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created the Federal Reserve Bank, response to the Panic of 1907 and to the concerns of business.
What is the Federal Reserve Act of 1913
100
Policy by Woodrow Wilson of rejecting alliances with leaders who took control through force until a determination of their interests could be made.
What is Watchful Waiting
100
chain island in the pacific that is a popular vacation destination.
What is Hawaii
100
Address given by William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic presidential nominee, during the national convention of the Democratic Party.
What is cross of gold speech
100
case over women work hours. Oregon established a law that limited women to ten hours of work in factories and laundries. Supreme court held the law as constitutional.
What is Muller v. Oregon
200
Further outlined regulations against monopolies and other unfair business practices, meant as an update to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
What is the Clayton Antitrust act
200
The movement of African Americans from the South to the industrial centers of the Northeast and the Midwest.
What is the Great Migration
200
Created the basis for the scientific management of business in his quest for efficiency. Used shops and large plants as models and succeeded in spreading his ideas on efficiency to several industries.
What is Frederick Winslow Taylor
200
25th president
Who is William McKinley
200
Model-T. Moving assembly line. built "this" tough.
Who is Henry Ford
300
partly caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, along with other causes.
What is WWI
300
Consisted mostly of farmers, members who met in Nebraska wrote their "Omaha Platform", many ideas were later adopted by the Progressive Party
What is the Populist party
300
Book written by Alfred Thayer Mahan. Further encouraged those in favor of American imperialism and seaward expansion.
What is Influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783
300
American capitalist dealing in coal, shipping, shipbuilding, banking, and newspapers. Active in the Ohio Republican Party. Helped McKinley out.
Who is Marcus Alonzo Hanna
300
27th president, after Teddy Roosevelt. became chief justice of the supreme court after presidency
Who is William Howard Taft
400
a British passenger liner attacked by German submarines. carried munitions for the Allies. Americans on board were killed.
What is the Lusitania
400
Iron and steel workers' strike against Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh to protest salary reductions. Pennsylvania State Militia was brought in to take control.
What is Homestead Strike
400
Homer Plessy refused to leave a railroad car restricted only to whites. Supreme court upheld "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
400
U.S foreign policy for its dealings with China
What is Open Door Policy
400
Group of artists who painted realistic scenes. Focused of subjects of everyday life.
What is Ashcan School (New york realists)
500
included La Follette Seamen's Act, Adamson Act, and Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
What is Labor Acts, 1915-1916
500
became president of American Railway Union in 1893. Was a founder of the Social Democratic Party. Led successful strikes against the Great Northern Railway and against the Pullman Palace car company. Ran for president as a Socialist candidate five times between 1900 and 1920
What is Eugene Debs
500
Civil rights leader and author, called for full equality of African Americans, which included social, civil, political, and economic equality. Opposed Booker T. Washington's "gradual approach" to equality. Co-founded the Niagara Movement, which became the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
500
promised that when the U.S overthrew Spanish rule in Cuba, the U.S would give Cubans their independence.
What is Teller Amendment
500
magic box that voices would come out of. helped break down regionalism and provided news and entertainment.
What is Radio