Period 6
This strike occurred when workers protested a wage cut, and when they banded together for higher wages manager Henry Clay Frick used the Pinkertons to fight them. The Pennsylvania Militia ended the strike, and Frick got new workers.
What was the Homestead Steel Strike?
This group built off of the Populist Party's achievements, aiming to seek more government intervention in reform. Led by Teddy Roosevelt, they passed income taxes, labor reforms, and recalls/referendums/initiative.
What was the Progressive Movement?
This plan that Truman adopted led to the attempts to stop communists in Korea and Vietnam.
What was containment?
This man became president in 1980s, winning in 2 landslides. He worked to cut taxes, create jobs, and deregulate industry.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
This union, which focused on the 'bread and butter issues' of higher wages and shorter work days, was headed by Samuel Gompers.
What was the American Federation of Labor?
This was the name of the period of economic hardship following the Roaring '20s, due to high credit usage, shady loans, and abuse and being abused by nature.
What was the Great Depression?
This plan sent $12 billion to Europe to help rebuild infrastructure and promote capitalism.
What was the Marshall Plan?
This occurred in Kuwait after Saddam Hussein invaded, with a coalition of nations converging in Operation Desert Storm to take Kuwait back
Persian Gulf War?
These laws were passed in the south after the civil war when the federal government failed to exert influence, and these laws discriminated against blacks.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
This movement saw 500 thousand blacks move up north for jobs in wartime manufacturing.
What was the Great Migration?
This man was famously young and good looking, and in 1960 chose LBJ as his running mate, and beat Richard Nixon.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This president entered the US into NAFTA, had an affair in office, and appointed Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Who is Bill Clinton?
The nickname given to the age from post-reconstruction to 1900 by Mark Twain. Given because America appeared prosperous, but the great wealth was made of the backs of many under the poverty line.
What was the Gilded Age?
Name two points from Wilson's Fourteen Points Plan.
It called for free trade, reduction of arms, self-determination, end of colonialism, League of Nations
This act cracked down on states denying Blacks voting rights.
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
In this election, George W. Bush would beat Al Gore after mishaps in Florida ballot counter. A supreme court decision would ensure his election.
What was the Election of 2000?
In 1887, Congress passed this law, which was the first regulatory law passed. It set up a commission to regulate railroads.
What was the Interstate Commerce Act?
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine, known as the Big Stick Policy, justified military intervention in Latin America for national defense.
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
This amendment banned the use of poll taxes in all elections.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Under this president, the Cold War would end.
Who was George H.W. Bush?