history midterm

slavery prohibited

defined equal national citizenship, the 1st time inserted the word into male into the constitution in refering to a citizens right to vote

prihibited denial of the vote on the basis of color, race, or previous condition of servitude. Gender was not on the list

were designed to regulate the affairs of the emancipated blacks. Aimed to unsure a stabe and subservient labor force.

Systematic state-level legal codes of segragation

Describe the New South

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

ruled that "separate but equal" facilities were constitional under the "equal protection" clause of the 14th Amendment

was just another way for the white south from keeping the blacks from their right to vote. They have to be able to read the ballot before they can vote.

Successes of the Reconstruction

Failures of Reconstruction

the new rich

an agreement to divide the business on a given area and share the profits

prohibited rebates and pools and required the railroads to publish their rates openly

Survival of the fitest

casts a serious doubt on the idea of religion

tabloids, dirty rumors

The U.S has a good relationship with__________. We will help them if they get into economic trouble

What were some of the causes of the Spanish-American War?

Photographs the lives of the poor city dwellers

Published a devastating but factual article of the Standard Oil Company

wrote the book The Jungle. Told the truth about the dirty filth of the food industry

Journalism that investigated and exposed problems

The reserve act of 1891. tried to save some of the wilderness Americans realized that they needed to lighen up on the use of the resources or they will be gone. that how we got the national parks.

Was designed to prevent the mislabeling of foods

U.S, Russia, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary

Any ship in war zone is liable to get torpido this goes against the Sussex Pledge, becoming harder to stay neutral

Exclusive control or service in a particular market or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices

Allows settlers to have 160 acres of land for 5 yrs for $30 but there was one catch there was no water and was bad soil

Farming Inventions

pushed onto reservations they were forced into a new way of life

Womens movement

Urban American saint in the eyes of many admirers. won the nobel peace prize in 1931. helped blaze the trail for american women careeres, hull houses

Strikes gone bad in Chicago bombs went into a crowd killing over 30

ex-slave leading champ of black education avoided the issue of social equality

Immigrant living conditions

U.S entry into war

Was rejected by the U.S , congress was lead by Henry Cabot Lodge (Rep.) would not approve the League of Nations because that ment if one country went to war we went to war with them.

U.S banking system that is under the control of a central board of governors with a central bank

a government policy of promoting the business interest of its citizens in other countries

people have to approve legislation

people can recall corrupt politicians

established the direct election of U.S senators

way to pay off things bought like margin stock buying

John scopes accused of teaching the theory of evolution in public school. Scope was convicted

followed nothing but the bible. what the bible said is the law

an outbreack of creative expression

helped found the NAACP (National Association for the Adv. for Colored people) opposite beliefs of Booker T. Washington

limited newcomers to 3% of their nationality living here in 1910

Reduced quota act to 2% japanese were excluded

"T" model found a way to make cars cheaper with same quality the assembly line made his 30 millionth car in 1930.

arrested and charged with the murder atheists of a mass offical. they were atheists, draft doggers, Italian Immigrant. they were electricuted in 1927