Industrial Rev
What is a transcontinental railroad?
One that spans the entire continent
What was the prohibition movement?
The banning of alcoholic beverages
Explain Dollar Diplomacy?
US gov't guaranteed loans to foreign countries by American business people
US freshness and enthusiasm
What institude aimed to equip African Americans with teaching diplomas and useful skills in agriculture, domestic, or mechanical work?
Tuskegee Univ.
What did the Standard Oil Trust aim to do?
End competition
Who wrote The Jungle and what was it about?
Upton Sinclair, the horrible conditions at the meat packing factory
How did the US try to extend trade with Japan?
Treaty of Kanagawa
What were the first American casualties of WWI?
Lusitania
What were segregation laws called in southern states?
Jim crow laws
John D. Rockfelled led the oil industry, Andrew Carneige led the steel industry
What law was passed during Roosevelt's administration amed to control trusts?
Sherman Antitrust Act
What is imperialism?
A policy in which stronger nations extend control over weaker nations
When countries devoted all their resources to the was effort it was called what?
Total war
What doctrine did Plessy v. Feguson establish?
"separate but equal"
How did railroad companies alter time in the United States?
Set up a standard time
What antitrust measere came from Wilson's administration and what did it do?
Clayton Antitrust Act, prohibited corporations from acquiring stock of another
What colonies did the US receive from the Treaty of Paris?
Puerto Rico, Guam, US bought the Philipines
At what battle did the US help turn the tide against the Central Powers?
2nd Battle of the Marne
How dud the RFD system help boost mail order business?
Brought pakcages directly to every home in the US.
What is a monopoly?
A company that wipes out its competitions and controls an industry
The women's suffrage movement leld to what amendment and what did that amendment do?
19th amendment, granted women the right to vote
What were 3 factors that fueled American imperialism?
Military strenght, new markets, and cultural superiority
What placed sole responsibility of the war on Germany?
War-guilt clause
What civil rights organization was formed in 1909 to fight equality?
NAACP