cold War

Korean War

Proxy war against communism

Vietnam War

Stalemate & anti-communist

Great Society

LBJ, War on Poverty

Economic Opportunity Act (1964)

Job training for young people

Food Stamp Act (1964)

Health care: Medicare & Medicaid

Civil Rights Act (CRA) 1964

ban discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Voting Rights Act (VRA) 1965

Banned literacy tests

Women in textile mills

Women worked in factories like Lowell Mills, early industrial labor

Evangelicals

2nd Great Awakening inspired social reform & moral crusades.

Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

First women's rights convention, demanded suffrage.

Missouri Compromise (1820)

Maintained slave/free balance, banned slavery north of 36°30'.

Wilmot Proviso (1846)

Attempted to ban slavery in Mexican Cession, failed.

Mexican American War (1846-1848)

US vs. Mexico over territory, expanded US westward, solidified Manifest Destiny.

Sectionalism

Loyalty of a particular section of the nation, rather than the US as a whole.