Question | Answer |
During the Progressive Era people wanted change in four areas. What were they? | -social reforms.
-economic reforms.
-political reforms.
-moral issues (stressing purity and religion). |
What four amendments were added during the Progressive Era? | -16th, new taxation laws.
-17th, had to do with senate elections (voting).
-18th, alcohol consumption ban (prohibition).
-19th, women's voting rights |
What were the four battle fronts in the Mexican-American War? | 1. Philippines
2. Puerto Rico
3. Guam
4. Cuba |
Theodore [Teddy] Roosevelt became president after the assassination of who? | William McKinnley. |
What was passed to control trusts and monopolies in America? | 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act |
What year did the Spanish-American war begin. | 1898 |
Where did the U.S.S. Maine blow-up? | Havana Harbor, Cuba. |
Rapid immigration in the United States led to what three changes? | -Anti-Coolie Act which banned Chinese immigration.
-Kept immigrants from contracting work in the U.S.
-Prevented some immigrants from entering due to crimes, mental stability, and welfare. |
Name 8 acquisitions between 1803 and 1869. | -Louisiana Purchase (1803)
-Indian Removal Act ( 1830)
-Annexation of Texas (1845)
-Gold Rush in California (1848)
-Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)
-Homestead Act of 1862
-Completion of the Transcontinental-Railroad. (1869) |
Name the three reasons reconstruction failed. | -Lack of government unity.
-Pilfering of money.
-Inability to overcome racism. |
Name the three things that Jim Crow Laws did. | -imposed literacy tests.
-Poll taxes.
-Began "seperate bu equal" or segregation.
(included a lot of violent threats) |
Name the three events that occurred during Reconstruction. | -Freedman's bureau.
-The appearance of black codes.
-Control of south by scalawag and carpetbaggers. |
The fourth event was adding 3 amendments. What were they and what did they do? | -13th-abolished slavery
-14th-granted citizenship to all people born in the US.
-15th-gave all men the right to vote |