REAL APSUH

American Federation of Labor

Samuel Gompers' union for higher wages and shorter hours

Gospel of Wealth

Carnegie's idea that the rich should help society

Homestead Strike

Violent clash between Carnegie Steel workers and management

Jacob Riis

Photographer who exposed poor tenement conditions

Tammany Hall

Corrupt NYC political group aiding immigrants for votes

Upton Sinclair

Author of "The Jungle," exposing meat-packing horrors

Yellow Journalism

Sensationalized, exaggerated news for higher sales

Open Door Policy

U.S. policy for equal trade in China

Pendleton Act

Law replacing patronage with merit-based government jobs

Platt Amendment

Gave the U.S. control over Cuban affairs

Populist Party

1890s movement supporting farmers' interests

Jane Addams

Founded Hull House to help poor immigrants

Alice Paul

Suffragist who led militant protests

Northern Securities Company

Railroad monopoly broken up by Roosevelt

Hetch Hetchy

Dam project that sparked environmental debates

Hepburn Act

Gave the ICC power to regulate railroads

Palmer Raids

Government crackdown on suspected radicals (1919-1920)

Roosevelt Corollary

U.S. policy asserting power in Latin America

Fourteen Points

Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI

Treaty of Versailles

1919 treaty that punished Germany after WWI

Zimmerman Telegram

Secret German proposal for Mexico to attack the U.S.

Langston Hughes

Harlem Renaissance poet and writer

National Origins Act

1924 law restricting Southern/Eastern European immigration

Bonus Army

WWI veterans demanding early payment during the Great Depression

Hoovervilles

Shantytowns built by the homeless during the Great Depression

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Hoover’s failed attempt to revive the economy with loans

Frances Perkins

First female cabinet member, helped create Social Security

Huey Long

Critic of the New Deal, wanted more help for the poor

Atlantic Charter

WWII agreement setting Allied post-war goals

Kellogg-Briand Pact

1928 treaty renouncing war

Lend-Lease Act (1941)

U.S. military aid to Allies before entering WWII

Good Neighbor Policy

U.S. pledged non-intervention in Latin America

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Court case upholding Japanese internment