Gilded Age
Why did immigrants come to the U.S?
For better work and educational opportunities, a better future for their children, and more rights and freedoms.
What was the 19th amendment?
Women were allowed to vote
What year did the Great Depression began?
When did WWI ended?
November 11,1918
What was the Red Scare?
The Red Scare hysteria over the supposed threat posed by communist in the U.S.
How did immigrants help the industrial revolution?
By increasing the supply of capital as well as the supply of labor.
What was the square deal?
To conserve natural resources, cooperate laws & consumer protection.
What caused the Great Depression?
Stock Market crash of October 1929.
What did Germany fear in WWI?
They feared of Russia military power.
Whos were referred to as the red's?
Them for communists for their allegiance to the soviet red flag.
What years did the Gilded Age take place in?
Taken place between 1870s-1900s
What did Upton Sinclair do?
He advocated for sanitary meat packing
What are negative effects of the Great Depression?
-High Unemployment rates?
- Infaltion
Alliances, Militarism, Imperialisms, Nationalism
U.S senator from Wisconsin who used intimidation and hearsay to attacks anyone supposedly associated with communisms.
What are the 5 major problems of the Gilded Age?
-Urbanization
-Immigration
-Growth of labor
-African American in the Gilded age
-Women Rights
Theodore Roosevelt
What did Roosevelt create to help out during the Great Depression?
-Emergency banking
-Glass Steagall act
-Securities and exchange
- Commission
-Fair labor standards act.
Why did WWI began?
It began after the assassination of Austrian archduke.
What does it mean to be blacklisted?
To be blacklisted meant being denied services, work, or a place to live to communist or communist sympathizers.
What is the Pullman strike
The Pullman Strike was a railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest in June and July of 1894.
What is the difference between social justice & social control?
Social justice focuses on promoting fairness while social control deals with regulating individual behavior.
What are positive effects of the Great Depression?
The expansion of the federal government for in providing social welfare programs, setting the foundation for the modern welfare state in the U.S.
Who fought in WWI?
Rival Alliances led by France, Russia & The British Empire.
How did the Red Scare affect immigration in the U.S?
Americans feared more radical foreigners, this led to new limitations on immigration.