RR that cross the US, made travel easier, made trade easier, greatly hurt Natives
What is the transcontinental railroad?
100
taking over other peoples’ land for the purpose of economic gain
What is imperialism?
100
Starts with the explosion of the USS Maine/yellow journalism and ends with the US taking islands in South Asia and the Caribbean
What is the Spanish American War?
100
supreme court case that limited freedom of speech if it caused a “clear and present” danger
What is Schenk vs US
100
gave women the right to vote
What is 19th amendment?
200
people moving West in hopes of striking it rich mining, new advancements in technology made mining possible
What is the Gold Rush
200
passed during Hoover’s presidency. Forced more than a half a million Mexican immigrants back to Mexico during the Great Depression to create jobs for Americans.
What is Mexican Repatriation Act?
200
going from basing the value of our money on gold to people’s trust in gov.
What is Gold standard vs. Fiat(paper)
200
founded the settlement house, called Hull House to help poor immigrants during the Progressive Era
Who is Jane Adams?
200
located in New York City that formed jazz and blues formed popular music
What is tin pan alley?
300
Progressive President (1901-1909) of the US during the Spanish American War and Panama Canal building
Who is TR?
300
General during WWI that led the American Expeditionary Force, which helped the allies beat Germany
Who is John J Pershing?
300
Defense attorney who represented people like Eugene Debs, Leopold and Loeb and John T. Scopes in the evolution Monkey Trial
Who is Clarence Darrow?
300
wilson’s plan to end WWI, included league of nations, created new countries in Europe
What is Wilson's 14 points?
300
Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Who are the progressive Presidents?
400
married to FDR and who fought for rights for the poor, women, and African Americans
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
400
writer who wrote about the misery of the Great Depression. In his book, The Grapes of Wrath, he wrote about Oakies(farmers from Oklahoma) migrating to the West due to the Dust Bowl
Who is John Steinbeck?
400
photographer who recorded the misery of the Great Depression
Who is Dorothea Lange?
400
started October 29, 1929 and with the crash of the stock market and ended at the beginning of U.S. entry into WWII. This was the United States worst economic depression in our history
What is the Great Depression?
400
Allowed for consumption of alcohol, getting rid of another amendment
What is the 21st amendment.
500
1. overproduction.2. speculation in the stock market.3. Shaky Banking practices.4. restricted international trade. 5. uneven distribution of wealth between the rich and poor.
What is the 5 causes of the Great Depression?
500
located in the Great Plains(midwest) a series of heavy winds that carried top soil away causing many deaths and over a million farmers to lose their land
What is Dust bowl?
500
thought voluntarism would bring us through the Great Depression.
Who is Hoover?
500
New Deal President
Who is FDR?
500
100
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