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US History STAAR EOC Study Guide (2025) Part 2
This deck covers key historical figures, events, and policies relevant to US history, focusing on the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It includes important amendments, wars, and social movements that shaped the nation.
Jane Addams
fought for women's suffrage and started the settlement house movement in the US to help assimilate immigrants
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
Jane Addams
fought for women's suffrage and started the settlement house movement in the US to help assimilate immigrants
Jim Crow Laws
passed to limit rights gained by African Americans in the 13th(freedom), 14th(citizenship), and 15th(male suffrage) Amendments
W.E.B. DuBois
Helped found NAACP, a civil rights group that fought for the legal rights of African Americans.
State Reforms
Initiative, referendum, recall; increased participation in democracy, made elected officials accountable.
Pure Food and Drug Act
enforced regulations to protect consumers; resulted from the efforts of muckrakers, like Upton Sinclair
National Park Service
created to conserve natural resources and maintain designated areas for public use and enjoyment.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Jane Addams | fought for women's suffrage and started the settlement house movement in the US to help assimilate immigrants |
Jim Crow Laws | passed to limit rights gained by African Americans in the 13th(freedom), 14th(citizenship), and 15th(male suffrage) Amendments |
W.E.B. DuBois | Helped found NAACP, a civil rights group that fought for the legal rights of African Americans. |
State Reforms | Initiative, referendum, recall; increased participation in democracy, made elected officials accountable. |
Pure Food and Drug Act | enforced regulations to protect consumers; resulted from the efforts of muckrakers, like Upton Sinclair |
National Park Service | created to conserve natural resources and maintain designated areas for public use and enjoyment. |
Improved working conditions | Child Labor Act passed and Department of Labor created to ensure safety and well-being of all laborers |
18th Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages; supported by women; aimed to reduce crime and health problems; resulted in speakeasies and crime |
19th Amendment | increased women's political power by granting them suffrage; or the right to vote |
Causes of Spanish-American War | Cuban Revolution and sinking of U.S.S. Maine. |
Effects of Spanish-American War | US was established as a world power, gained access to new markets, and acquired new territories in the Pacific (Guam & Philippines) and the Caribbean (Puerto Rico) |
Hawaii | Forced annexation by the U.S., supported by S.B. Dole; provided US with military presence in the Pacific and access to natural resources |
Panama Canal | land obtained by Roosevelt's Big Stick policy; was difficult to build due to climate & terrain; decreased travel time and made trading more efficient |
Big Stick policy | the threat of US intervention in Western Hemisphere affairs; part of Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine |
WWI | initiated by assassination of Franz Ferdinand & increased tensions in Europe; US was neutral at first but later joined Allies |
Trench Warfare | caused by the use of machine guns; resulted in stalemate; tanks & poison gas used to break stalemate |
US enters WWI | result of Germany's aggressive actions against U.S.-Zimmermann Telegram, sinking Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare |
WWI Homefront | U.S. citizens were encouraged to buy bonds to finance the war; women and African Americans worked in war industries |
American Expeditionary Force | (AEF) soldiers drafted through the Selective Services Act & commanded by General John J. Pershing; led the counterattack on the western front |
Espionage and Sedition Acts | made it a crime to interfere with war effort and limited freedom of speech during wartime; upheld by Supreme Court |
Wilson's Fourteen Points | ideas to prevent future global conflicts; League of Nations, freedom of the seas, Poland as an independent nation |
Treaty of Versailles | intended to weaken Germany after WWI; created the League of Nations; rejected by US |
Isolationism | Post-WWI US policy supported by Henry Cabot Lodge; caused US to refuse League of Nations membership |
Teapot Dome Scandal | bribery scandal during Harding's term; resulted in reduced public confidence in the federal government |
Mass-manufacturing | Efficient production made products affordable, like the automobile and other household items; Henry Ford |