Early Class Review
This guy "discovered" America; the Native Americans take issue with that!
Who was Columbus?
This early 1900's movement argued that experts and scientific principles could solve all the problems of society
What was the Progressive Movement?
An American official described it as a "splendid little war;" it started and ended in 1898.
What was the Spanish-American War?
This Progressive President argued through the 14 Points that World War I was a war for democracy:
Who was Wilson?
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution began this era; 14 years later, the 21st Amendment ended it--shows you how well it went!
What was Prohibition?
This side won the Civil War:
The Union (North)
This president was considered one of the Progressive presidents; he also would lead the nation to victory during WWI
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
When we went to war with Spain in 1898, American soldiers shouted they were avenging the sinking of this ship
What was the USS Maine?
This country sent the famous Zimmerman Telegram, encouraging Mexico to start a war against the United States
What was Germany?
This term referred to the great flowering of black culture that happened in northern cities throughout the 1920's
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
The line "all men are created equal" was written by Thomas Jefferson in this famous document:
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This Progressive president was known for his protection of national parks--and his obsession with manliness!
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Immigrants from Eastern Europe arrived in the United States through this famous entry point.
What was Ellis Island?
The U.S. distributed a lot of this during WWI--images meant to fire people up for the war and turn them against the Germans.
What was propaganda?
A part of the Harlem Renaissance, this genre of music famously became the soundtrack of the 1920's
What was jazz?
This was the period following the Civil War, when the army briefly occupied the South and tried to ensure the civil rights of African Americans
What was Reconstruction?
This 1896 Supreme Court decision was ignored or accepted by most progressives; it gave official government support to segregation under "separate but equal".
What was Plessy vs. Fergeson?
Immigrants from this country migrated into the American West to help build the railroads
What was China?
Wilson told everyone that World War I was worth it in the end--as long as the U.S. joined this organization.
What was the League of Nations?
This term referred to a famous type of 1920's woman; they enjoyed shorter hair and a more liberated lifestyle
Who were the flappers?
During the Gilded Age this was a popular ideology. Short version; strong humans survive in a modern economy, while weak ones die off
What was Social Darwinism?
What was the 19th Amendment?
During the Spanish-American War, the U.S. government claimed they wanted to liberate this country...
What was Cuba/the Philippines?
During WWI, the U.S. government passed through these laws, meant to crack down on people who were against the war
What were the Sedition and Espionage Acts?
This trial showed the battles between religious people and scientists in the 1920s.
What was the Scopes Trial?