Across
- 6. Beginning during WWI, the mass movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North and Midwest in order to take jobs in industry
- 7. The condition of all people being treated the same
- 9. Freedom
- 11. A government issued certificate sold during WWI to raise money for the Allied war effort
- 13. A forced return of immigrants to their home country
- 17. The assimilation of immigrants into American society, a goal of some patriotic groups who feared that increased immigration threatened American society and values
- 19. A problem that causes people to immigrate to another place
- 23. A document or other record of past events created by someone who was not present during the events or the time period in which they occurred
- 25. Certain protections that cannot be taken away
- 26. A new form of warfare in WWI that provided protection against the new weapons of the war
- 27. A factory where employees work long hours under poor conditions for low wages
- 28. This made production of products easier and got rid of the need for skilled workers in the workplace
- 30. A group formed in 1909 to fight through the courts to end segregation and ensure that African American men could exercise voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment
- 31. A journalist who wrote about social, environmental, and political problems Americans faced in the early 1900s
Down
- 1. An 1882 law prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years and preventing Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens; the first US immigration restriction based solely on nationality or race
- 2. The process of finding the meaning or significance of historical events
- 3. A system of government where the population makes choices by voting
- 4. The chance to improve one’s life
- 5. A treaty signed at the end of WWI that assigned Germany responsibility for the war, required Germany to pay reparations and reduced Germany’s territory
- 8. A telegram from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliances which helped influence the US to join WWI
- 10. A law passed by Congress in 1917 to create a national draft to the military
- 12. The practice of using children as manual laborers
- 14. The policy of favoring the interests of native-born Americans over those of immigrants
- 15. A run-down, crowded apartment building
- 16. Journalism The exaggerated style of newspaper reporting during the 1890s that was sparked by the rivalry between two New York City newspapers and helped inflame public support for the war with Spain
- 18. Union A group of workers organized to protect the interests of its members
- 20. The growth of cities
- 21. The development of industries
- 22. A document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred
- 24. A law passed by Congress in 1918 to make it illegal to say anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort
- 29. Empire Building or extending a country’s power/territory