Semester 1 Word Scramble
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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 |
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