Progressive Era
this book led to the Pure Food and Drug Act
The Jungle
What sparked the fighting in Europe
the assassination of Archduke Ferdiand
fear of communism
Red Scare
list 3 causes of the great depression
Speculation
Bank failures
buying on Credit
People who use unfair business practices to steal from society
Robber Barrons
Was known as the Trust-Busting President and started the National Parks
Teddy Roosevelt
name 4 new technologies in WWI
tanks, poison gas, airplanes, machine guns
women who rejected the social norms of the time
Flappers
What new agency restored faith back in the Banking System
FDIC
Made the car affordable for the average person
Henry Ford
exaggerated journalism
yellow journalism
What 3 reasons did the U.S. enter the War
1. Unrestricted Submarine warfare
2. the Zimmerman Note
3. The Financial entanglement between America and the Allies
two Italian Americans that were executed for a Murder they did not commit
Sacco and Vanzetti
President FDR tries to get new judges added to the Supreme Court
Court Packing
Invented by Alexander Ghramm Bell and improved communication
Phone
caused the Spanish American War
yellow journalism/ sinking of the USS Maine
forced Military service for men between 18 and 40
the Draft
Prohibition led to this new crime
bootlegging
What new agency regulates the Stock Market
SEC or Security and exchange commission
lack of rain and over farming led to this ecological disaster
the Dust Bowl
Led by Teddy Roosevelt and won the Battle of San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
Was a common man from Arkansas who singlehandedly killed over 40 Germans and took over 100 POWs at the battle of the Argonne Forest
Alvin York
ended the sale and consumption of alcohol in America
18th Amendment
photographer during the great depression that focused on the hardship of the average person
Dorothea Lange
Allowed African Americans the right to vote
15 th Amendment