Domestic Policies & Issues. Homestead Act Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The.

Domestic Policies & Issues

Homestead Act Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres

of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years.

The settler would only have to pay a $25 registration fee.

Black Codes State laws that regulated the lives

of former slaves. They made it illegal for freed men

to hold public office, to travel freely or to serve on juries.

Reconstruction The Period 1867-1877 when the

federal government, through its military or local Republican gov’t , ruled former Confederate states.

Period of rebuilding in the South after the Civil War

Jim Crow Laws Regulations which enforced

segregation after the Civil War by discriminating against black people.

Dawes Act A law passed in 1887 that divided

reservations to give Native Americans their own land to farming.

Attempted to assimilate Native Americans.

Laissez-faire capitalism Used in government and

economics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to mean a minimum amount of government regulation of business

Sherman Antitrust Act Approved in 1890, this act

prohibited monopolies by declaring illegal combinations of businesses that were “in restraint of trade or commerce.”

Clayton Antitrust Act Approved in 1914, this Act made

certain business practices illegal, increasing the federal government’s regulatory authority over corporations.

It exempted labor unions and farmer’s organizations from antitrust laws.

“Return to normalcy” President Warren G. Harding’s

term for the return to peace after WWI.

Nativism United States policy which favored

the interests of native born inhabitants over those of immigrants.

Chinese Exclusion Act An act passed in 1882, it excluded

Chinese immigration for 10 years and also excluded criminals, mentally ill, and other persons likely to become a burden to the public.

The Gentlemen’s Agreement Approved in 1907, Japan agreed

not to issue passports for laborers seeking work in U.S. , in exchange for T.R.’s persuasion of San Francisco Board of Ed to put an end to segregating Asian children.

National Origins Act Based on 1890 census Passed in 1924, stronger than

original immigration act of 1921. Congress banned immigration from

East Asia Reduced European immigration

from 3% to 2%.

Prohibition The prevention of the manufacture

of sale of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. after the passage of the 18th Amendment (1919)

Result of the Temperance Movement

Repealed by the 21st Amendment

Red Scare 2 periods of time , in the 1920’s

and 1950’s, in which Americans feared the growth of Communism.

New Deal FDR’s programs adopted during

the 1930’s to advance America’s economic recovery & social welfare.

Major programs included AAA, WPA, FDIC, and Social Security Act

McCarthyism Term associated with Senator

Joseph McCarthy who led the search for Communists during the early 1950’s through his leadership and the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Great Society President Lyndon Johnson’s

domestic plan for transforming America during the 1960’s.

Included medicare and medicaid

Affirmative Action • A policy or a program that seeks to

redress past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity, as in education and employment.

Americans with Disabilities Act 1990- prohibits discrimination against

the disabled in employment, public accommodations, transportation and telecommunications.

The act guarantees that they be treated equally in the jobs & be given easy access to office buildings, stores, restaurants, stadiums, trains & buses.

Scopes trial of 1925 Scopes brought to trial for teaching

evolution. State law required that the Theory

of Creation be taught.

Dust Bowl 1934, series of droughts in 1930’s

led to dust storm in West. Many farmers left the land.

Internment of Japanese-Americans

After attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans were forced to relocate to detention centers.

Supreme Court upheld the law in Korematsu vs U.S. (1944)

Miranda warning 1966- Required police to inform

suspects of constitutional rights to remain silent and have a lawyer present.

Outcome of Miranda v. Arizona

Watergate Scandal (1972-1974) Nixon’s men were caught

breaking into Democratic Party headquarters.

Nixon involved in cover-up. Supreme Court ordered Nixon to turn

over tapes. Led to resignation of Nixon. Lowered confidence of many Americans

in government.

School desegregation 1954- Brown v. Board of Education

declared “Separate but Equal” unconstitutional.

Impeachment of Clinton Charged with perjury and

obstruction of justice. Impeached by House, but

acquitted by Senate.

Manifest Destiny Belief of Americans that it was

their destiny to extend U.S. westward to the Pacific.

U.S. gained Texas (1845). 1890s- it was used to gain colonies

in the Pacific.

Initiative, referendum, recall Progressive reforms which gave

the people more democratic power

Protective tariffs Taxes placed on imported goods in

order to protect domestic industries

Baby boomers People born between 1946-1965,

when there was a dramatic increase in population growth after WWII.

Spoils System The awarding of government jobs

or the granting of favors or advantages by government officials to political supporters and workers.

The term was coined during the administration of Andrew Jackson.

Seneca Falls Convention The 1848 meeting of women and

some men in Seneca Falls, NY, called by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

It issued a Declaration of Rights and Sentiments and marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in America

Title IX Federal law that insists that

women be given the same benefits as men in extra - curricular activities such as sports.

Harlem Renaissance Black Americans exhibited great

pride in their heritage and creative achievements during the 1920s and 1930s through music, literature, and art.

Bonus Army A group of WWI veterans who

camped out in 1932 in Washington DC to demand early payment of bonuses.

Hoover sent army to clear them out.