Late 1800s
The Populists led by William J. Bryan and the Grangers fought hard against the unfair prices charged by the railroads. Finally, Congress passed the ____ Act to regulate goods ship across the country.
Interstate Commerce Act
This Philanthropist, used the Bessemer Process to produce tons of steel at his Pittsburg steel plant and he would soon create a monoply with his company called called U.S. Steel.
Andrew Carnegie
This law became the first major attempt by Congress to stop the formation of monopolies. It was passed to protect American consumers from unfair passing.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
16th Amendment - National Income Tax
17th Amendment - Direct Elections for U.S. Senators
18th Amendment - Prohibition of Alcohol
19th Amendment - ?
Women's Suffrage
Which cause of the Great Depression is missing?
1929 Stock Market Crash
Uneven Distribution of Wealth
Over Borrowing / Over Production
Dust Bowl
This law was passed to assimilate Native Americans, many were placed on reservations, sent to boarding schools and taught English.
Dawes Act
Which organizations were connected to the following terms? Patronage Jobs, Corrupt Elections, Graft, Bribes, kick-backs, Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed and Thomas Nast.
Political Machines
This radical labor union leader fought for better working conditions for workers. He led some violent labor strikes and ran for President 3 times, one time he ran for President while he was in prison.
Eugene V.Debs
This event highlighted the division in America between Modernism V. Traditionalism and Science V. Religion.
Scopes Trial
President Hoover tried the Hawley Smoot Tariff, the Reconstruction Finance Corp but they did not work.
Hoover rejected direct relief to needy Americans and insisted that the American people would get through the Great Depression by using ______.
Rugged Individualism
The Assassination of President Garfield, the spoils system and patronage jobs led to Congress passing the ___ Act that established Civil Service Exams.
Pendleton Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentlemen's agreement between the U.S. and Japan were the products of ______, which produced feelings of resentment for immigrants and blamed immigrants for soicieties problems.
Nativism
This Progressive Senator from Wisconsin fought for our right have direct elections for our U.S. Senators and direct elections for primary elections.
Robert La Follette
Ida B. Wells exposed the names of those involved in Lynchings in Memphis, Tn.
While Marcus Garvey promoted Garveyism, which became known as ____ Movement.
Back to Africa
What did the unemployment rate reach during the Great Depression?
25%
This Supreme Court Decision established the "Separate But Equal Clause", Which would lead to a Jim Crow society in southern states for the next 50 years.
Plessy V. Ferguson 1896
This famous Robber Baron made a fortune in shipping and he also became a railroad tycoon.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
This muckraker exposed corruption in city politics with his famous book called "The Shame of the Cities"
Lincoln Stephens
Which President is responsible for the following?
National Park Service New Freedom Plan
Federal Reserve Banking Act
Moral Diplomacy
Woodrow Wilson
The FDIC and the SEC would fall under which Goal of President Roosevelt's New Deal?
Reform
This agreement ended Reconstruction in the Southern States. The Northern states got the President that they wanted in Rutherford B. Hayes
The Compromise of 1877
This railroad company stock scandal caused many Americans to question the morality of President U.S. Grant.
Credit Mobilier
This phrase was adopted by, they wanted the governmnet to avoid breaking up their monopolies by suggesting that the good businesses would thrive while the corrupt business would go out of business.
Social Darwinism
This famous supreme court decision limited free speech during World War I.
Schenck V. the U.S.
This controversial New Deal Agency tried to set prices and wages for private businesses.
When it was rejected by the Supreme Court, an angry FDR vowed to "Pack" the Court.
What was the name of this New Deal Agency?
NRA