People
Acts & Movements
Events
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100
American women's rights leaders in the 19th century, introduced women's suffrage into the US, co-founder of the Women's Temperance Movement
Who is Susan B. Anthony
100
Law banning any trust that restrained interstate trade or commerce; first law to limit cartels and monopolies
What is Sherman Antitrust Act
100
Violent railway workers' strike which began in Chicago and spread nationwide (1894)
What is Pullman Strike
100
Repealed Prohibition
What is 21st Amendment
100
poem written by Rudyard Kipling; written in response to the US takeover of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War; stated the whites have a duty/obligation to colonize and help the poor
What is "The White Man's Burden"
200
Formed the National Women's Party, used public protest marches to gain support for women's suffrage, NWP was the first group to picket outside the white house
Who is Alice Paul
200
Movement started by women aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it
What is temperance movement
200
Labor-related protest in Chicago which ended in deadly violence (1886)
What is Haymarket Riot
200
Gave women the right to vote in all elections
What is 19th Amendment
200
State annexed into the US by Pres. McKinley during the Spanish-American War; America had sugar cane plantations here
What is Hawaii
300
Leading figure in the settlement house movement, opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to the urban poor
Who is Jane Addams
300
movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanizations by promoting reforms to improve political, economic, and social issues
What is Progressive Movement
300
African Americans leaving the south and moving to the north; escaping violence and finding better jobs, economic advancements
What is the Great Migration
300
Banned the making, selling, and transporting of alcoholic beverages in the US
What is 18th Amendment
300
Type of journalism starting during the war with Spain; articles and headlines exaggerated the Spanish-American War which encouraged Americans people to support the war
What is Yellow Journalism
400
Organized the American Railway Union, refused to end the railway strike and was arrested
Who is Eugene V. Debs
400
Movement encouraged by the progressive women to gain their right to vote; used protests, boycotts, picket lines, and hunger strikes to raise awareness
What is Suffrage Movement
400
Period during the 1920s in which African American novelists, poets, and artists celebrated their culture
What is the Harlem Renaissance
400
Gave Congress the power to collect taxes on people's income
What is 16th Amendment
400
Theodor Roosevelt's foreign policy
What is Big Stick Diplomacy
500
Delivered the "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896, supported free silver (both gold and silver could be legal tender), argued this would improve the economy
Who is William Jennings Bryan
500
Gave federal government power to decide where and how water would be distributed; Part of conservation of the environment under Teddy Roosevelt
What is National Reclamation Act
500
1921; Armed African Americans tried to protect a black man from lynching; 35 city blocks burned down by white rioters
What is the Tulsa Race Riot
500
Instituted the direct election of senators by the people of each state
What is 17th Amendment
500
William Howard Taft's foreign policy
What is Dollar Diplomacy
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