vocab
a school where students live away from their families
What is a boarding school?
women were working for this
What is suffrage or the right to vote?
a person that moves to Minnesota from another country
What is an immigrant?
the name of the side that we were on during WWI
What are the Allied Powers?
refusal to work in order to get an employer to change
What is a strike?
this is attempting to solve various social, economic, and political problems through government action
What is a progressive movement?
people trying to end unfair treatment of others that are different in some way were fighting against this
What is discrimination?
most immigrants coming to Minnesota at this time were from this continent
What is Europe?
the name for countries that we fought against in WWI such Germany and Austria-Hungary
What are the Central Powers?
the reason for boarding schools and the allotment policy
What is to assimilate Native Americans into US culture, to get rid of N. A. culture, to have them own land like the rest of the US, or to take their land?
showing loyalty to one's country
What is patriotism?
2 things that labor unions fought for
What is better pay, shorter hours, time off, end child labor, and safer working conditions
immigrants from this country were discriminated against during WWI
What is Germany?
list examples of propaganda
What are posters, parades, music...?
the reason that reformers started to protect forests in Minnesota
What is that trees were being cut down faster than they were growing back, to protect habitat for wildlife, and to prevent forest fires?
total control of an industry
What is a monopoly?
list 4 things progressives were fighting for
What is women's suffrage, fair pay, safety, equal rights, ending monopolies, working conditions, assimilation...
List ways that the Commision of Public Safety discriminated against immigrants
What is stopped teaching German, discouraged German music, limited German language newspapers, accused people of being unpatriotic...?
this was sold to help pay for the war effort
What are war bonds?
before 1924 this was the only way American Indians could become US citizens
What is assimilate to American culture and become self sufficient farmers?
a share or portion of something that is assigned or given
What is allotment?
2 actions used to try to change things by progressives
What are strikes, protests, marches, demonstrations, legal actions (suing)
this is why immigrants lived in areas like Swede Hollow and the Bohemian Flats
What is they were too poor to live anywhere else?
This event cause the US to join WWI?
What is the sinking of US ships by Germany?
This person was known as a "Rough Rider" and "Monopoly Buster"
Who is President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?