Country of origin for immigrant laborers on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Ireland
The trustbuster president who used the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Latin America
Roosevelt
Allowed people to buy things now and pay later.
Installment plans
Name given to weekly radio broadcast allowing FDR to explain actions taken by the government to help during the Great Depression.
Fireside chats
Supreme Court decision ending segregation in public schools
Brown v Board of Education
Law written to grant land grants to railroad companies.
Pacific Railway Act
Amendment that created a national income tax.
16th
Women who challenged social norms in the 20s
Flappers
Purpose of CCC
Put young men ages 18-25 to work outdoors
Organization led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Robber Baron who used horizontal integration only to control his industry.
Rockefellar
Direct cause of United States involvement in World War I.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Bars that sold alcohol illegally
Speakeasies
The 3 Rs of the New Deal
Purpose of Johnson's Great Society program
Combat poverty
Advocated philanthropy in the Gospel of Wealth, using his money for charitable projects.
Carnegie
Protected American business interests in Latin America.
Dollar Diplomacy
Drought and plowing the prairie caused this environmental disaster
Dust bowl
Direct cause of U.S. declaration of war in WWII
Pearl Harbor
Training of South Vietnamese troops to take over the war effort in Vietnam
Vietnimization
Political party formed by farmers during the early 1890s pushing for regulation of the railroad industry and bimetallism.
Populist Party
Purpose of Moral Diplomacy.
Promote democracy in Latin America
Name given to the practice of borrowing money to purchase stocks
Buying on the Margin
Plan that gave financial aid to Europe following WWII in an effort to contain communism.
Marshall Plan
Reduced trade barriers between Canada, the United States, and Mexico
North American Free Trade Agreement