Progressivism
Journalists who exposed corruption and problems hidden in society
What are muckrakers?
Long term downturn in the economy characterized by large rates of unemployment, a decrease in demand, and a banking crisis
What is a depression?
Relief agency whose main goal was to help ease freed slaves' transition from enslavement to freedom by providing them with basic needs and education.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the right to assemble peacefully and petition the government
What is the first amendment?
These TWO countries fought in the French & Indian War
Who are Great Britain and France?
This court case lead to the "separate but equal" ruling that made discrimination legal in the US.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
Homeless families used cardboard and packing crates to create encampments and build communities
What are Hoovervilles?
Terrorist group, founded in 1866, that tried scare Black people into compliance and keep from voting
What is the KKK?
The difference between federalist and antifederalist...
What is federalists believe in a strong sense of government and the ratification of the Constitution while antifederalists believe in states' rights?
This Supreme Court case that overturned the decision in 1896, desegregating public schools.
What is Brown v. The Board of Education?
Jane Addams founded a settlement house that would serve as community centers that would provide educational opportunities for poor/immigrants. This settlement house is called...
What is the Hull House?
Texas and Oklahoma and the entire Great Plains region suffered years of overproduction, poor crop rotation, years of drought, and then dust storms.
What is the dust bowl?
New York native that made billions after monopolizing the OIL industry with his business, the Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D Rockefeller?
These 5 states make up the southern colonies...
What is Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland?
Who is George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe?
This amendment provided direct election of Senators, meaning whoever the people voted for would be in office.
What is the 17th amendment?
Unlike Hoover, FDR proposed this plan which used the Federal Government to help alleviate some of the major problems caused by the Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This invention by Thomas Eddison allowed factories to remain open 24/7
What is the electric lightbulb?
Important doctrine that was a result of the 5th president. This doctrine stated that the US should stay out of foreign affairs.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This event on December 7th lead to the US formally entering WWII.
What is the Pearl Harbor bombing?
This muckraker exposed food processing conditions in his book "The Jungle". As a result, the Pure Food & Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act were passed.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
October 29, 1929 is also known by this name.
What is Black Tuesday?
Group of laborers formed for protection, organized for either skilled or unskilled workers.
What are labor unions?
This SYSTEM allowed politicians to elect their supporters as government official, making the government corrupt
What is the spoils system?
The race to space resulted in the Soviet Union launching the first successful satellite that became known as...
What is Sputnik?