EOC review Standards 12-22

standard 12

Progressive Era (12)

Upton Sinclair (a)

wrote the jungle lead the meat inspection act

Jane Addams (f)

founded hull house to assist immigrants

Jim Crow Laws (g)

segregated whites and blacks publicly

Plessy V Ferguson (h)

upheld segregation as constitutional in 1896

NAACP (k)

formed to seek legal protection for blacks during Jim Crow period

Ida Tarbell (d)

muckraker who exposed standard oil as unfair monopoly

Initiative, recall, referendum (c)

state measures broadened democracy

16th amendment (b)

income tax made legal

17th amendment (L)

direct vote for US senators

18th amendment (i)

prohibition

19th amendment (e)

suffrage for women

Theodore Roosevelt (j)

went after "bad" trusts and promoted conservation

Standard 13

Imperialism (13)

Chinese Exclusion act (j)

passed in response to racism in CA

Spanish American War (f)

resulted in partially free Cuba and the annexation of Philipines

Philippines War (i)

longer and bloodier conflict than spanish american war after treaty of paris

Anti imperialist league (g)

opposed annexation of Philippines and colonizaiton

Josiah Strong (k)

his Our Country inspired missions to civilize weaker societies

Alfred T. Mahan (d)

wrote influence of sea power on history

Big stick policy (L)

TR's usage of Naval power to enforce Roosevelt Corollary

Roosevelt Corollary (a)

extension of Monroe Doctrine allowing US interference in Latin American countries

Panama Canal (e)

US feat connected two oceans

Gentlemen's Agreement (b)

TR stopped discrimination against Japanese students in CA

Jingoism (c)

extreme patriotism; American sentiment during Spanish american war

Yellow Journalism (h)

sensationalized reporting that contributed to Spanish american war

Standard 14

WWI (14)

Woodrow Wilson (g)

progressive president who asked Congress for war in 1917

Unrestricted submarine warfare (e)

biggest cause of American entry into WW1

Great Migration (i)

Blacks poured out of South to find better jobs and escape Jim Crow

Espionage Act (h)

limited freedom of speech during the war to protect against anti-war messages

Eugene V Debs (b)

socialist arrested for violating espionage act during ww1

14 points (c)

wilson's principles of self determination, freedom of seas, etc

league of nations (j)

republicans in congress blocked entry into this collective security arrangement

Zimmerman Telegraph (d)

German attempt to form alliance with Mexico againnst US

Lusitania (f)

sunk by a German u-boat in 1915 affected US neutrality

Doughboys (a)

US soldiers who fought overseas

Standard 15

Roaring 20's (15)

1st red scare (i)

Palmer raids highlighted anti-communist hysteria after ww1

immigration acts of 21/24 (h)

laws reflected Nativist sentiment after WW!

Henry Ford (f)

his assembly line mass produced cheap transportation

Harlem Renaissance (g)

proliferation of black culture in NYC

Louis Armstrong (j)

great jazz musician from New Orleans, birth place of jazz music

Langston Hughes (b)

prolific African American poet

Tin Pan alley (c)

new york music scene where music was composed

Irving Berlin (e)

famous Jewish American composer

Black Tuesday (k)

beginning of Great Depression

Buying on the Margin (d)

contributed to over speculation and crash

The Jazz Singer film (a)

first movie with sound and dialogue

Standard 16

Great Depression and the New Deal:

Dust Bowl (b)

Plains experienced drought that led to exodus

Okies (f)

migrants who fled lower Plains for CA

Hoovervilles (i)

shanty towns built by homeless

TVA (h)

created jobs and cheap electricity in the South

Wagner Act (c)

protected right of unions to form and bargain collectively

Social Security Act (j)

retirement pensions for the elderly

Eleanor Roosevelt (e)

advocated for minorities for New Deal jobs

"Court Packing" plan (d)

FDR attempt to control judiciary

Neutrality Acts (a)

laws kept US isolated in mid 1930's

Huey Long (g)

"Kingfish" called for "Share Our Wealth" Plan

Standard 17

WWII

A. Phillip Randolph (i)

threatened a march on Washington over WWII jobs for blacks

Pearl Harbor (g)

attack on December 7th

Japanese Internment (h)

FDR executive order to isolate Japanese Americans over fear of espionage

Lend- lease (a)

US loaned war material to Brits and Soviets

Battle of Midway (j)

turning point in the Pacific Theater as US sank 4 Japanese carriers

D-Day (k)

largest air-land-sea invasion in history; June 6, 1944

Fall of Berlin (c)

Hitler committed suicide as this happened

Rosie the Riveter (b)

represented need for women on home front during industrial jobs

Rationing (d)

Americans did this to save fuel and rubber for war effort

Manhattan Project (e)

resulted in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Yalta Agreement (f)

Big 3 made plans for post-war Europe and occupation of Germany

Standard 18

Cold War:

Marshall Plan (d)

billions of US dollars to help post-war economy and protect against spread of communism

Truman Doctrine (i)

400 million to Greece began US philosophy of economic aid to halt communism

Containment Policy (j)

policy of George Kennan to keep communism in check leading to Cold War

Korean War (g)

UN backed conflict restored 38th parallel in 1953

Loss of China (b)

Truman and Dems were blamed for this

Joseph McCarthy (f)

his reckless accusations created second Red Scare in 1950's

Bay of Pigs (a)

failed coup to overthrow Castro in Cuba under JFK

Cuban Missile Crisis (c)

US discovered missile sites and standoff ensued

Vietnam War (h)

us loss ended in cease-fire in 1973

Tet Offensive (e)

surprise attack caused backlash on home front by anti-war demonstrators

Standard 19

Post WWII Economics and Technology

Interstate highway act (g)

ikes federal project aided economy and mobilization

Levittowns (f)

cheap and quick construction stimulated suburbanization

Baby Boomers (e)

group is now in retirement phase

Kennedy-Nixon Debate (h)

television forever changed political races in America

March to Montgomery (b)

televised violence led to passage of Voting Rights act

Sunbelt (a)

air-conditioning a factor in growth

Sputnik (c)

led to passage of National Defense Education Act in 1958

NASA (d)

created to help US catch up to Russian rocketry

Standard 20

Modern civil rights movement/ Reforms of the 1960's

Truman (e)

executive order integrated military

Jackie Robinson (g)

integrated Major League baseball in 1947

Brown V BOE (i)

overturned Plessy v Ferguson

Letter from Birmingham Jail (c)

King statement defending civil disobedience

"I have a dream" (a)

beautifully crafted speech influenced passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights act of 1964 (m)

ended all segregation and sex discrimination

Voting Rights act (k)

banned literacy tests