Define Black Codes.

limited rights of African Americans - meant to keep African Americans as landless workers.

Define the 14th amendment.

gave blacks citizenship as part of the Civil War amendments.

Define settlement houses.

community center for poor immigrants in cities.

Define blacklist.

a list of workers that employers will not hire.

Define the Chinese Exclusion Act.

the law prohibited Chinese laborers from coming to the U.S. - this was done to protect U.S. jobs.

Define the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

set up to regulate and outlaw trusts.

Define the 19th Amendment.

women were given the right to vote.

Define Nationalism.

takes pride in one's country and leads to war.

Define Imperialism.

when a country takes over a weaker country.

Define yellow journalism.

when people express their feelings in a newspaper.

Define the Red Scare.

the spread of communists coming to America.

Define the Great Migration.

1.3 million African Americans moved to the North because of racism in the South.

Define Prohibition.

prohibited alcohol

Define the Harlem Renaissance.

a way for African Americans to express themselves through art.

What was the Lusitania?

a British oceanliner.

What was Black Tuesday?

when the stock markets crashed in 1929.