mystery
What are some examples of cases that have taken place in Warren’s Court?
Loving v. Virginia, Baker v. Carr, and Gideon v. Wainwright
What are Muckrakers?
progressive journalist that shined a light on businesses that were doing wrong
Who did JP Morgan help save?
JP Morgan helped save the economy when he brought Tennessee coal and iron after roosevelt turned a blind eye to it but it allowed JP Morgan to create a monopoly
Why did women start the temperance movement?
Because women worked hard to promote their vision of a better world
They also started it to act against men
What did the U.S. gain from the spanish-american war?
The U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States.
The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaiiduring the conflict.
What is an Activist Government?
A government that takes action and doesn’t wait around
What did the Hepburn Act target?
targeted the railroad companies and other big trusts, set up a commission that could examine records, set prices, and to make sure big businesses weren’t doing anything shady
What did President Johnson's CAP program require?
Precipitation from the poor.
What is the WCTU?
Woman's Christian Temperance Union is an active international temperance organization that was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity."
How was Cuba impacted by the spanish-american war?
It destroyed two-thirds of its productive capacity.
What did Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act do?
Said you cannot discriminate against gender
What was the open door policy?
our policy with china to make sure we have open access to trade with china
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
A policy that said no european countries would colonize the western hemisphere
What was the WCTU’s main goal?
The main goal of the WCTU was to promote abstinence from alcohol
What was Theodore Roosevelt's famous victory in the Spanish-American War?
Battle of San Juan Hill.
What was the Freedom Summer Project of 1964?
Where college students helped African Americans in Mississippi to vote
Who gained their independence in the Spanish American war?
Cuba gained their independence from spain
What hemisphere did Roosevelt say he would police?
The western Hemisphere
What was the purpsoe of the movements/ unions?
The purpose of the unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions. The labor movement led efforts to stop child labor, give health benefits and provide aid to workers who were injured or retired.
what areas did F.D. Roosevelt greatly expand?
national parks
What does president Johnson's program C.A.P. mean?
community action program
Who did the progressive movement stigmatize?
the German, Irish, and Italian
Why was the temperance movement started?
Temperance began in the early 1800s as a movement to limit drinking in the United States.
What is the significance of the Spanish American War?
The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power.
who's gonna get a 100 on Mrs. Faucette's exam?????
all of us!