us history final

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act and how did it affect Native Americans?

Breaks up Tribes for assimilation efforts, put 100 acre plots of old reservation if so

What was the Indian Appropriation Act and what was the impact?

Ended recognition of tribes as independent nations, forced them to live in restricted areas, stripped tribes

What wast he Ghost Dance Movement and how was it connected to Wounded Knee?

Believed to return prosperity to Natives through cultural revival → led to US killing many to try and suppress Natives

What happened at Wounded Knee?

US killed 200 Native Americans

What did Henry Grady mean by New South?

More industrialized South

What did Plessy v Ferguson establish?

Separate but equal facilities for African Americans

What were poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses designed to do?

Stop African Americans from voting and strip their rights

What was the purpose for literacy tests like the Louisiana Literacy Test?

Make it harder for Black Southerners to vote

What is lassiez-faire economics?

Hands off government

Who controlled standard oil?

JD Rockefeller

Who was Andrew Carnegie and what industry did he dominate?

Had a monopoly in US steel

What tactics did businesses use to stop unions?

Contracts/oaths not to join if hired

detectives

workers who organized were fired/blacklisted

lockouts

strikebreakers

What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and what did it lead to?

Fire in factory that killed 146 workers → led to unions being created to protect workers rights

Where did old immigrants come from? New immigrants?

Old- Irish, Germany, English

New- Southern/eastern European, Asian

What did Ellis Island process?

Took in immigrants from Europe

What were nativists?

Anti-immigration people, afraid “american” culture was endangered

What did the Jungle lead to?

Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food/Drug Act

What did progressive presidents generally try to do

Believed industrialization led to problems the government needed to fix

What was a major cause of US imperialism?

Wanting their nation to gain more power/control

What was the result of the Spanish American war?

Ended with Treaty of Paris with US victory, Spain gave up Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Phillipines

Why did the US enter WWI

Germany promised to stop sinking US boats, they did it again then US declared war

What did the 19th amendment do

Gave women the right to vote

Why did the economy grow during the 20’s

Supply side economics, mass production, new technology, high wages

What was prohibition, what was one major effect?

Banned sale of alcohol →speakeasies, organized crime, bootlegging

What caused the Great Depression

Overproduction, uneven distribution of wealth, high tariffs, global economic issues, credit

What did the New Deal focus on?

Passed by FDR- relief, reform, recovery

What event started WW2?

Hitler invading Poland

Why did the US enter WW2?

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

What did Churchill mean by the “Iron Curtain”?

The divide between the West’s democracy and the east’s communism

What was containment and what was its goal?

Keep communism where it is and not let it spread

What was the Korean War and why was it considered a proxy war?

War between North and South Korea, US/Soviets used both sides to fight, just supporting

What did Brown v Board of Education decide?

Ruled that segregation in school was unconstitutional

What was the goal of Selma Marches?

Aimed to secure voting rights for African Americans

What type of war was the Vietnam War and why was it controversial?

Proxy war, controversial because the US intervened in a foreign civil war

What was Tet Offensive and why was it important?

Vietcong surprise attack on South Vietnam

Showed the war is far from over and damages troop/civilian morale

What caused the end of the Cold War?

USSR dissolving