Rise of Industrialization (1877-1900)
This law gave settlers 160 acres of western land
Homestead Act
This president promoted the Square Deal and trust-busting
Theodore Roosevelt
This 1898 war expanded U.S. influence overseas
Spanish-American War
This amendment banned alcohol
18th amendment (prohibition)
This event in October 1929 triggered the Depression
stock market crash
This Supreme Court case upheld "separate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
These two amendments created income tax and direct election of senators
16th and 17th amendments
The explosion of this ship increased calls for war with Spain
USS Maine
This trail debated teaching evolution in Tennessee
Scopes Trial
FDR's relief, recovery, and reform programs were called this
New Deal
This act attempted to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal land
Dawes Act
This muckraker exposed Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
This telegram tried to convince Mexico to join Germany
Zimmerman Telegram
This movement celebrated African American culture in NYC
Harlem Renaissance
This program provided retirement benefits for the eldery
social security
Pendleton Act
This movement pushed for women's voting rights and led to the 19th Amendment
Women's suffrage movement
Wilson's peace plan was called this
Fourteen Points
Buying stocks with borrowed money was called this
buying on margin
This group of WWI veterans marched on Washington for early bonuses
Bonus Army
Name two major industrial leaders and describe their contributions
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thomas Edison, etc.
Compare Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
Washington—gradualism & vocational training; Du Bois—immediate equality & higher education (NAACP)
Explain the US rejection of the League of Nations
fears of foreign entanglement; Senate opposition led by Henry Cabot Lodge
Name two causes of the first Red Scare
fear of communism, labor strikes, Russian Revolution, anarchist bombings
Explain on criticism of the New Deal
expanded government too much; socialist ideals; court-packing controversy