Gilded Age
entrance for immigrants in New York
Ellis Island
Direct election of Senators
17th Amendment
This assassination led to the start of the war
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Nickname for Oct 29, 1929
Black Tuesday
Dec. 7, 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
United the nation and spurred westward expansion
Transcontinental Railroad
First major law to curb corporate monopolies.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
Central Powers
These numbers soared and led to deepening the Great Depression
Unemployment
Agreement between Russia and Germany not to invade each other
Non Aggression
establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine, providing the legal foundation for racial segregation (Jim Crow laws) across the U.S. for nearly 60 years
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Became President in 1901 championing "New Nationalism" and trust-busting.
Theodore Roosevelt
the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, the United States, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan
Allies of WWI
Makeshift shantytowns during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
Treaty that failed to prevent future WW
Treaty of Versailles
the first U.S. law to ban a specific ethnic group, prohibiting Chinese laborers from immigrating for 10 years
Chinese Exclusion Act
Book or article published that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act
(Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
the United Kingdom, France, and Russia
the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance
WWI veterans march for early payments, met with force.
Bonus Army March
Nov. 11, 1918 Day that ended WWI
Armistice Day
It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba
Spanish American War
Name of the Progressive Party in 1912- Supported Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose
British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat on 7 May 1915
Lusitania
Most important time of the President's Term after this time period of FDR
First 100 Days
Covenant of new international body of nations (US did not sign up)
League of Nations