cause and effect Flashcards
What are three causes of the Civil War?
Slavery.
State’s rights.
Economic differences.
What are two effects of the Civil War?
End of slavery.
Country is reunited.
How did the Civil War impact the role of women?
Women took on new jobs such as nurses and ran businesses.
How did the Civil War impact voting rights?
Black men were allowed to vote for the first time, and inspired women many years later to fight for their right to vote.
What was the Gilded Age?
1870s-1890s in American history that saw large amounts of change in the economy and industries such as energy, transportation, and manufacturing.
How did the Gilded Age change American workers?
Workers began to unionize in response to hard working conditions.
What caused businesses to expand and grow during the Gilded Age?
More demand for goods led to more companies hiring more workers, including women and non-white men.
What two major events caused Americans to want more government involvement in their lives?
The Stock Market Crash
The Great Depression
What series of government programs resulted from the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Why did the United States wait until 1917 to intervene in World War I?
Isolationism
What caused Americans to lose support for fighting communism overseas during the Cold War?
The violent images they saw from the Vietnam War.
Economic issues at home.
What impact did World War II have on racial equality in the United States?
Non-white soldiers served overseas and upon returning wanted the same rights and treatment as white soldiers.
What was a consequence of the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States?
The Space Race.
What was a cause of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?
Growing resentment for the racist treatment of African Americans.
What are three effects of the Civil Rights Movement?
Civil rights laws that banned discrimination.
Support for women’s rights and equality.
Growing anti-war movement.
