Westward Exp.
Gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years and make it profitable.
Homestead Act
Name two inventions and what they did.
Bessemer Process-faster, easier, and safer process of making steel.
Lightbulb
Assembly Line
Telephone
What were Roosevelt's 3 C's?
Conservation, Corruption, and Consumerism
Name 3 territories we gained during Imperialism:
What organization was created after WWI?
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
League of Nations
Which type of music was one of the key components of the Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz
This broke up previous land settlements given to Native Americans into reservations and separated them into smaller pieces of land to live on.
Dawes Act
Name a business practice and the industrialist who used it.
Horizontal Integration- Rockefeller
Vertical Integration- Carnegie
What was the impact of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
There were more fire and safety regulations created to protect workers.
What was a reason for U.S. Imperialism?
What amendment was restricted by Schenck v US?
We wanted more Naval bases, new places to trade, and more resources.
1st Amendment
_______ is a fear of Communism.
The Red Scare
Belief it was our God given right to expand west.
Sherman Antitrust Act
How were WEB DuBois and Booker T Washington similar and different?
Both civil rights activists. DuBois wanted equality now and Washington wanted it gradually over time.
What is nationalism?
What were some of the problems with trench warfare?
Pride in one's country or people.
Trench foot, Shell Shock, illnesses, exposure to the elements (fleas, lice, rats)
What movement was an increase in African-American culture that brought many intellects, authors, and musicians?
The Harlem Renaissance
Helped increase transportation and shipping across the continent.
Transcontinental Railroad
Two acts that limited immigration.
Chinese Exclusion Act/ Immigration Quota Act
Name 2 muckrakers and what they helped change.
Tarbell- took down Standard Oil, Riis- tenements, Sinclair- Meatpacking industry, Nast- Boss Tweed/political corruption
What got us into the Spanish American War and WW1?
SA War: De Lome Letter, Sinking of the Maine, Yellow Journalism
WW1: Zimmerman Telegram and Sinking of the Lusitania
Name 3 massive changes in the 1920s.
Flappers, Prohibition, increase in organized crime, buying on credit, Radio, Jazz music, speakeasies, silent movies
Marked the end of the Native American Wars.
Battle of Wounded Knee
Name the four main monopolists and what industries they controlled.
Vanderbilt- Railroads/ Rockefeller- Oil/ Carnegie- Steel/ JP Morgan- Finance
What were the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments?
income tax, direct election of senators, women's suffrage (voting rights), and ban on alcohol.
What amendment did we sign saying we would NOT control Cuba after the Spanish-American War?
What are the four M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
Teller Amendment
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Traditionalists- fundamentalism, restricted immigration, prohibition, traditional gender roles
Modernists- science/evolution, younger generation, culture diversity, flappers, speakeasies/bootlegging, jazz music