Peeps
Founder of Settlement House Movement.
Jane Addams
Happened to the US economy in 1937
A party that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and has a high degree of control over members
Political machine
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
18th Amendment
Proved to Eisenhower that the US could not contain communism with small battles
Korean War
32nd US President - He began New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Used as to describe the stock market in during the 1920s
Economic Weathervane
A group of investigative reporters who pointed out the abuses of big business and the corruption of urban politics
Muckrakers
Gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment (1920)
Peace conference run by the allied powers to discuss terms of the Treaty of Versailles at end of WW1
Paris Peace Conference 1919
N.Y. political boss (did not hold a political office) controlled Tammany Hall
William Tweed
The first national association of trade unions, formed in 1834
National Trades' Union
The Harding administration was involved in granting oil-drilling rights on government land in return for money
Teapot Dome Scandal
Direct election of senators
17th Amendment (1913)
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died.
Lusitania
Japanese American unit that became the most decorated in American history
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Railroad strike that cut wages while maintaining high rents; President Grover Cleveland called in federal troops.
Pullman Strike
Enabled President Truman able to skirt the Constitution and deploy troops into Korea
Police action
Major Kennedy legislation was Johnson able to get enacted
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Reasons for WW1
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
'Harlem Hell-fighters', African American unit received Croix de Guerre.
369th Infantry Regiment
Process of gaining control of different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
Vertical Consolidation
New Deal agency that promoted economic growth by regulating production, prices, and wages
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
A legal case in which it was ruled that government can limit free speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive dangers
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Central Powers of WWI
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria