Hobbs review

16th amendment

congress can take income tax

17th amendment

calls for direct election of senators

18th amendment

alcohol prohibition

19th amendment

women's right to vote

21st amendment

repeal alcohol prohibition

24th amendment

no poll tax

26th amendment

voting age changed to 18

American expeditionary force

US army in ww1

Antiquities act

protects national monuments

Baby boom generation

1946 to 1964 WW2 baby boom

Banana republic

country reliant on one export

Bay of Pigs

failed invasion of Cuba under kennedy

Brown v Board of Education

1954, declare public ed. Segregation unconstitutional

Cuban Missile Crisis

U2 planes spot Soviet missile launch sites in Cuba

Duck and Cover

1952 film, guide on protecting children from nuclear blast

Dust Bowl

1930s, lower midwest, loss of natural vegetation decimates soil

Emergency Quota Act

1921, restricted number of immigrants

Fireside chats

FDR radio addresses ‘33 to ‘44

Fourteen Points

wilson's points for peace post WW1

Gentleman's agreement

unwritten agreement on japanese immigration and segregation

Gilded Age

era of rapid economic growth and corruption

Great Migration

movement of southern blacks to northern and midwest cities

Great Society

gave welfare aid, LBJ

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Gave LBJ more power to get involved in the Vietnam War

Haymarket Riot

Someone threw a dynamite and then someone shot which led to a huge fight

Hms Lusitania

Sunk by a German U

Homestead Strike

Strike at steel factory, led to fight between the Pinkertons and the workers which got 16 people killed

Jazz Age/Roaring 20s

Jazz began to become integrated into American culture, first black integration

League of Nations

Woodrow Wilson’s idea, the goal was a group that could solve world conflicts without war could be created, it failed

Meat Inspection Act

regulated meat packaging to make consumption safer for citizens

Montgomery Bus Boycott

after rosa parks incident, MLK led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal.

National Immigration Act of 1924

limited number of immigrants allowed in, 2% of total pop.

New Deal

done by FDR to try to reinflate economy, contains the Social Securities Act

Panama Canal

Started by the French but finished by the U.S., made shipping much faster

Pendleton Act

Made government jobs be rewarded based on merit instead of political beliefs

Plessy v Ferguson

legalized state ordered segregation, seperate but equal

Prohibition

A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

Pure Food and Drug Act

prohibited falsely labeled products

Red Scare

fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life

Return to Normalcy

Harding's campaign slogan, wanting to go back to how things were before the war

Robber baron

a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their fortunes by stealing from the public

captain of industry

business leader who contributed to the country while gaining their fortune.

Roosevelt Corollary

stated that the US has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

Segregation

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

Separate but equal

Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.

Spanish American War

In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence

Sputnik

First satellite in space, USSR

Standard Oil Trust

In 1881, the name of John D. Rockefeller's company, which controlled 90 percent of the oil refinery business in the United States

Teapot Dome Scandal

corruption by a Harding cabinet member, who took bribes to allow oil drilling on public lands

Tet Offensive

a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.

Tin Pan Alley

published sheet music, hits that everyone knew

Trust

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

unrestricted submarine warfare

a German policy which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters

Vertical integration

An approach to mass production in which a company controls all phases of a highly complex production process.

Washington Naval Treaty

The U.S., Great Britain, Japan, Italy, and France agreed on a 10 year naval holiday which the nations would construct no new capital ships and would establish a ship tonnage ratio of 5

Zimmerman note

Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico

People:

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Historian at Naval Academy, wrote The Influence of Sea Power on History

Andrew Carnegie

Steel Factory

Calvin Coolidge

Rarely talked, administrative minimalism,govt. spending went down, reduced taxes (only 2% paid income tax), National Immigration Act of 1924, Washington Naval Treaty

Dwight Eisenhower

“Ike”, Nicest guy you’ll ever meet, organized D

MLKJ

Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, assassinated

FDR

Asst. Sec. of Navy, Hundred Days’ Legislation, fireside chats, 1st president to have personal connection to citizens, The New Deal, created the bank holiday

Fredrick Jackson Turner

The frontier shaped American life, American exceptionalism,The Significance of the Frontier in American History

Herbert Hoover

mining engineer, organized relief for europe in WW1, great depression dominated his presidency

Ho Chi Minh

Communist leader in N. Vietnam, leader of Viet Cong,

Rockefeller

owned standard oil, lived in upstate NY, one of the richest men OAT

John Deere

moved from vermont to illinois, first successful steel plow

JFK

Bay of pigs, Cuban missile crisis, start of vietnam war

LBJ

The Great Society

Nixon

Governor of California ,Vietnamization (1969

Reagan

President (1981

Harding

reduced taxes, return to normalcy campaign, one of the most popular sitting presidents although his office was filled with scandals

Woodrow Wilson

president during WW1, 14 points, league of nations