Unit 1
What development connected the east and west, and fulfilled Manifest Destiny?
Transcontinental Railroad
Name given to investigative journalist during the progressive era who exposed corruption in society.
Muckrakers
What was the MAIN reason that the United States joined World War 1?
German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
What were the homeless villages that developed during the Great Depression called?
Hoovervilles
What were the 3 goals of the New Deal? (The three R's)
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Who controlled oil production and prices?
John Rockefeller
What was the name for the segregation laws in the south?
Jim Crow Laws
What act was passed by congress during World War 1 to silence critics of the war?
Espionage Act
Who was the Social Security Act intended to help?
The Elderly
What group was created by Wilson to prevent future wars from happening? (The US never joined)
The League of Nations
What did Thomas Edison begin building after his invention of the light bulb?
The electrical grid
What amendment gave citizens the right to directly elect their senators?
17th Amendment
What was the era called in which Americans were afraid that communism would take over?
Red Scare
What New Deal program built dams to provide electricity to rural areas? Also benefitted Georgia.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Which president led the conservation movement?
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Immigrants who came through Ellis Island typically came from where? (BE SPECIFIC)
Southern and Eastern Europe
Sensationalist journalism that led the United States into the Spanish-American war.
Yellow Journalism
What promoted a national culture during the 1920's?
Mass media
What were the three main causes of the Great Depression?
O,U,S
Overproduction, Underconsumption, Speculation
Where did Immigrants who came through Angel Island Come from? Where did Immigrants who came through Ellis Island Come from?
Angel Island- Asia
Ellis Island- Europe
What group organized peaceful collective bargaining for workers and businesses?
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What was the name of the addition to the Monroe Doctrine by Teddy Roosevelt? It stated that if Europe intervened in Latin America, the US military would get involved.
Roosevelt Corollary
What did the following amendments do?
18th,19th,21st
18th- Banned alcohol
19th- Gave women the right to vote
21st- Ended prohibition
What two groups did Eleanor Roosevelt advocate for?
African Americans and Women
Economic expansion, spreading democracy, and spreading Christianity were the main arguments by Americans for what?
US Imperialism