US History 1
What were the names of the main 2 places immigrants passed through? ("Islands")
Ellis Island & Angel Island
In Lincoln's Gettysburg address, he encourages that those who have died in battle have not died in vain for this "social experiment".
What is Democracy?
“survival of the fittest” in society; the strong will survive because they work hard and are smart; the weak will be weeded out
Social Darwinism
Who wrote the Jungle
Upton Sinclair
what ethnicity was denied access to the United States in the late 19th century?
Chinese
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
What are causes of WWl?
who was in charge of the NYC Tammany Hall political machine?
William Tweed or "Boss Tweed"
Gave Indians land if they assimilated as an American citizen
What is the Dawes Act?
What is a Muckraker
What is reporter/writer that exposes filth of society
Most popular drink in the US
Coke
what was the name of the ship that sank outside of Havana, which brought the US closer to war with Spain
USS Maine
What did the 18th Amendment (The Volstead Act) do?
Banned alcohol
This name for the late 19th century refers to the rise of people like Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller. ("what" Age)
Gilded Age
What was the Red Scare
fear of communism, socialism, and anarchism
what Association did WEB Dubois help found?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This declaration that enslaved peoples in border states not in direct conflict with the Union are free.
Emancipation Proclamation
What was the name of the structures where many immigrants lived in cities.
tenement
What does the 16th Amendment allow for?
What is income tax?
What was the name of FDR's plan to pull the USA out of the Great Depression?
New Deal
The Soviet Union placed missiles here due to it being only 90 miles away from Florida.
Cuba
What were some distinct qualities about the people who we refer to as progressives?
white, middle class, college educated
Name ONE of the Progressive Presidents during the early 1900s to the 1920s
Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
Who were the three main "captains of industry"
Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and Rockefeller
What treaty ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
This communist South Vietnamese group used guerilla warfare as a major battle tactic.
Vietcong