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What does laissez faire mean
No government interference
These writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, were very critical of 1920s culture.
The Lost Generation
What did Woodrow Wilson try to create for world peace?
Fourteen Points
Who were progressive journalists who exposed problems in society
Muckrakers
What is a retirement plan for the elderly to retire and create new jobs for younger workers?
Social Security Act
How did Thomas Edison contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
An increase in this feeling led to limitations on immigration such as the Emergency Quota Act and the National Origins Act.
nativism
What did Germany send to Mexico, saying if you help us, we will get your territory back?
Zimmerman Note
Who attacked political machine corruption in his book, The Shame of the Cities
Lincoln Steffens
Teddy Roosevelt is famous for participating in this war before he was president.
Spanish-American War
One purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was to
Protect American Jobs
This Republican president won his election after WWI with a promise to “return to normalcy.”
Warren G Harding
Who were the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, Russia, France, United States
Who exposed the poor, urban immigrant living conditions. His work led to better housing, plumbing, garbage collection, etc.
Jacob Riis
The area in the Great Plains was ravaged by severe drought and windstorm.
Dust Bowl
In the early 20th century, what was the main reason for the high rates of industrial accidents?
Inadequate safety measures in factories
Albert Fall was imprisoned for taking bribes and giving oil drilling rights to a company during this scandal during the Harding administration.
Teapot-Dome Scandal?
What was the ship that Germany sank due to unrestricted submarine warfare?
Lusitania
Who contributed to the eventual break up of Standard Oil Trust?
Ida Tarbell
Roosevelt led this volunteer cavalry up San Juan Hill.
Rough Riders
What did the Pendleton Act Reform
Spoils System
This famous trial occurred when a teacher in Tennessee taught evolution to his students and was subsequently arrested.
Scopes Trial
What year did WWI start?
1914
Citizens could vote directly on a law, bypassing political machines.
Referendum
The explosion of this American vessel was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War.
U.S.S. Maine