24.9%

They were laws that enforced the strict separation (segregation) of the races.

a rise in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, racketeering

It established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines...

It's an amount of money-usually one or two dollars- that a citizen had to pay before he or she could vote.

In one of the darkest moments of America's industrial history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 146 worker...

Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half

The expansion of transport and communication during the 19th century created a need for a unified time-keeping system, and time zones were introduced.

AAA Agricultural Adjustment AdministrationCCC Civilian Conservation CorpsCWA Civil Works AdministrationFERA Federal Emergency Relief AdministrationFHA...

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or sociallyThe annexation of Hawaii in 1898British East...

The tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers.

Military technology of the time included important innovations in machine guns, grenades, and artillery, along with essentially new weapons such as su...

The case that challenged a Louisiana law requiring separate sections of the trains for African Americans. The court ruled that "separate, but equal" w...