USH Units 1-5

Rise of Industrialization (1877-1900)

100

This law gave settlers 160 acres of western land

Homestead Act

200

This Supreme Court case upheld "separate but equal"

Plessy v. Ferguson

300

This act attempted to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal land

Dawes Act

400

This act reformed the spoils system after President Garfield's assassination

Pendleton Act

500

Name two major industrial leaders and describe their contributions

Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thomas Edison, etc.

Progressive Era (1890-1920)

100

This president promoted the Square Deal and trust-busting

Theodore Roosevelt

200

These two amendments created income tax and direct election of senators

16th and 17th amendments

300

This muckraker exposed Standard Oil

Ida Tarbell

400

This movement pushed for women's voting rights and led to the 19th Amendment

Women's suffrage movement

500

Compare Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

Washington—gradualism & vocational training; Du Bois—immediate equality & higher education (NAACP)

Imperialism and World War I (1890-1920)

100

This 1898 war expanded U.S. influence overseas

Spanish-American War

200

The explosion of this ship increased calls for war with Spain

USS Maine

300

This telegram tried to convince Mexico to join Germany

Zimmerman Telegram

400

Wilson's peace plan was called this

Fourteen Points

500

Explain the US rejection of the League of Nations

fears of foreign entanglement; Senate opposition led by Henry Cabot Lodge

The 1920s (1920-1929

100

This amendment banned alcohol

18th amendment (prohibition)

200

This trail debated teaching evolution in Tennessee

Scopes Trial

300

This movement celebrated African American culture in NYC

Harlem Renaissance

400

Buying stocks with borrowed money was called this

buying on margin

500

Name two causes of the first Red Scare

fear of communism, labor strikes, Russian Revolution, anarchist bombings

Great Depression & New Deal (1929-1941)

100

This event in October 1929 triggered the Depression

stock market crash

200

FDR's relief, recovery, and reform programs were called this

New Deal

300

This program provided retirement benefits for the eldery

social security

400

This group of WWI veterans marched on Washington for early bonuses

Bonus Army

500

Explain on criticism of the New Deal

expanded government too much; socialist ideals; court-packing controversy