Progressive Era
Describe the impact of muckrakers and reform leaders such as Upton Sinclair, Susan B. Anthony, and Ida B. Wells, on American society.
Muckraker - Investigative reporters, writers, and social scientists exposed corruption in the government and in business.
Upton Sinclair: He exposed dangerous working conditions and unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry in his book The Jungle.
Ida Tarbell: Exposed Standard Oil’s ruthless business tactics of forcing others out of business and thereby creating a monopoly.
Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She also fought for woman suffrage.
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
Among the suggested causes of the Great Depression are: the stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.
Japan bombed this US naval and air force base. The US responded by declaring war on Japan and officially entering WWI on the side of the Allies.
Pearl Harbor
What were the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments
16th: established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax.
17th:states that the United States Senate should be made up of two Senators out of each state.
18th: outlawed the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
19th: women's suffrage
How was propaganda used during WWI on the American Homefront?
A call to arms, to join the military, victory gardens, to buy war bonds, rationing, etc.
What was the main purpose of Hull House/settlement homes?
In 1889, Jane Addams opened Hull House as a place to offer accommodation, education, and opportunity to the residents of the impoverished Halsted Street area, a densely populated urban neighborhood of Italian, Irish, German, Greek, Bohemian, Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants.
What effect did the Treaty of Versailles have on the start of World War II?
it punished Germany by making them pay reparations that they could not realistically pay off, causing German resentment. Hitler capitalized on this resentment to gain support and that led to the beginning of World War II.
Describe the impact of WWII on Japanese Americans.
Japanese Internment Camps: America's forced confinement of more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. These Japanese Americans were held in camps that often were isolated, uncomfortable, and overcrowded.
Korematsu vs. US: the Court held that compulsory exclusion of citizens during times of war is justified in order to reduce the risk of espionage.
Define one of these terms and evaluate its impact
initiative, referendum, recall
Initiative: Any proposed law can, with sufficient backing, be put on the ballot in an election.
Referendum: a law passed by the legislature can be referenced to the people for approval/veto.
Recall: the people can petition and vote to have an elected official removed from office.
The federal government could limit the 1st Amendment right of "freedom of speech" in times of war and if there was a "clear and present danger."
Espionage and Sedition Act
What is the Mexican Repatriation Act?
The Mexican Repatriation was the repatriation and deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans to Mexico from the United States during the Great Depression between 1929 and 1939.