SS 8 - 2022 Final Exam Review
13th Amendment (1865)- Reconstruction - Answer abolished slavery
14th Amendment (1868)- Reconstruction - Answer Citizenship to everyone born in the
U.S.
15th Amendment (1870)- Reconstruction - Answer U.S. cannot prevent a person from
voting because of race, color, or creed
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)- Reconstruction - Answer Legalized segregation in publicly
owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."
Segregation- Reconstruction - Answer separation of the races
Homestead Act of 1862- Westward Expansion - Answer Encouraged westward
settlement by allowing heads of families to buy 160 acres of land for a small fee ($10-
30)
Big Business- Big Business - Answer Term used to describe the corporations and
monopolies that developed during the industrial revolution of the late 1800s.
Capitalism- Big Business - Answer Economic system of the United States based on
competition and profit motive
Anti-Trust Legislation- Big Business - Answer laws developed by the U.S. Government
to protect consumers from business monopolies by making sure there is competition in
the marketplace
Isolationism- American Expansionism - Answer A policy of not getting involved in the
affairs of foreign nations
Imperialism- American Expansionism - Answer A policy in which a strong nation seeks
to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Spanish American War Causes- American Expansionism - Answer help Cuba gain
independence from Spain, yellow journalism and the explosion of the USS Maine
Yellow Journalism- American Expansionism - Answer journalism that is based upon
sensationalism and crude exaggeration. A cause of the Spanish American War
Spheres of Influence in China- American Expansionism - Answer China became divided
by European powers. The European powers would have special trading privileges within
their respective spheres
, Panama Canal- American Expansionism - Answer During the Presidency of Theodore
Roosevelt, the United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the
Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa.
Monroe Doctrine (1823)- American Expansionism - Answer US foreign policy regarding
Latin American countries. The doctrine warned European countries to stay out of Latin
America
Roosevelt Corollary (1904)- American Expansionism - Answer Roosevelt's extension of
the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic
interests in Latin America by using military force. we were the "police of the western
hemisphere"
Nativism- immigration - Answer A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-
born ones. Many American workers had nativist feelings because they feared that
immigrants would compete for factory jobs
Ellis Island- Immigration - Answer An immigrant receiving station that opened in 1892,
where immigrants were given a medical examination and only allowed in if they were
healthy
Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Era - Answer 26th president, known for:
conservationism (protecting the environment), trust-busting, safe food regulations, ,"
Panama Canal, and Great White Fleet (US naval ships)
Muckrakers- Progressive Era - Answer 1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption
in politics and big business (Sinclair/ Tarbell/ Riis)
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle- Progressive Era - Answer The author who wrote a book
about the horrors of food productions in 1906, the bad quality of meat and the
dangerous working conditions.
Triangle Fire (1911)- Progressive Era - Answer A fire in NYC in 1911 that occurred in a
factory. The fire was caused by dangerous working conditions and led to many reforms
(changes)
"Good Trusts" and "Bad Trusts"- Progressive Era - Answer Theodore Roosevelt's
attitude towards trust. A bad trust was a big business that took advantage of the
consumers and the gov. should attack. Good trusts were large businesses that did not
take advantage of the consumers.
Neutrality- WW I - Answer A position of not taking sides in a conflict. Position of the US
at the start of WW I
Causes of WWI (MAIN)- WW I - Answer Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.
War broke out in 1914 (US would not join until 1917)
13th Amendment (1865)- Reconstruction - Answer abolished slavery
14th Amendment (1868)- Reconstruction - Answer Citizenship to everyone born in the
U.S.
15th Amendment (1870)- Reconstruction - Answer U.S. cannot prevent a person from
voting because of race, color, or creed
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)- Reconstruction - Answer Legalized segregation in publicly
owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."
Segregation- Reconstruction - Answer separation of the races
Homestead Act of 1862- Westward Expansion - Answer Encouraged westward
settlement by allowing heads of families to buy 160 acres of land for a small fee ($10-
30)
Big Business- Big Business - Answer Term used to describe the corporations and
monopolies that developed during the industrial revolution of the late 1800s.
Capitalism- Big Business - Answer Economic system of the United States based on
competition and profit motive
Anti-Trust Legislation- Big Business - Answer laws developed by the U.S. Government
to protect consumers from business monopolies by making sure there is competition in
the marketplace
Isolationism- American Expansionism - Answer A policy of not getting involved in the
affairs of foreign nations
Imperialism- American Expansionism - Answer A policy in which a strong nation seeks
to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Spanish American War Causes- American Expansionism - Answer help Cuba gain
independence from Spain, yellow journalism and the explosion of the USS Maine
Yellow Journalism- American Expansionism - Answer journalism that is based upon
sensationalism and crude exaggeration. A cause of the Spanish American War
Spheres of Influence in China- American Expansionism - Answer China became divided
by European powers. The European powers would have special trading privileges within
their respective spheres
, Panama Canal- American Expansionism - Answer During the Presidency of Theodore
Roosevelt, the United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the
Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa.
Monroe Doctrine (1823)- American Expansionism - Answer US foreign policy regarding
Latin American countries. The doctrine warned European countries to stay out of Latin
America
Roosevelt Corollary (1904)- American Expansionism - Answer Roosevelt's extension of
the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic
interests in Latin America by using military force. we were the "police of the western
hemisphere"
Nativism- immigration - Answer A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-
born ones. Many American workers had nativist feelings because they feared that
immigrants would compete for factory jobs
Ellis Island- Immigration - Answer An immigrant receiving station that opened in 1892,
where immigrants were given a medical examination and only allowed in if they were
healthy
Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Era - Answer 26th president, known for:
conservationism (protecting the environment), trust-busting, safe food regulations, ,"
Panama Canal, and Great White Fleet (US naval ships)
Muckrakers- Progressive Era - Answer 1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption
in politics and big business (Sinclair/ Tarbell/ Riis)
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle- Progressive Era - Answer The author who wrote a book
about the horrors of food productions in 1906, the bad quality of meat and the
dangerous working conditions.
Triangle Fire (1911)- Progressive Era - Answer A fire in NYC in 1911 that occurred in a
factory. The fire was caused by dangerous working conditions and led to many reforms
(changes)
"Good Trusts" and "Bad Trusts"- Progressive Era - Answer Theodore Roosevelt's
attitude towards trust. A bad trust was a big business that took advantage of the
consumers and the gov. should attack. Good trusts were large businesses that did not
take advantage of the consumers.
Neutrality- WW I - Answer A position of not taking sides in a conflict. Position of the US
at the start of WW I
Causes of WWI (MAIN)- WW I - Answer Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.
War broke out in 1914 (US would not join until 1917)
