People
Key Terms
Misc.
Wars
Rights
100
Journalists who promoted social reform, especially during the Progressive Era.
Who are Muckrakers
100
Production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
What is Economics
100
You buy this to share corporate profits
What are stocks
100
A cause of World War I, this led to conflicts between nations over colonies
What is Imperialism
100
Seperate but equal... this case led to racially segreated public facilities
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
200
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Bessie Smith
Who are Musicians of the Harlem Renaissance
200
Immigration laws passed during the 1920s meant to decrease the number of immigrants from Eastern Europe and Asia
What are Quota Acts
200
Allows voters to choose party representatives for elected positions
What are primary elections
200
This additional cause of World War I came about as powerful nations supported one another against foreign nations who were aggressive to either nation.
What are Alliances
200
This was the result of the arrest of Rosa Parks...
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
300
Famous Poet of the Harlem Renaissance who encouraged African Americans to advance themselves and to pursue a bright future.
Who is Langston Hughes
300
Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. (Example- published during the Spanish American War to encourage help for Cuba against Spain)
What is Yellow Journalism
300
Buying stock with credit brought about this devistating event in U.S. History that also resulted in high unemployment and the Great Depression
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929
300
The rise of dictators in Europe, failure of the league of nations, and the Treaty of Versailles all resulted in what?
What is World War II
300
The method of non violent protest used by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is civil disobedience
400
Symbol of women working during World War II because many men entered the military
Who is Rosie the Riveter
400
The economic system in which people privately own the means of prodcution and the government has limited ability in the interference of business.
What is a free-enterprise economic system/ capitalism
400
Programs designed to provide equal opportunities for minorites, especially in employment and education
What is Affirmative Action
400
Allies during World War II who later became enemies during the Cold War (2)?
Who are China and the Soviet Union
400
These laws segregated white and black public facilities
What are Jim Crow Laws
500
His Big Stick Policy was used to intervene in Latin American nations... example- Supporting the Panamanian revolt
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
500
Created in China by western nations to gain trading privaledges during the 1800s
What are Spheres of Influence
500
This new deal program provides services including disability, retirement and survivors' benefits.
What is the Social Security Administration
500
How the battles of Midway, Stalingrad, and Normandy were all similar
What are turning points of World War II
500
Americans protested this war on the grounds that it was a civil war and the U.S. shouldn't interfere
What is the Vietnam War