WWI
A form of war in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
Trench Warfare
Any non-confederate adult citizen could claim 160 acres of "public" land
Homestead Act
Movement of thousands of black people from the south to the north to make more opportunities for themselves
Great Migration
He was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. Alternating current (AC).
Nikola Tesla
Black journalist who led the fight against lynching. Reported lynchings and other crimes against black Americans that other journalists wouldn't cover
Ida B. Wells
An attempt by Germany to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
Zimmerman Telegram
1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA.
Pure Food and Drug Act
Negotiations between representatives of labor unions and management to determine pay and acceptable working conditions. Attempt to avoid a strike.
Collective bargaining
African American leader, founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa.
Marcus Garvey
An American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. Used her position to advocate for the advancement of black Americans and for an end to lynching.
Madam C.J. Walker
A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any American ship in the British waters
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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law passed that allowed the government to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses
Interstate Commerce Act
Style of journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
Yellow Journalism
one of America's greatest war heroes and a former conscientious objector. WW1 infantryman. Tennesseean
Alvin C. York
Fought for the women's suffrage movement. Helped found the National Women's suffrage association; helped progress toward the 19th amendment
Susan B. Anthony
People who opposed warfare on moral grounds
Conscientious Objector
Woodrow Wilson's domestic policy/political slogan
New Freedom
A sytem in which victorious politicians rewarded political supporters and contributors with jobs in the government
Spoils System
Union leader, Organized the Pullman Strike (shutdown most railroad travel to the West of Detroit). Ran for president 4 times as a socialist. Imprisoned
Eugene V. Debs
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"Empress of the Blues". Popularized the Blues genre of music
Bessie Smith
Commander of American Expeditionary Force in WWI
John J. Pershing
reform measure that established the principle of federal employment on the basis of open, competitive exams and created the Civil Service Commission
Pendleton Act
Construction company to build the Union Pacific Railroad
Credit Mobilier
American musician and composer. “Father of the Blues.” He was the first person to recognize the importance of blues as a legitimate musical form. Born in Florence, AL, made Memphis, TN center of the Blues world.
W.C. Handy
Award-winning black novelist who wrote about black life in America. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
Zora Neale Hurston