Unit 1
the most important factor for settlement of the west
Railroads
First anti trust legislation passed
Sherman anti trust act of 1890
Most famous political machine
William “Boss” Tweed
Woodrow Wilson’s Foreign Policy
Moral Diplomacy
The spark that ignited WW1
Ferdinand’s Assassination
Gave each family 160 acres to homestead
Dawes Act
Immigrants that came through angel island
Asian
Gilded ages
Progressive Era
American continents can no longer be colonized by any European power
Monroe doctrine— Roosevelt Corollary
Doughboys general
Pershing
Indians finest hour 1876
Battle of little big horn
Jane Addams-settlement homes
Hull House
People’s party
Populist party
Teddy Roosevelt’s policy
Big Stick Diplomacy
How did America fund WW1?
Taxes
Things bisons were used for
Clothes, shoes, food, weapons, tools, fuel, shelter
What was the first labor union, why was it replace and by who?
knights of labor, replaced by American Federation of Labor due to being unorganized
Ida B Wells, Ida Tarbell, Lewis Hine, Upton Sinclair, Florence Kelly
Muckrakers
boxer rebellion
Taft, Dollar Diplomacy
U.S. entered WW1
April 6,1917
Fort Laramie Treaty
Ethnic enclaves
Shantytown, Chinatown, Little Italy, Germany
trust buster
Teddy Roosevelt
Taking control of another nation
Imperialism
Treaty of Versailles
ended WW1