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Poll Taxes/Grandfather Clause/Literacy Test

Laws created in the south to limit the freedoms of African Americans voting rights

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Reconstruction Amendments

13 - ended slavery

14 - civil rights

15 - right to vote

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Jim Crow Laws

Laws that were created to enforce segregation

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Segregation

Separation of public facilities

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme Court stating that “separate but equal” was legal

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Causes of immigration

  • Factory jobs were unavailable for unskilled workers

  • Farmland was available

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Causes of urbanization

An increase of factories in the cities during industrialization

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Time periods

Urbanization and immigration took place during the period of industrialization in the US during 1850-1920

Progressive Era: 1900-1920 - was a time period when the government tried to fix societal problems

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Led to women protesting for workers rights and safety in workplaces

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Working Conditions

They were poor during industrialization

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Child Labor

During industrialization children were working in poor conditions instead of school

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Labor Unions

Tried to unite workers to fight for better working conditions

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Push/Pull

Push - reasons immigrants left their homes (countries, war, famine, no jobs)

Pull - reasons why they came to a country (jobs and freedoms)

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Muckrakers

Individuals who exposed the terrible conditions in society

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Teddy Roosevelt

Led to the Progressive Era. Tried to control good and bad trusts and eliminate bad trusts

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Panama Canal

Shortened sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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Monopolies

Large corporations that would wipe out competition, also known as bad trusts. Bad for business, bad for consumers

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Mass Production

Manufacture large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

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Ellis Island

Processed immigrants from Europe

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Xenophobia

Prejudice against immigrants because they came from very different backgrounds than the majority of Americans

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Cause of Expansion

Americans needed more resources to fuel industrialization

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Impact of Expansion

America gains territories and becomes a world power

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Yellow Journalism

Exaggeration used in newspapers to influence public opinion

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Imperialism/Expansion

A country acquiring/annexing territories

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Open Door Policy

Protecting the US trading rights with China

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Militarism

A country putting their main emphasis on war

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Alliances

Nations making agreements to support each other during war

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Imperialism

When a nation expands by taking up colonies throughout the world, outside of their borders for economic interest

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Nationalism

Extreme pride in your nation or natural identity

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Neutrality

Not being involved with fighting a war

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Reasons for US Involvement

  • Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (Germany)

  • Propaganda

  • Economic Interests

  • Russian Revolution

  • Sinking of the Lusitania (sunk by German submarine)

  • Zimmerman Telegram

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Assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand

Immediate cause of WW1

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Treaty of Versailles

BRAT - targeted Germany

B - blame

R - reparations

A - army (reduce military)

T - territory

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League of Nations

A proposed alliance to help monitor and police the world. Unsuccessful due to the US not joking

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Wilson’s 14 Points

President Wilson proposed the League of Nations in the 14 points

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Economy - 1920’s

Booming!

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Women’s Suffrage/19th Amendment

The right for women to vote

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Organized Crime

Caused the 18th Amendment which was the banning of alcohol

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Prohibition

Period in the US when alcohol was banned

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Harlem Renaissance

Increased awareness of African-Americans

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Stock Market Crash

Cause of the Great Depression. The economy tanked and people lost everything. A main cause of the stock market crash was buying on margin

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Hoovervilles

Named after President Hoover because the people felt he did not meet the needs of Americans

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Dust Bowl

During the Great Depression. Severe drought that caused the farming system to fail

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FDR

The President during the Great Depression and WW2

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New Deal

Deal put forth by FDR to get Americans out of the Great Depression. He had a Banking Holiday which closed all banks and created several programs. Social Security still exists today

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Pearl Harbor

Attack by Japan on US naval base.

  • US then got involved in fighting

  • Ultimately, US drops the atomic bomb to end war and save American lives/Truman was president

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Japanese Internment

Japanese-Americans were sent to camps, similar to prisons after Pearl Harbor

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Holocaust

Mass killings of European Jews and other minorities

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Women’s Role During War

Working in factories

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Lend Lease

Providing materials to the Allied powers

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Total War

All citizens are involved in and support the war effort at home

Ex: paper drives, rationing of food and gas, victory gardens

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Nations Involved in the Cold War

US vs. Soviet Union (USSR)

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Causes of the Cold War

Conflicting interest among world powers (democracy vs. communism)

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Proxy Wars

Korean War, Vietnam War

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Soviet Union had put nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba

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Protests

Peacefully standing up against inequalities

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Bus Boycott

Began with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus

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I Have a Dream Speech

Speech to end racism and promote equality for all Americans in the United States by MLK Jr.

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Inequality

A group of individuals, usually a minority not being treated fairly

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Power

When one group/individual has influence over another due to money, military rights

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Conflict

An issue between groups or individuals

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