Women's Rights
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
Which president was assassinated in 1901, elevating Roosevelt to the president?
William McKinley
Who was president after Roosevelt?
William Howard Taft
Name three groups of people that were discriminated against at this time
Asians, Jewish people, Catholics, African Americans, Mexicans
The sinking of the Lusitania had what effect on WW1?
The USA joined the war
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
18th
Roosevelt broke up many large companies giving him which nickname?
Trustbuster!
Gave congress the power to tax individual income
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
Banned Chinese Immigrants from coming into the United States
Chlorine gas--the highly toxic and deadly chemical used in WW1 was known as what?
Mustard Gas
Women entered into the workforce in greater numbers because they had more free time--name two reasons why they had more free time
1. Moved to city--less work on the farm
2. Children in school
3. Men working in factories
Which environmental service was Roosevelt responsible for creating?
US Forestry Service
What did the Federal Reserve Act do?
Regulated banking and established the federal reserve
Who was Booker T Washington, and what did he believe in?
He was an educator and leader who believed Black people needed to work and contribute more to the economy before they should demand society equality and end segregation
Whose assassination led to the start of the Great War?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand--heir presumptive to the throne of the Austria-Hungarian Empire
Which temperance activist was famous for destroying salons with an ax?
Carry Nation
Roosevelt started which party in 1912?
Bull Moose
Which president passed laws to regulate child labor?
Woodrow Wilson
What were the Mexican-American self-defense groups called?
Mutualistas
Which Middle Eastern Empire lost most of its territory during WW1?
The Ottoman Empire
What is the capitol of the first state to give women the right to vote?
Cheyenne, Wyoming
What battle did Roosevelt fight in the Spanish-American war?
San Juan Hill
President Taft was famous for being a very large man. Although untrue, there is a myth that Taft got stuck in what?
a bathtub--this is false but Taft did get an extra large custom bathtub installed in the White House
What was the NAACP stand for?
The Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What was the deadliest battle of WW1?
The Battle of Somme in Northern France--this battle lasted for months and over ONE MILLION casualties were suffered on both sides