1877-1899
Discovery of oil in Texas, led to economic growth in Texas and the oil industry in the US
Spindletop
The advantage of having control of the Philippines
close to trade in Asia
Vladimir Lenin led the communist revolution in Russia. He was the leader of who...
the Bolsheviks
October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday
Stock Market Crash
Great Britain was all alone in June of 1940 because...
France surrendered to Germany
Started as a telegraph operator before owning several corporations and owning many libraries.
Andrew Carnegie
After The Jungle was published, these acts were passed in response.
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
The birth of culture among African Americans through literature, art, and music.
Harlem Renaissance
the act that Hoover passed to raise taxes and tariffs on European goods
Hawley Smoot Tariff Act
George Patton
Organized strikes that sometimes got violent, but were the voice of workers
Labor Unions
The causes of World War I
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination
Two ways the role of women changed in the 1920s.
Voting rights and joining the workforce
This agency was designed to insure the banks and protect people's savings.
FDIC
December 7th, 1941, was remembered in infamy for...
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Many were Eastern European, did not speak English, Catholic/Jewish/Orthodox religion
New Immigrants
Two ways the workforce changed under total war.
African Americans from the south found factory jobs in the north.
Women joined the workforce.
A result of the 18th amendment
people still drank and there was more organized crime
Relief, Recovery, and Reform were the purposes of the...
New Deal
Americans on the Homefront did what to help with the war effort.
Buy war bonds, ration food
Taking over another country for their resources
Imperialism
You were not allowed to speak out against the war or the government.
Job opportunities up north, less discrimination, and more education up north were causes of...
the Great Migration
The British and French policy of giving into Hitler's demands to avoid war with Hitler.
Victory Abroad and Victory at Home meant...
Win the war, gaining civil rights