WWI
Government Actions
Potpourri
For the Boyz
Ladies Only
100

 A form of war in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.

Trench Warfare          

100

Any non-confederate adult citizen could claim 160 acres of "public" land

Homestead Act          

100

 Movement of thousands of black people from the south to the north to make more opportunities for themselves

Great Migration  

100

He was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. Alternating current (AC).

Nikola Tesla    

100

Black journalist who led the fight against lynching. Reported lynchings and other crimes against black Americans that other journalists wouldn't cover

Ida B. Wells    

200

An attempt by Germany to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.

Zimmerman Telegram            

200

1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA.

Pure Food and Drug Act        

200

Negotiations between representatives of labor unions and management to determine pay and acceptable working conditions. Attempt to avoid a strike.

Collective bargaining  

200

 African American leader, founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa.

Marcus Garvey          

200

An American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. Used her position to advocate for the advancement of black Americans and for an end to lynching.

Madam C.J. Walker    

300

A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any American ship in the British waters

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare        

300

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law passed that allowed the government to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses

Interstate Commerce Act        

300

Style of journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers

Yellow Journalism      

300

one of America's greatest war heroes and a former conscientious objector. WW1 infantryman. Tennesseean

Alvin C. York

300

Fought for the women's suffrage movement. Helped found the National Women's suffrage association; helped progress toward the 19th amendment

Susan B. Anthony      

400

People who opposed warfare on moral grounds

Conscientious Objector

400

Woodrow Wilson's domestic policy/political slogan

New Freedom

400

A sytem in which victorious politicians rewarded political supporters and contributors with jobs in the government

Spoils System

400

Union leader, Organized the Pullman Strike (shutdown most railroad travel to the West of Detroit). Ran for president 4 times as a socialist. Imprisoned

Eugene V. Debs          

400

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"Empress of the Blues". Popularized the Blues genre of music

Bessie Smith  

500

 Commander of American Expeditionary Force in WWI

John J. Pershing        

500

reform measure that established the principle of federal employment on the basis of open, competitive exams and created the Civil Service Commission

Pendleton Act

500

Construction company to build the Union Pacific Railroad

Credit Mobilier            

500

 American musician and composer. “Father of the Blues.” He was the first person to recognize the importance of blues as a legitimate musical form. Born in Florence, AL, made Memphis, TN center of the Blues world.

W.C. Handy  

500

Award-winning black novelist who wrote about black life in America. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)

Zora Neale Hurston