Unit 1
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Native Americans (Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, Arapaho tribes)
What did Plessy v. Ferguson rule and why was it an important court case?
"separate but equal" was okay; allowed Jim Crow segregation to flourish in the South
Which president practiced "Big Stick Diplomacy"?
Teddy Roosevelt
What city neighborhood was the center of a proliferation of art by African Americans during the 1920s?
Harlem, NYC
Name at least TWO ways US society changed as a result of WW2
-more women working
-job oppts for some minority groups
-rationing/victory gardens
-Double V campaign
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 do?
Gave citizens (predominantly white working class) 160 acres of land in the West if they lived on and improved it for at least 5 years
What were political machines and how did they gain power?
Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities. A boss leads the machine and attempts to grab more votes for his party by doing favors for working citizens.
What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and who was the first president to use it effectively?
-break up monopolies/trusts (large corporations)
-Teddy Roosevelt
Name one PUSH factor and one PULL factor of the Great Migration?
push: terrorism/discrimination/lynchings/Jim Crow in the South; lack of jobs
pull: industrial jobs (more available due to WWI)
Name TWO of FDR's alphabet agencies AND what they did!
**too many answers to list**
Name and define TWO key terms that reflect the U.S. policy of assimilation towards Native Americans
Dawes Act of 1887 - got rid of reservations and forced NA's onto single plots of land
Boarding Schools - attempted to assimilate NA children
Name at least TWO impacts the Second Industrial Revolution had on America during the Gilded Age.
-increased urbanization
-increased immigration --> nativism
-rising wealth inequality bc of laissez-faire government
Name at least TWO effects of the Spanish-American War on the U.S.
-US gained control of Puerto Rico and Guam
-US effectively controlled Cuba through the Platt Amendment
-US gained the Philippines as a territory -> led to Philippine American War when Filipinos fought back
Name at least TWO causes for the US entry into WWI
-sinking of Lusitania
-German U-boat (submarine) warfare
-Zimmerman Telegram
-US economic ties to GB/France
Explain the policy of appeasement and how it related to WW2
-GB and France's initial policy of allowing Germany to occupy Sudetenland
-WW2 began when Germany continued to violate this policy by attacking more countries
Why did Chinese immigrants come to America in the late 1800s, and how were they treated? (must use at least TWO key terms in response)
-worked in mining and on transcontinental railroads, later established Chinatowns
-faced nativism; Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 barred Chinese immigration
What were the purpose of labor unions AND why were they largely unsuccessful?
-allow workers to advocate for better working conditions, higher pay, etc.
-many strikes were deemed "violent" and broken up by the National Guard, many unions excluded minorities/women
Explain the DIFFERENCE between Yellow Journalism and Muckraking
Muckraking was journalism focused on exposing corruption in politics/industries to expose it to the public
What did the Alien Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 make illegal? Who did they target, and why?
-made it illegal to express disloyalty to the US or speak negatively about the US government or Constitution
-was used to target Communists, "radicals," and immigrants during/right after WWI
Describe TWO technological advancements made during WW2
-radar, sonar
-atomic bomb, fire bombs
-larger/faster tanks, aircraft
What led to the creation of the People's/Populist Party? (what group wanted change, and why?)
Farmers were struggling do to price drops from the overproduction of crops; wanted to back currency with both silver and gold
Name two "Captains of Industry" of the Gilded Age AND the industry they were associated with.
Vanderbilt - Railroad
Carnegie - Steel
Rockefeller - Oil
JP Morgan - Banking
Who urged his audience to "cast down their bucket"? What did he mean by this metaphor?
Booker T. Washington; he was urging African Americans to accept their lack of civil rights and focus instead on the industrial jobs currently available to them, and urging white Americans to give AAs these jobs
-Racism (rise of the KKK)
-Nativism (rise of the KKK, Immigration Act of 1924)
-Fundamentalism (Scopes Monkey Trial)
What did John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, describe?
the Dust Bowl and migration of farmers from the Plains to the West during the GD