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Praxis II - 5154 SocialStudies(107 questions
fully solved &
updated)
Jacksonian Era - answer One of the most colorful
periods in the history of American politics, this era
was a time during which sectional differences
(states' rights, protective tariffs, and national
bank) disrupted America's spirit of unity.
Gilded Age - answer A name for the late 1800s,
coined by Mark Twain to describe the tremendous
increase in wealth caused by the industrial age and
the ostentatious lifestyles it allowed the very rich.
The great industrial success of the U.S. and the
fabulous lifestyles of the wealthy hid the many
social problems of the time, including a high
poverty rate, a high crime rate, and corruption in
the government.
Progressive Era - answer A movement in the early
1900's that tried to get the government to solve
social and economic problems caused by the
,Industrial Revolution. The first time the
government really tries to regulate business
practices and the economy. Step away from
Laissez-faire.
New Deal - answer A series of reforms enacted by
the Franklin Roosevelt administration between
1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great
Depression.
McCarthyism - answer The term associated with
Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for
communists in America during the early 1950s
through his leadership in the House Un-American
Activities Committee.
Watergate - answer 1972; Nixon feared loss so he
approved the Commission to Re-Elect the President
to spy on and espionage the Democrats. A security
guard foiled an attempt to bug the Democratic
National Committee Headquarters, exposing the
scandal. Seemingly contained, after the election
Nixon was impeached and stepped down
Japanese internment - answer Japanese and
Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the
United States during WWII. While approximately
10,000 were able to relocate to other parts of the
country of their own choosing, the remainder-
, roughly 110,000 me, women and children-were
sent to hastily constructed camps called "War
Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the
nation's interior.
Civil Rights Movement - answer movement in the
United States beginning in the 1960s and led
primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the
civil rights of individual Black citizens
Suffrage - answer movement to get people
(regardless of sex) the right to vote
Feminist Movement - answer a social and political
movement that sought to establish equality for
women; "Roe vs. Wade;" notable authors Walker,
Cather, and Plath
Susan B. Anthony - answer (1820-1906) An early
leader of the women's suffrage (right to vote)
movement, co-founded the National Women's
Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
in 1869.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - answer (1815-1902) A
suffragette who, with Lucretia Mott, organized the
first convention on women's rights, held in Seneca
Falls, New York in 1848. Issued the Declaration of
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