Standard 1
Belief that the US was destined by God to expand its borders from coast to coast
Manifest Destiny
A single company that achieves control of an entire market
Monopoly
Reformers who attempted to solve problems caused by industry, growth of cities, and laissez fair
Progressives
Writing used to invoke strong emotions against Spain for their treatment of Cuba
Yellow journalism
Wrote The Great Gastby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Broke up the reservations and divided the land among individual members of the tribe
Dawes Act of 1887
People who built fortunes by swindling investors, bribing officials, and cheating on their debts
Robber Barons
Journalist and photographers who exposed the abuses of wealth and power
Muckrakers
The act of stronger nations taking control of weaker nations
Imperialism
She portrayed racial struggles in the 1900s US South and published research on HooDoo
Zora Neale Hurston
Transported both people and cattle to the East and to areas in the West
Railroads
Immigrants and rural people leaving the farms to move to big cities
Urban Migration
Three Progressive Presidents
T. Rossevelt (1901-1909)
William Taft (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
MAIN causes of WWI
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Great Migration
Prohibited monopolies or any business that prevented fair competition
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
Phrase coined by Mark Twain to describe the tremendous increase in wealth caused by the industrial age
Gilded Age
Written by Upton Sinclair, it exposed the dangerous working conditions and unsanitary procedures in the meat-packing industry
The Jungle (1906)
Three ideas that characterized American Imperialism
God
Gold
Glory
Characterization of 1920s print, film, and broadcast to communicate information to large groups of people
Mass Media
Using both gold and silver as the currency standard
Bimetallic standard
Survival of the fittest - the rich are better and smarter than everyone else
Social Darwinism
NAME BOTH:
1) addressed the filthy conditions in the industry
2) corrected the dangers of altered food and false labeling
1) Meat Inspection Act
2) Pure Food and Drug Act
Name both reasons the U.S. entered WWI
1) German unrestricted submarine warfare
2) Zimmerman Note
Nickname given to modern and rebellious women during the 1920s
Flapper