Progressive Era
A female college graduate that founded a settlement house in Chicago called Hull House
Jane Addams
Leader of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), which provided relief during WWI in hopes of winning suffrage for women in the process
Carrie Chapman Catt
Two immigrants prosecuted for murder under the cover of robbing a shoe factory during an age of Nativism
Sacco and Vanzetti
British economist who said government should spend money to encourage consumption and investment to help recover from the depression
John Maynard Keynes
Italian fascist dictator that seized power in 1922
Benito Mussolini
Procedure by which citizens can introduce a subject for legislation, usually through a petition signed by a specific amount of voters
Initiative
Publicized coded message from German Arther Zimmerman to the German ambassador in Mexico. Suggested Mexico ally with Germany to invade the United States if the US declared war
Zimmerman Note
Fashionable young women known for their scandalous dancing and for breaking conventional gender standards
Flappers
Proxy war of the Cold War in east Asia between the Soviet Union and U.S. that ended in a stalemate
Korean War
This Act permitted the sale of arms to Britain, France, and China
Neutrality Act
The first federal antitrust measure, passed in 1890; sought to promote economic competition by prohibiting business combinations in the restraint of trade or commerce
Sherman Antitrust Act
Post WWI public hysteria over Bolshevik influence in the US directed against labor activism, radical dissenters, and some ethnic groups
Red Scare
Large movement of African Americans to Harlem New York from the South. Started an age of cultural flourishing among African Americans
The Great Migration
Radio broadcasts where the President talked to the American people about the New Deal as if he was discussing it with them personally
Fireside Chats
Signed by the President in 1942; authorized the exclusion of Japanese Americans from designated military areas and relocated them to internment camps
Executive Order 9066
26th President elected in 1909 (known as the “Trustbuster”)
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
28th President elected in 1912 and again in 1916 (was in office when the US went to war in 1917)
Woodrow Wilson
29th President of the United States. Administered during the Teapot Dome Scandal which he was unaware of
Warren Harding
The 32nd, elected in 1929. This President was best known for his creation of the New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt
33rd President elected in 1945 (who dropped the Atomic Bomb)
Harry Truman
This Amendment was passed in 1913 and authorized a federal income tax
13th Amendment
The federal agency that reorganized industry for maximum efficiency and productivity during WWI
War Industries Board (WBI)
This genre of music was made during Harlem's renaissance. Included prominent artists such as Ma Rainey, Neil Armstrong, and Duke Ellington
The Blues
a group of WWI veterans who marched in Washington to demand early payment of their salaries
The Bonus Army
German offensive in December of 1944 that was halted by US forces but with high casualties on both sides
Battle of the Bulge