Gilded Era
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Incident?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a factory in New York that caught on fire in 1911. The fire gained national attention after the exposure of the conditions located inside of the factory.
What was Jim Crow?
Jim Crow was a series of laws and regulations promoting separation and discrimination against African Americans in the Southern US.
What was Propaganda?
Propaganda is a series of posters and other advertisements to support a particular ideal. We see this predominantly by the Committee of Public Information during WW1.
What was the Dust Bowl?
The Dust Bowl was an agricultural and ecological disaster in the Great plains where the top soil loosened and formed into massive dust storms.
What is Prohibition?
Prohibition is the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment banned the sale and distribution of alcohol.
What was the Populist movement/party?
Populism was a rural movement gathering greater economic support for farmers. William Jennings Bryan was a prominent politician grounded in the populist movement.
The WCTU was a union dedicated to promoting prohibition and the Christian morality of the United States.
What was the Lusitania?
The Lusitania was a passenger vessel that was sunk by a German submarine during WW1 that led to the deaths of 123 Americans on board.
What are "Hoovervilles"?
"Hoovervilles" were collections of small shanty towns that were collections of people displaced due to the collapse of the Great Depression.
What is women's suffrage?
Women's Suffrage was a movement working towards granting Women the right to vote. This was solidified by the passage of the 19th amendment.
The Philippine-American War was an offshoot guerilla war of the Spanish-American war. The United States put down the rebellion of Emilio Aguinaldo and his guerillas.
What was the Social Gospel?
The Social Gospel was a movement from Protestant Americans applying protestant ethics to social problems. This is the start of Settlement Houses like Hull House.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
The Zimmerman telegram was a message sent to the Mexican government asking them to join the war in exchange for US Territory. The telegram was intercepted by the British and published in America.
What were the "100 Days"?
What is the Comstock Act?
The Comstock Act prohibited the advertisement, teaching, or sale of things deemed inappropriate or morally corrupt. This specifically targeted contraceptives and early abortions.
What were the Haymarket Square and Pullman Strikes?
The Haymarket Square was a strike in support of an 8-hour work day that was interrupted when someone threw a bomb at the police. The Pullman strike was a series of strikes against the Pullman railway company, that was eventually shut down by the military.
What was the Scopes Trial?
The Scopes Trial was a publicized court trial that talked about teaching evolution in public schools. As a result of the trial, public attention was brought to the issue of fundamentalism vs rationalism.
What is Isolationism?
Isolationism is the policy of non-interference from the American government during the state of war. This props up in the early years of both WW1 and WW2.
Who was Huey Long?
Huey Long was the governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932. He popularized the "Share our Wealth" policy, which promoted wealth redistribution and massive government spending.
What is the Espionage Act?
The Espionage Act was a piece of legislation passed during WW1 that criminalized speech or writing that had a negative affect on the United States' efforts in drafting.
Who was Eugene V. Debs?
What was the Great Migration?
The Great Migration was the massive movement of African Americans from the South to the North in the search of Jobs and rights.
Who were the 4-Minute Men?
The 4-Minute Men were a group of people from the Committee of Public Information who spent 4 minutes giving speeches about participating in the war effort from home.
What was Deflation?
Deflation is the value of goods dropping following with prices. Deflation seems good at first, but as prices drop, those who manufacture goods are at risk of losing their jobs.
What is the Red Scare?
The Red Scare was a phenomena of anti-communist and anti-immigrant ideals that grew after the growth of Communism in Russia.