Unit 1
This is the application of the theory of natural selection to social, political, and economic issues. This theory was used to promote idea that white Europeans were superior to other races.
Social Darwinism.
What was the goal of unions?
Improve wages, hours, and working conditions.
What was the First Red Scare?
What are Wilson's 14 Points and after what war were they presented?
Wilson's plan for peace and post WW1.
Where did African Americans move to during the Great Migration and how were they met?
Northern cities, met with opportunity and prejudice.
Muck-racker Jacob Riis wanted to do what with his photographs?
Shock the middle and upper class Americans on how the impoverished population lived.
Who are the Knights of Labor?
American labor federation in late 19th century, demanded uplift of the working man and 8 hour work day.
When did the First Red Scare take place?
Early 1900s.
What did Wilson's 14th Point help create?
League of Nations.
Reasons why some local governments in the early 1900s corrupt?
City government was made for private profit.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Flowering of African American culture in 1920s.
Why were some workers hesitant to strike or demanded better wages or working conditions?
Many were afraid they would lose their job, as there were many others waiting for it.
What did Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer do with suspected radicals?
Deport them without a trial.
What did President Coolidge mean when he said, "The chief business of the American people is business."
Business should operate without government interference.
WPA and CCC addressed what problem during the Great Depression?
High unemployment.
This is the application of the theory of natural selection to social, political, and economic issues. This theory was used to promote idea that white Europeans were superior to other races.
Social Darwinsim.
What was the effect of Plessy v Ferguson?
Separate but equal, so made segregation legal.
How did the Red Scare affect immigration in the U.S.?
Many Americans feared immigrants, especially from Eastern and Southern Europe.
What was one of the major causes of the stock market crash of 1929?
Excessive buying of stocks on margin.
Why were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested?
Armed robbery and murder.
Why was the John Deere plow so important to the Great Plains?
Blades were made of steel, could cut through prairie sod.
What is the Great Migration?
African Americans moving from rural South to Northern cities.
Where did many immigrants settle and what did they do?
Urban areas, cities, and find work in factories.
What was the guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?
Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.
What explains the change of unemployment and the end to the Great Depression post 1941?
U.S. entry into World War 2.