urban
Organizations created to protect workers from unfair wages & working conditions
labor union
Name ONE reason why US wants to take over other nations.
raw resources, spread Christianity, create naval bases, ideologies
What "viewpoint" did the US originally have on WWII?
isolationism
18th
The ____________ line help make products much faster & in large quantities.
assembly line.
this means the "right to vote"
suffrage
Exaggerated news.
yellow journalism
Lusitania
repealed alcohol
21st
Runned down and overcrowded apartment buildings were called
tentements
This is a person who "exposes" the truth behind corruption or unsafe practices.
muckraker
Which war made U.S. seen as a world power 1898?
a. American Revolution
b. Spanish-American
c. Civil War
b. Spanish-American
This was the telegram that Germany bribe Mexico to attack the U.S. in exchange for returning land. (another cause of US entry in WWI)
gave women the right to vote
19th
Mass migration of African Americans to norther cities to escape discrimination & find jobs.
The Great Migration
Court case that stated "separate is equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
Name at least ONE of the countries the US took over after the Spanish-American War.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Phillipines
Treaty of Versailles
established federal income taxes
16th
How did industrialization affect the lives of Native Americans in the West? Name ONE
assimilation to white culture
decrease in buffalo population
laws to displace Native Americans
This means "hands off" for the government to use laws to regulate businesses
laissez faire
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's policy that was to carry a big stick to push for peace & but not to be afraid to push for war.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Why did the U.S. NOT join the League of Nations?
established direct election of senators
17th