Ida Tarbell - exposed standard oil's corrupt business practices through magazine articles
Jacob Riis - wrote "How the Other Half Lives" which showed the terrible living conditions of NY neighborhoods
100
What industry created the assembly line?
Automobile (Ford)
100
What year and event triggered the Great Depression?
the 1929 Stock Market Crash
100
What was one way FDR connected to the public?
Fireside Chats
100
What were Kamikazes?
Japanese suicide planes flown into American ships
200
What is "Laissez Fair"?
Ideology that government should stay out of the economy
200
Describe the characteristics of immigrants before 1890
Western European countries, white, protestant, westernized, small amount of immigrants (50K)
200
What were Hoovervilles?
Shack communities that blamed Hoover for their situation
200
what were the 3 goals of FDR's New Deal?
1.Relief
2.Recovery
3.Reform
200
What year did WWII end?
1945
300
What reform movement lead to the creation of the FDA?
Business Reform
300
Describe the characteristics of immigrants post 1890
Eastern European countries, different ethnic/cultural backgrounds, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, culturally foreign o Americans, 3 Million Immigrants
300
What was the Bonus Army?
WWI vets that were promised a bonus they could receive in 1945, but they wanted their bonus in 1932, marched to DC to lobby congress, Hoover sends in troops to disband the Bonus Army.
300
What was the "Bank Holiday" and what type of RRR was the bank holiday?
-Reform
-Closed banks until the feds could check them out and ok them to reopen
300
What year/event brought the US into WWII?
Dec 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
400
What event brought the US into WWI and what year?
the sinking of the Lusitania, 1917
400
What invention helped standardize American culture?
Radio
400
What were the 3 underlying causes of the Great Depression?
1. Undiversified economy
2. Uneven wealth distribution
3. Self-perpetuating
400
Give an example of a Relief/Recovery program?
Relief: Civilian Conservation Corps
Recovery: Agricultural Adjustment Act
400
What is Isolationism?
Wanting to stay out of international affairs
500
Name 4 of the points Wilson's Fourteen Points called for?
1. Self Determination
2. Freedom of the seas
3. Arms Reduction
4. Creation of the league of nations to arbitrate international disputes
500
Describe the Johnson Reid Act and give the year it was created.
-1924
-capped immigration into the US at 161,000/year
-created a quota system: only 2% of national representation in the 1890 census would be allowed to immigrate ach year post 1924
-cut off Asian immigration, did nothing for Latin American
500
What was Hoover's response to the great depression?
1. Voluntary Cooperation
2. Federal Spending
500
What was Huey Long's Plan? Give examples of his plan
Share our wealth
-limit on individual wealth (max/min income)
-homestead allowance
-universal education
-paying veterans
-old age pensions
500
What was the US lend lease policy?
the US can sell/lease weapons to nations in our national interest