History test 1

Reconstruction

spanish flu

Virus that spread during the late 1910s that killed somewhere between 50 and 100 million people

great depression

Near economic collapse that led to large scale unemployment, massive amounts of bank failures, and catastrophic losses in the stock market

Fourteenth Amendment

Granted citizenship to African-Americans

Spanish-American War

War that was caused by the explosion of the USS Maine and ended with the United States gaining Puerto Rico and the Philippines

Election of 1876

Election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden. Hayes won and removed Union troops from the Southern states allowing segregation to spread

Reconstruction

Period in American history where the South was rebuilt and the US government tried to expand the rights of African-Americans

New Deal

Plan by Roosevelt to deal with the Great Depression. The government would spend large amounts of money to give people jobs. The goal of this was to create demand for goods which jump start the economy.

Tulsa Race Riot

Riot in Oklahoma that left many African-Americans dead and part of a city in Oklahoma destroyed

Roaring Twenties

Period of economic growth where the stock market rose rapidly. This growth helped to coverup problems in the economy such as the growing gap between rich and poor.

Nineteenth Amendment

Said that states could not use gender as a reason to make it illegal for someone to vote

Collapse of the Soviet Union

Suffering crippling economic problems, the Soviet Union broke into fifteen independent countries. Russia was the biggest.

Vietnam War

Conflict between US backed South Vietnam and North Vietnam. Communist rebels known as Viet Cong also helped North Vietnam

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

German policy of attacking any ship heading to Britain or France. This led the United States to declare war on Germany and enter World War I.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Two cities in Japan that were complete destroyed by atomic bombs at the very end of World War II

Thirteenth Amendment

Ended slavery in the US

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Attempt by Radical Republicans to impeach the sitting president, a Southern Democrat who had been Lincoln's vice-president

Prohibition

Period where the sale, production, or transportation of alcohol was illegal

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Soviet Union was forced to remove nuclear missiles that they had placed in Cuba. The US promised not to invade Cuba and removed American missiles from Turkey.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme Court ruling that segregation was allowed under the United States Constitution

Holocaust

The systematic murder of millions of Jewish people and other groups by the German government

Progressive Era

Period where the US government passed regulations on businesses designed to benefit the public and end corruption

World War I

Conflict between the Allies (Russia, France, Britain, and the US) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire)

Election of 1932

Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt beat Republican Herbert Hoover because much of the nation blamed Hoover for the Great Depression

World War II

Conflict between the Allied Powers (Britain, Russia, and the US) and the Axis Powers (Japan, Germany, and Italy)

Korean War

War between communist controlled North Korea and capitalist South Korea. North Korea received help from China while South Korea received help from the United States

Fifteenth Amendment

Said that states could not use race as a reason for not allowing African-Americans to vote

Normandy

Attempt to free France from German occupation during World War II. American, British, and Canadian troops used an amphibious assault to gain a foothold in France

Gilded Age

Period where businesses grew quickly through unethical means. Their owners became nicknamed "Robber Barons"

Brown vs. Board of Education

Supreme Court case that said Plessy v. Ferguson was decided incorrectly and public schools could not be segregated

Trustbusting

American policy during the Progressive Era that broke up monopolies and trusts splitting them into smaller companies which were forced to compete

Lusitania

Passenger liner that was sunk by a German submarine that almost led the United States to enter World War I in 1915

Pearl Harbor

Surprise attack on the United States by Japan which would bring the United States into World War II

Stock Market Crash

This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression. After this, the stock market continued to lose much of its value over the next three years

Haymarket Affair

Labor protest in Chicago that became violent after someone threw a bomb killing around 10 people

Cold War

Conflict over economic systems. The Soviet Union backed a communist economy while the US backed a capitalist economy. While there was fighting, the United States never fought the Soviet Union directly.