AP US Unit 6 Flashcards
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| 10089622905 | Sussex Pledge | Germany's pledge to only sink enemy naval ships. US had to compel allies to end blockade |  | 0 |
| 10052234432 | Yellow Journalism | Sensationalist reporting centered in New York |  | 1 |
| 10052247216 | 15th Amendment | The right to vote cannot be denied based on race |  | 2 |
| 10052256280 | 16th Amendment | Allows for the passing of a personal income tax |  | 3 |
| 10052279376 | 17th Amendment | Allowed legislation for the direct election of senators |  | 4 |
| 10052305970 | 18th Amendment | Allowed legislation for the banning of alcohol |  | 5 |
| 10052314374 | 19th Amendment | The right to vote cannot be denied on the basis of sex |  | 6 |
| 10052332352 | The Volstead Act | Started prohibition |  | 7 |
| 10052351589 | The fourteen points | Farsighted generous plan, didn't satisfy wartime concerns |  | 8 |
| 10052393011 | Lodge Corallary | Threatens other countries about taking strategic ports from the US | 9 | |
| 10052405332 | Triangle Shirtwaist fire | 145 people die in the fire, focuses America on working conditions |  | 10 |
| 10052433999 | Niagara Movement | Push for immediate equal rights for blacks and whites. |  | 11 |
| 10052460286 | W.E.B. DuBois | A sociologist and leader of the Niagara Movement |  | 12 |
| 10052480582 | Bull Moose Party | An anti-Taft progressive party, Roosevelt is nominated as their candidate |  | 13 |
| 10052503537 | Lusitania | German U-boat sinks a passenger ship suspected of carrying munitions |  | 14 |
| 10052522062 | Foracker Act | Organized Puerto Rico as a territory adn established civil government |  | 15 |
| 10052547872 | Teller Amendment | US senator Henry Teller pledges US has no intention of annexing Cuba |  | 16 |
| 10052569099 | Platt Amendment | Declares Cuba cannot make treaties infringing on its sovereignty |  | 17 |
| 10052609761 | Woodrow Wilson | Was elected in 1912 and 1916 |  | 18 |
| 10052619475 | "New Freedom" | Wilson's plan that emphasized competition and small government |  | 19 |
| 10052638931 | Teddy Roosevelt | Became president after McKinley died, was president from 1901-1909 |  | 20 |
| 10089529392 | "The Jungle" | Writtten by Upton Sinclair, shows disgusting conditions of meat-packing industry and the poor treatment of the workers |  | 21 |
| 10089568876 | The Underwood Tariff of 1913 | First tariff cut in 19 years, lowers tariffs by 15% |  | 22 |
| 10089593769 | Zimmerman Note | Note intercepted by the British, Germany proposed alliance with Mexico if US went to war against Germany |  | 23 |
| 10089723588 | Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty | Grants the US control of the Panama Canal Zone |  | 24 |