Gilded Age
This President gave high-level advisory posts to untrustworthy friends and acquaintances.
Ulysses S. Grant
To combat high rates and costs, the Populist Party demanded...
Government ownership of the railroads and/or the coinage of silver
Although the United States tried to remain neutral in World War I, why did they tend to favor the allies?
America’s numerous investments with the allied nations
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that...
Aided the growth of business
What was the destination of most Dust Bowl migrants?
California
Which policy allowed businesses to operate under minimal government regulation?
Laissez-faire
What new relationship with Hawaii did Congress approve in 1898 (after a 4-year delay by President Cleveland)?
Annexation
What did President Wilson mean by the phrase “peace without victory”?
The terms of peace should not punish the defeated nations
Why were nativists opposed to immigration?
They feared the loss of jobs and damage to America’s traditions.
The unemployment rate among African Americans was...
Nearly double the national rate.
When Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887, it was the first time the federal government...
Set up a body to regulate American business operations.
The “Rough Riders” were...
Volunteer cavalry unit recruited by Theodore Roosevelt to fight in the Spanish-American War.
What was the result of the U.S. Senate’s refusal to approve the Treaty of Versailles?
The League of Nations was ineffective
The “New Woman” of the 1920s...
Symbolized by the flapper (rejection of traditional values)
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
President Hoover vetoed a bill providing for early payment of bonuses.
The Dawes General Allotment Act ("Dawes Act") of 1887 did this.
Granted each Native American family a 160-acre farmstead.
Social Darwinists believed that...
The best country would win any international competition.
Women’s efforts and sacrifices during World War I led to U.S. government support for which reform?
Universal suffrage
As demonstrated by the Scopes Trial, what was the largest cultural split in 1920s America?
Modernism vs. Traditionalism
What legislation did President Roosevelt introduce to help older, retired people, poor mothers with children, the blind, and the disabled?
Social Security Act
In the case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of...
Separate but equal public facilities or Jim Crow laws
Which progressive President's foreign policy was labeled as "dollar diplomacy"?
William H. Taft
What are Wilson's Fourteen Points (general description) and which was the most important point?
His peace plan for Europe following WWI.
14th point: The League of Nations
At the end of the decade, what were two reasons that led to the Stock Market crash in 1929?
What was the first action taken by President Roosevelt to combat the depression?
Bank holiday/bank closures.