US 1 Final Exam Terms ACADEMIC

Reconstruction

the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union

14th Amendment

Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S. including African American men

15th Amendment

Prohibited voting discrimination based on race. Can't deny African American men the right to vote

Ku Klux Klan

White supremacist group targeting African Americans.

Jim Crow Laws

State laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.

Segregation

Separation of people based on race or ethnicity.

Manifest Destiny

Belief in U.S. expansion across North America. Idea that God had given the continent to Americans and wanted them to settle western land.

Texas Revolution

Conflict leading to Texas independence from Mexico.

Battle of the Alamo

Famous 1836 battle in Texas Revolution. Small group of Texans held off larger Mexican force before being defeated.

California Gold Rush

Mass migration to California for gold in 1849.

Industrialization

Transition to machine-based manufacturing after the Civil War. Many factors promoted industry, including cheap labor, new inventions and technology, and plentiful raw materials.

Industry

Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

Gilded Age

America looked shiny and gold on the outside but beneath the surface lay corruption, poverty, crime, and large gaps in wealth between the rich and the poor.

Imperialism

The economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations.

Spanish-American War

1898 conflict resulting in U.S. territorial gains of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

Big Stick Policy

Theodore Roosevelt's approach to foreign diplomacy. Negotiate with other nations calmly and respectfully while threatening them with the might of the American military.

Theodore Roosevelt

26th U.S. President known for progressive reforms and imperialism.

Progressivism

Desire to reform/improve a particular area or areas of American life like social and political issues.

Upton Sinclair

Muckraker and author of 'The Jungle,' exposing the filth of the meatpacking industry in Chicago.

Suffrage

The right to vote in political elections. American women finally got suffrage with Nineteenth Amendment.

Great Migration

Mass movement of African Americans from the South to northern cities.

Election of 1912

Notable election featuring four major candidates. Democrat Woodrow Wilson won because Republican vote was split between Republican Taft and former Republican Roosevelt.

MAIN causes of WWI

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Lusitania

British ship sunk by German U-boats in 1915. 128 Americans were killed.

Zimmerman Telegram

Secret German proposal to Mexico about forming an alliance during WWI.

Fourteen Points

President Wilson's plan for post-WWI peace and diplomacy.

League of Nations

International organization founded after WWI for peace.