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My cheat sheet for the midterm. You are allowed one page cheat sheet. I recommend adding more to it. ...

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Black Codes: Who-African Americans, white southerners. What- restrictions on daily life. Ex: curfew, can’t barter, etc. When- after civil war, 1860s Where- the south H.S.- started reconstruction era th 13 amendment: who: slaves (blacks) & slave owners What: ended slavery in America When: 1865 Where: USA H.S.- protected the rights of newly freed people. th 14 amendment: who: all people born in the U.S. or naturalized in the U.S. What: granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. When: 1868 Where: U.S. H.S.: granted citizenship for former slaves and guaranteed equal protection of the laws 15th amendment: who: all U.S. citizen What: gave all US citizens the right to vote. Won’t be denied based on race, color, or sex When: 1870 Where: US H.S.: women and blacks were then able to vote Ku Klux Klan: who: whites and African Americans What: white supremacist group that harassed African Americans and white republicans When: 1865 Where: the south H.S.: reconstruction era Andrew Johnson: who: the 17th president What- became president after Lincoln was assassinated, first president to be impeached When: 1865 Where: U.S. H.S.: he tried to restore the south but clashed with Radical Republicans. He was the first to be impeached Teddy Roosevelt: who: 26th president, youngest U.S. president What- square deal, the three c’s-conservation, control, and consumer When:1901 Where: U.S. H.S.: he made it so meat had to be actually healthy in order for it to be served Assassination of McKinley: who: William McKinley What: was shot while shaking hands with the public When: September 1901 Where: New York H.S.: as a result, security for the president became stronger Woodrow Wilson: who: 28th president When: 1913 Where: U.S. What: led the Americans through WW1 H.S.: created the Versailles Treaty Flappers: who: women in the 1920s that gave off the “I don’t care” persona What: did what society did not expect from women, danced to jazz, smoked, wore makeup, lived in the moment When: 1920s Where: the West H.S.: they went against the social norms. Changed the way women were looked at Dustbowl: who: farmers and people that lived near farms What: period of severe dust storms that damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American prairies When: 1930s Where: Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico H.S.: lengthened the great depression Pearl Harbor: who: Japan and U.S. What: surprise attack from the Japanese to the U.S. When: 1941 Where: Hawaii Territory H.S.: led to the U.S.’s entry into WW2 Great Migration: who: Africans What: 6 million African Americans moved from the rural southern united states to the urban northeast, Midwest, and west When: between 1916-1970 Where: urban northeast, Midwest, and west H.S.: African Americans were stepping out and building a place for public life, confronted racial prejudice Great Depression: who- Americans What: the worst economic down turn in the history of the industrialized world When: 1929-1939 Where: U.S.

H.S.: challenged American families and allowed for FDR to make a difference Red Scare 1919: who: Americans and immigrants What: widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism due to real and imagined events When: 1919 Where: U.S. H.S.: started into the cold war Andrew Carnegie: who: Scottish American industrialist What: led the expansion of the American steel industry When: 19th century Where: Pennsylvania H.S.: revolutionized steel production in the U.S....