GILDED AGE
PROGRESSIVE ERA
IMPERIALISM/ WORLD WAR 1
GREAT DEPRESSION
COLD WAR
100
THIS IS A TERM FOR BUSINESS MEN WHO EXPLOITED WORKERS AND USED THEIR POLITICAL INFLUENCE TO GAIN POWER
ROBBER BARRONS
100
These groups hoped to improve the lives of workers dealing with harsh conditions and low pay
Labor Unions
100
these workers dealt with yellow fever and malaria while building this.
The Panama Canal
100
Stock Market Crash, Over Speculation, Credit, Over Production of Goods
Causes of the Great Depression
100
This feeling towards the Soviet Union caused a feeling of paranoia towards their fellow Americans
Red Scare
200
THESE BUILDINGS ARE WHERE NEW IMMIGRANTS OFTEN SETTLED WHEN THEY MOVED TO CITIES FOR FACTORY JOBS
TENEMENT HOUSING
200
This movement hoped to stop alcohol usage - it worked with the 18th amendment, however America soon repealed it.
Temperance movement
200
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Guantanamo Bay - All gained because of the ...
Spanish American War
200
These homeless encampments were named after the man often blamed for their creation
Herbert Hoover / Hoovervilles
200
Eisenhower's idea that if one country falls to communism so will their neighbors
Domino Theory
300
Students at these often faced brutal treatment and removal of their tribal identity, all in the name of "Americanization"
Native American Boarding Schools
300
These journalists hoped to expose the problems of corruption, greed and labor issues. You can read one of their works in The Jungle.
Muckrackers
300
These were first used to crossed the dreaded area known as "No Man's Land"
Tanks
300
These storms coated towns all over the Great Plains, causing many farm foreclosures
the Dust Bowl
300
The Soviet blockade prompted this Containment strategy - children mostly remember it for the chocolate
Berlin Airlift
400
THIS LAW GAVE WHITE SETTLERS 150 ACRES OF LAND TO SETTLE IN THE WEST
HOMESTEAD ACT
400
This woman hoped to improved the lives of immigrants and ease their assimilation through her famous Hull House
Jane Addams
400
This became Roosevelt's approach to "protecting" Latin America from European influence. Or as he says "Speak softly and carry a..."
Big Stick Policy
400
This New Deal agency insures bank deposits to prevent another Depression
FDIC
400
This conflict put us on the brink of Doomsday, with nuclear weapons placed so close to home
Cuban Missile Crisis
500
THIS THIRD PARTY WAS STARTED BY A FARMERS MOVEMENT AND HOPED TO ESTABLISH A SILVER STANDARD
POPULIST PARTY
500
These two men had differing opinions on how to better the Black community. One started a vocational school - the other advocated for a talented tenth
W.E.B. DuBOIS AND Booker T. Washington
500
Capture the Queen - an approach in chess and in taking over this sovereign country (and later state)
Hawaii
500
This controversial Roosevelt strategy hoped to get the judicial branch on his side.
Court Packing
500
This containment strategy hoped by aiding countries to rebuild we can prevent the spread of communism
Marshall Plan