Westward Expansion
The Act that split up Indigenous land into privately owned land.
What is the Dawes Act?
Leader of the settlement house movement and housing reforms. She founded the Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams?
Policy of "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Propaganda or exaggerated stories
What is Yellow Journalism?
Fear of Communism taking over in the US
What is the Red Scare?
October 29, 1929 - the day the stock market crashed
What is Black Tuesday?
Name for Act which could give up to 160 acres for 10 dollars but must live there for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act?
An entrepreneur who made all his money from oil and used horizontal integration to create a monopoly.
Who is John D Rockefeller?
Court Case which said separate but equal
What is Plessey Ferguson?
A strong country trying to take over a weaker county without their consent(bullying)
What is Imperialism?
1920s women who rebelled against traditional roles, embracing new ways of thinking, dressing, and acting.
Who are flappers?
The three Rs of FDR's New Deal
What are Relief, Recovery, and Reform?
Railroad that extended from the East Coast to the West Coast, helping to close the frontier.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Irish Immigrant who made all his money with Bessemer steel. He used vertical integration to create a monopoly.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Wrote the book The Jungle which dealt with the meatpacking industry
Who is Upton Sinclair?
The three territories that were acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
A neighborhood in New York known for the creation and appreciation of Black art, literature, and music.
What is Harlem?
The two main causes of the Dust Bowl.
What are drought and overfarming?
Word for Native Americans to adapt to American culture
What is Assimilation?
Name of the act that tried to prevent Monopolies from forming
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Government officials appointing unqualified friends and family to government jobs.
What is patronage or spoils system?
Written by John Hay, this suggested that all imperial nations should be able to trade freely with China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This famous evolution trial showcased the 1920s struggle between tradition and modernism.
What is The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial?
Tariff which raised taxes on goods imported to the U.S. and added more difficulty to the Great Depression.
What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
Place where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad met
Where is Promontory Point, Utah?
The American Railway Union strike that demonstrated the government's willingness to interfere with business.
What is the Pullman Strike?
A group that controls elections and votes using legal or illegal means. Eventually limited by civil service reforms.
What is a political machine?
Wilson suggested this peacekeeping organization, but the U.S. refused to join it.
What is the League of Nations?
Main type of mass media used during the 1920's
What is the Radio?
The SEC - a 'Reform' program designed to regulate the stock market.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?