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Transcontinental Railroad
a mile line track constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the Pacific and the existing Eastern US railroad network
Melting Pot
a bunch of people from different ethnicities mixing together in America losing their native culture
Nativism
pro American and anti immigration feelings and groups that rose during the time of high immigration
Chinese exclusion act
a law passed in 1882 banning entry into American from China.
Ellis Island
the processing center into the US sitting outside of New York City
Urbanization
the growth of cities during the Gilded Age
Tenements
Poorly made apartments to house immigrants and slaves
Vertical integration
buying all of the resources and companies related to your industry to keep costs very low
horizontal integration
monopoly formed by buying up all of your competitors companies to eliminate competition
Robber Barron
Nickname given to the captain of industry who formed monopolies and became among the richest men who ever lived
Laissez faire
a hands off government policy toward the economy which allowed business to unrestrained
Social Darwinism
Theory that individuals, groups and people are subject to the same Darwin laws of natural selection
muckraker
a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption
square deal
a nick name for Roosevelts agenda as president
suffrage
public rights for women
Sherman Anti Trust Act
breaking up monopolies
a monopoly
what is a trust
dollar diplomacy
President William Howard Taft’s policy of investing in Latin America
big stick diplomacy
roosevelt corollary
Roosevelts policy of using military forces
moral diplomacy
new freedom
open door policy
a policy created by John Hay to keep China open to trade
yellow journalism
the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism titles/headings
panama canal
a short canal between the atlantic and pacific oceans that is over 100 years old. this canal runs through panama
triple entent
allied powers
france, uk, russia
triple alliances
central powers
germany, austria Hungary, ottoman empire
propoganda
a message designed to make you think a certain way about things
advertisment
lusitania
passenger ship sunk by a German submarine
Zimmerman telegram
a secret message from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance against the US
unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany using submarines to sink any ships
treaty of versailles
treaty that ends WW1 and puts all of the blame/punishments on Germany
14 points
Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace
league of nations
a group of nations working together for world peace
great migration
prohibition
banning of achohol
speakeasy
secretly selling achohol illegally
flappers
young carefree women who rebeled against the traditional ways of acting. they wore short skirts, cut their hair short, and wore a lot of makeup
Harlem Renaissance
American Imperialsim
Andrew Carnegie
founded Carnegie steel
dominated steel industry in Pittsburg
wrote a book “Gospel of Wealth”
was a great philanthropist
Cornelius Vandebilt
from New York
dominated transportation industry
Booker T. Washington
social and education leader
founded Tuskegee institute
believed in the gradual approach towards equality through education known as the Atlanta Compromise
John D. Rockefeller
very rich
dominated oil industry
founded standard oil
from Cleveland, Ohio
used vertical and horizontal integration
Thomas Edison
invented light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera
was from Menlo Park, New Jersey
W.E.B. Dubois
one of the NAACP founders
believed in a more independent approach
to equality
protested against lynching, racism, and Jim Crow laws
wrote a book called “the souls of black folks”
J.P. Morgan
from Connecticut
dominated finance and banking industry
he purchased Carnegie Steel and turned it into the US
he merged companies and made General Electric
Alexander Graham Bell
from Scotland
invented the telephone
founded AT&T
Ida B. Wells
born into slavery
traveled across the south documenting African American lives
studied and reported on lynching
helped found NAACP
supported civil rights and woman suffrage
Jane Addams
progressive social reformer and activist
founder of Hull House in Chicago
noble piece prize winner
Theodore Roosevelt
his “Big Stick” foreign policy was to threaten intervention
The “Roosevelt Corollary” made the police of the Western Hemisphere
trust buster of monopolies
set aside land for parks
William H. Taft
his “Dollar Diplomacy” foreign policy was to invest in Latin America
Not as progressive as Teddy Roosevelt had hoped
Later chief justice of supreme court
Eugene V. Debs
socialist labor leader
co founder of the industrial workers of the world
5 time candidate for president by the socialist party
Upton Sinclair
wrote a book, “the jungle”
exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
spurred the food and drug act
Ida Tarbell
exposed oil industry
muckraker reporter
investigated Rockefeller and Standard Oil
wrote a 19 part magazine to expose standard oil
Susan B. Anthony
most famous supporter of woman’s suffrage and rights
founded American equal rights
Woodrow Wilson
tried to keep the US out of World War 1
his “New Freedom” called for domestic reforms
moral diplomacy of only supporting nations with moral beliefs like the US’s
he 14 points and league of nations sought world peace
Liliuokalani
last queen of Hawaii
opposed US intervention and taking her country
powerless to stop the wealthy American businessmen
Vittorio Orlando
Italian prime minister during the war
one of the “Big Four” at the treaty of Versailles meetings
inability to speak English hurt his negotiating at the peace conference
Ferdinand Franz
Heir to the throne of Austria Hungary
Assassination in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip of the Black Hand
His assassination sparked the start of World War 1
Georges Clemenceau
French leader during the war
One of the “Big Four” at the treaty of Versailles meetings
Insisted on punishing Germany for it’s role in the war
Kaiser Wilhem II
last german emperor
led a massive militaristic buildup before the war
lax wartime leader
Abdicated the throne in 1918 and fled to the Netherlands
Tsar Nicholas II
Tsar of Russia
insisted on visiting the front while his country was in turmoil
weak leader who was overthrown by Bolshevik Revolution
killed along with his family
David Lloyd George
British prime minister during the war
One of the “Big Four” at the treaty of Versailles meeting
sought to remove the threat of Germany navy
John J. Pershing
Nicknamed “Black Jack”
Insisted on leading US forces in Europe as opposed to a foreign general
served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)on the Western front.
Babe Ruth
greatest baseball player in history
F. Scott Fitzgerald
an American short story writer
Lagston Hughes
american writer/poet
Charles Lindbergh
american aviator
Calvin Coolidge
30th president of the US
Warren G. Harding
29th president of the US
Haymarket square riot
a bomb killed people and policemen and people started shooting at each other
Homestead Act
gives any American up to 160 acres of land in the west
must improve the land and live there for 5 years
signed into law by President Lincoln in May 1862
The Spanish American War
the US is fighting to defend Cuba because they want it as their territory
the blow up of the USS Maine happened and this made the Americans MAD but Woodrow Wilson didn’t let them go into the war yet
17th amendment
direct election of senators
18th amendment
banned the sale of alcohol
19th amendment
gave women the right to vote
Pullman Railway Strike
a strike against the Pullman factory
this stopped work on the trans continental railroad for a day
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
a fire spread throughout a factory very rapidly and killed 146 workers
Russia’s Revolution
Vladamier Lenin leads the communist Bolshevik’s
Over throw Czar
Sign the treaty of Breast-Litovsk with Germany in 1918
Lusitania Sunk
Germany declares “unrestricted submarine warfare”
Lusitania sunk by German U-boat in 1915
what is the German name for a submarine
u boat
Battle of Verdun
long deadly battle throughout 1916
Battle of Somme
over 1 million casualties from July to November of 1916
M.A.I.N Causes of World War 1
Militarism: new military technologies, arms race between countries, and glorification of war
Alliances: agreements to aide each other if attacked, secret alliances, allies and central powers
Imperialism: competition for colonies, many smaller wars over territory
Nationalism: French-German border conflicts, ethnic nationalism in the Balkans
The Jazz Singer
1980 American Music Drama Film
The Trans-Atlantic Flight
the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
Pure Food and Drug Act
came from muckrakers exposing unsanitary medicines and food (meat packing)
U.U.S. Maine
The US ship that blew up: was either a Mexican submarine that shot it or ammunition blew up in the bottom of the ship
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