Great Depression
Deep economic depression, & the creation of several Federal Government programs.
What was the Great Depression?
Large companies that controlled an industry or a sector, giving them the ability to control the prices of the goods and services they provided. Example: Microsoft, Google.
What is a monopoly?
This book helped people realize the unsafe foods they shouldn't be eating, and making laws to protect the safety of consumers.
What was "The Jungle" by Sinclair impact?
The United States would remain free from forming relationships with other nations and would remain neutral in global conflicts.
How did the U.S use Isolationism?
It was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, Literature, theater, politics, and scholarship.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Served as the president throughout the Great Depression and World War 1, he was the only president to be elected to more than two terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A federal land grant that allowed citizens who were 21 and the head of the family to claim 160 acres of land in the west.
What is the Homestead Act? (1862)
Early 20's century journalist who worked to expose corruption and abuses in public and society.
What is a Muckraker?
Often created a statement where neither side would advance for long periods of time would lead to "trench foot" New weapons were made, and poison gases, like chlorine and mustard gas were created that caused blisters and blindness.
What was trench warfare?
The study of human improvement by genetic means.
What is Eugenics?
This specific stock crash of 1929 occurred on October 29, 1929, when billions of dollars were lost on the New York exchange.
What is black Tuesday?
Oil industry, and he donated $500 million dollars to various educational, religious, and scientific causes through his foundation.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
Presenting little to no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales, known now as clickbait.
What is Yellow Journalism?
'Speak softly and carry a big stick" said that the U.S would be diplomatic but would use military power to project American interests in Latin America.
What was The Big Stick Diplomacy?
This helped to produce the massive evangelical, Pentecostal, and charismatic revivals after World War II, as well as the Christian Right in the 1970s and 1980s. We're usually Christians who feared the new modern morality would threaten traditional values.
What was the impact of fundamentalism?
This race was blamed for the economic crisis and hostility towards the workers intensified.
How were people with Mexican Heritage affected?
Coated thinly in gold, covering something to make it look pretty, but it's really ugly on the inside.
What is Gilded?
Pushed to end segregation, he believed in equality, and was against the idea that African Americans had to "earn" equality. He believed education should be the primary goal for all African Americans.
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
Was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."
How is Alfred Thayer Mahan known?
They were Italian immigrants and anarchists, were charged with robbery and murder at the slater and robbery and murder at the staler and Merrill shoe factory on south Braintree.
The case of Sacco and Vanzetti was what?
The 1920s saw a period of economic boom and opportunity, until the Wall Street/ Stock Market Crash of 1929. Art, literature, and pop culture experienced a creativity boost with adherence to new styles and themes; it was a time of experimentation and major developments of what is known as "Modernism" in American art.
Why did Art & Literature advance in the 1920's during the Great Depression?
Sand Creek Massacre, Battle of Little Bighorn, Ghost Dance Wars and Wounded Knee Massacre, are all examples of...
What are some conflicts we had with the American Indians?
A social movement led by protestant Clergymen that called for many reforms including, the abolition of child labor, ban on alcoholic beverages, safer working conditions, regulations on big businesses, and increased focus on charity and helping those who were less fortunate.
What is the Social Gospel Movement?
He was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades
Who was McKinley?
Started in a small part of Manhattan, this was an era of songwriting when many new genres of music were mixed together to form American popular music.
What was the The Tin Pan Alley?