Westward Expansion
This was why the Great Plains ended up being carved up into smaller reservations (within which Native Americans were forced to live).
Settlers wanted the land on the Great Plains.
This is a description of Pullman, Illinois around The Turn of the Century.
This was a town constructed around George Pullman's railcar business. It was meant to house (and some would say) control his workforce.
This was the name of President Roosevelt's plan to help the American people.
President Theodore Roosevelt
These were the four MAIN long-term causes of WWI
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
This was the date for the Stock Market Crash that was a signal of the start of the Great Depression
October 29, 1929
This is an explanation why most of the land from the Dawes Act and Homestead Act wasn't settled by individual farmers.
Businesses ended up buying most of the land.
This is the name of the Act that gave the federal government the authority and opportunity to regulate railroads and businesses that worked in multiple states.
Interstate Commerce Act
This is the Progressive President that merged together a lot of the reforms of the President who came before him (and, who also just simply wanted to be a Supreme Court Judge).
William Howard Taft
He was the President for the United States during World War I.
Woodrow Wilson
This was an impact of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
It harmed international trade and made the effects of the Great Depression worse.
This is a description of the Grange and what they wanted.
This is a group that originally existed as a social outlet for farmers (and a format for educating one another on farming practices) but quickly turned into a political group that pushed for Populist ideas.
This is the difference between Patronage and Graft.
Patronage is giving government jobs to people who are friends instead of people who are qualified.
Graft is illegally using a person's position of power for their own personal gain.
These are descriptions of both the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection - cleanliness and inspections for Meat Packing Industry
Pure Food and Drug Act - Truth in labeling (no outlandish claims), contents of food or medicine must be listed
This was the name of the law that required men to register to be drafted for service in World War I.
The Selective Service Act.
This is what the 18th Amendment and the 19th Amendment each did
18th - Prohibition
19th - Women's Suffrage
This is the definition of both the Homestead Act and the Dawes Act (as well as a description as to why they are similar and different).
The Homestead Act gave 160 acres of land free to anyone willing to settle out West, develop the land and live there a set amount of time.
The Dawes Act was meant to give the Native Americans land to farm (80 acres or 160 acres). The land came from carving up reservations.
The Homestead Act was available to anyone and the Dawes Act was an Assimilation policy that tried to get Native Americans to adopt farming practices.
This is a description of (and difference between) Angel Island and Ellis Island.
Angel Island was in California (very strict standards, worse conditions, mainly dealt with immigrants from Asia).
Ellis Island was in New York and had better conditions. Ellis Island dealt more with immigrants from Europe.
These are two famous Muckrackers and what they did
Upton Sinclair - The Jungle, meatpacking
Ida B. Wells - Exposing lynching
Ida Turnball - Exposed Standard Oil
This was the reason why the United States ended up entering World War I AND this was the United States' policy before being compelled to enter.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram
The United States was committed to neutrality and isolationism.
These are three reasons why it was difficult to enforce Prohibition.
Not enough money budgeted/not enough officials
People would bribe officials
Speakeasies and Bootleggers were popular and profitable (people were committed to drinking!)
Al Capone - organized crime made it easy to break the laws
These are all the parts of "STAR 16" (or, at least five things the Populists wanted).
Direct election of senators
Progressive Income Tax
Australian (secret) ballot
Regulations for Railroads
16:1 Ration of silver to gold (bimetallism)
OR, better working conditions and hours
OR, regulation of the banks
These are three details about specific things Political Machines did around the turn of the century.
Boss Tweed/Tammany Hall - NYC Courthouse scandal
Give immigrants jobs and services in exchange for votes
Give businesses permits and privileges in exchange for kickbacks
Help get people elected in exchange for favorable treatment
These are the four goals of the Progressive Era and one example for each goal
Protecting Social Welfare - Child Labor, Settlement Houses, etc.
Promoting Moral Improvement - Prohibition, Child Labor...
Creating Economic Reform - Labor laws - hours, safety, child labor, regulations for businesses and monopolies, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act
Fostering Efficiency - Assembly Line, Taylorism, Scientific Experts, Brandeis Briefs
These are three things that the Treaty of Versailles did
Established the peace agreement after WWI
Created nine new nations
Broke up empires
Required Germany to admit to all the guilt
Required Germany to pay reparations
Stripped countries of their colonies
Gave Alsace Lorraine back to France
Established the League of Nations
These are four famous people from the Roaring Twenties and what they did
Babe Ruth - Home Runs
Amelia Earhart - first female to fly solo across teh Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh - first person to fly solo across Atlantic
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Author, Jazz Age
Bessie Smith - Singer
Lewis Sinclair - Author
Langston Hughes - Poet
Louis Armstrong - Trumpet Player
ETC.