Significant People
A progressive era thinker who emphasized improving poor working conditions and wrote the book How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
The stock market crash of 1929 led to a decade long economic downturn that had profound effects on American society and government policy.
Great depression
U.S. gains Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Treaty of Paris of 1898
What are Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
Initiative: People have the right to propose a new law,
Referendum: a law passed by the legislature can be referenced to the people for approval/veto
Recall: The people can petition and vote to have an election official removed from office
(1920) What literary movement in New York inspired cultural revival among POC?
Harlem Renaissance
What president initiated The Fourteen Points & League of Nations?
Who is Wilson
an international organization founded after the senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles following WWI because of the objections to potential European affairs. This symbolizes the desire to maintain sovereignty and self-determination/ isolationist views.
League of Nations
The treaty that ended WW1 and called for to blame, pay reparations, disarm, and give of territory of Germany
Treaty of Versailles
people who used journalism to expose many problems in society and quality of life
muckrakers
(1939) a term for purchasing necessary items as long as you can carry it on your own ship/ transport
What is cash and carry?
Who invented the relief, recovery, and reform policy?
Who is FDR?
The British intercepted a German telegram to Mexico, The telegram outlines the German plan to keep the US out of the European war, Wanted Mexico on Germany's side so that America focuses on Mexico, The U.S. Congress declares war, April 1917
Zimmerman telegram
Passed to suppress anti-war sentiments and restrict freedom of speech
Espionage Act of 1917 and the sedition act of 1918
The first battle of the Spanish-American war resulting in a U.S. victory
Battle of Manilla Bay (1898)
25 percent of immigrants came to america for a little bit of time then left to home country
What is the birds of passage?
Who helped break the mold of gender restrictions and expectations, by writing the book “Feminine Mystique”?
Who is Betty Friedan?
a decade characterized by economic prosperity, cultural change, and a shift in social norms following World War one.
Roaring 20s
The physical violence between black and white people about the new coming black migrants a specific city
Chicago race riots
(1919) an attempt to raid U.S. institutions and arrest suspected socialists/communists by the FBI and J. Edgar. Hoover
Palmer Raids
the deadliest workplace disaster of New York City
What is Triangle shirtwaist fire (1911)
Which president was known for his laissez-faire governance?
Who is Calvin Coolidge
what is the act that said "in the form of tryst or otherwise that was in restraint of trade or commerce among several states, or with foreign nations" declared illegal?
sherman antitrust act of 1890
The Japanese weren't considered citizens, a time of war, citizens temporarily lost rights. Korematsu lost the case.
Korematsu vs. U.S. (1944)
Government activism to solve American problems, Relieve unemployment and provide long-term economic reforms, Federal government accepted some responsibility over welfare of citizens, Protect natural resources
The New Deal
A group of african american airmen and military pilots that fought during WWII
What is Tuskegee airmen of 1941?