History study guide (large)

Ten + Three

Slaves are free-1865

Ten + Four

equal protection under the law and more-1868

Five + Ten

voting rights for (black) men-1870

Sweet sixteen

income tax can be mean-1913

Ten + Seven

Direct election of senators is heaven-1913

Ten + Eight

Liquor we hate-1919

Ten + Nine

Women get in line-1920

Twenteeee

president inaugurated in January-1933

Twenty one

drink a ton!-1933

Twenty Two

limits the presidents terms to two terms-1951

Two Three

Voting for ppl in DC-1961

Two Four

poll tax NO more-1961

Two five

decisions we make when the president's life is at steak-1967

Two Six

18 yr olds voting so they can pick-1971

Two Seven

no more pay raise for congress-1992

ALLIES OF WWI?

Italy, USA, England,Russia, & France -FIRE U

CENTRAL POWERS OF WWI?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey-BG TAH

ALLIES OF WWII?

USA, Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, France- SUUC BFG

AXIS OF WWII?

Germany, Italy, Japan -JIG

Push factors

Reasons that ppl leave certain areas

Pull factor

reasons ppl move to certain areas

Eminent Domain

private property can be taken for government use as long as compensated correctly

Infrastructure

Fundamental facilities and systems serving an area, as transportation, communication, power plants, or schools.

merger

the joining of 2 companies

Deficit spending

Used to boost the economy. Many believe that it helps increase demand during times of economic recession. 

Collective bargaining

the right of the union to negotiate a contract for the entire union.

Union recognition

Owners of businesses would have to negotiate with unions. Businessmen were against this because unions asked for things that cut into profits.

Traditional

the ordinary way something had always been done

Diversity

the differences in people

Subsidies

payments given by the government or other groups to make up for an action

Economic stagnation

the economy isn't moving or growing. 

Inflation

prices increase (and generally pay doesn't increase.) 

Escalation of a war

an increase in the number of troops sent and spending. This makes the war bigger. 

Unions

started to get better work conditions, higher wages, and less hours. 

Economic hardships of the New Immigrants

caused many people to volunteer their time at Settlement Houses.

Monopolies

One company controls an entire industry

Knights of Labor

Hindered in obtaining common goals because of their policy of allowing a diverse membership

1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act

 tried to prohibit one company from controlling an entire industry-government was moving against monopolies.

New Immigrants provided

 a cheap labor source which helped keep labor costs low.

Immigration from China was limited by?

the Chinese Exclusion Act in the late 1800s. 

Industrialization increased in the US after?

Edison's invention of light bulbs

Bessemer process helped make steel faster and cheaper which?

increased industrialization

Coal and oil were used as power sources for?

Industry

1896 Supreme Court Case Plessy v Ferguson

set up the policy of "separate but equal" dealing with segregation.

Sherman Anti Trust Act was passed to?

limit big business.

One result of increased industrialization was?

a surplus of manufactured goods

Immigrants moved to the cities in the Northeast to?

get the low paying factory jobs

Missionaries from the US moved to Hawaii and?

change Hawaiian culture.

After the Spanish American War the US gained?

Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines

Imperialists believed?

having the US take over the Philippines, they would be able to increase their independence. 

The Women's Christian Temperance Union was?

a group of women that tried to set up prohibition

The American Federation of Labor used strikes to?

help force business leaders to improve working conditions

Populists wanted?

more silver coins in circulation (causing inflation)

 Immigrants generally moved to?

large cities in the northeast in order to work in low paying factory jobs

Railroads advertised in European newspapers the sale of?

the western land they got as a result of building the transcontinental railroad.

This time period after Reconstruction is called?

the Gilded Age. It is part of the Age of Industrialization

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 set up?

a federal agency to "curb" or control railroads that crossed state lines. This was one of the first laws that regulated businesses. 

Henry George's Progress and Poverty stated?

one result of industrialization would be an economic division

The South developed a?

system of sharecropping

The US supported the Open Door Notes which would have?

allowed all nations equal trading rights with all parts of China. 

One reason that some people favored annexation of Hawaii was to?

control the profitable sugar trade

Expansionists in the late 1800s (19th century) justified their desire to take over more land by?

pointing out that European countries were taking over colonies at that time, and if we didn't do the same, we would be left behind

The Sierra Club is a?

grassroots organization (formed by local people, not a government group) that was formed to protect the wilderness areas.

Supreme Court in 1896 upheld the policy of?

eminent domain in the case US v Gettysburg 

The Women's Suffrage Movement had its goal as?

allowing women to be able to vote.

Schenck v US set up?

The "clear and present danger" test which limited free speech during  wartime

Big business tried to avoid government regulation by?

claiming that they were more efficient than smaller businesses

Federal Reserve System helps regulate?

interest rates and the supply of money

World War I-Food Will Win the War Program encouraged young children to?

plant gardens at home and school and to NOT waste food.

After World War I Wilson worked to?

get the US to do their part in working for world peace by promoting the League of Nations--an international association for peace

The 1913 Underwood Simmons Tariff was a?

lower tariff passed at the urging of Democratic President Wilson

 In 1917 the US declared

war against Germany

Teddy Roosevelt organized an investigation into the?

meatpacking industry after reading Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

In 1916 Congress passed a law to regulate the?

national parks in order to preserve and protect natural resources for public use. 

President Taft followed the foreign policy of?

Dollar Diplomacy by suggesting that Americans invest in the economy of foreign nations.

WW1 started in

Europe in 1914

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle brought light to?

the problems in the meat packing industry

he United States sent troops into China to?

help the European countries in the Boxer Rebellion

Wilson had Congress to create the?

Federal Reserve System to establish federal control over monetary policy. 

Wilson had Congress to create the?

F18. Roosevelt's New Nationalism suggested many progressive reforms to improve society.

After WW1 Wilson took his 14 Points plan for?

peace to the Versailles Peace Conference On most of his ideas he was outvoted by the other Allied Leaders.

After WW1 the US was following the policy of?

isolationism as can be seen in world events

Buchanan v Warley in 1917 overturned?

a law that required segregated residential areas. The Supreme Court ruled that such a law was a violation of 14th Amendment rights. 

The US under Teddy Roosevelt supported a revolt in Panama against Colombia so that?

the US would gain the right to build the Panama Canal. 

Social Darwinism was the belief that?

Survival of the fittest

Factories and industry growing so very quickly at this time resulted in?

a very few people (owners) becoming very rich and most people (workers) not becoming rich. This is sometimes called a disparity (inequality) in income

One reason that immigrant families had so many children was?

so that they could all work in factories and help the income of the family

Wilson believed that by lowering the tariffs…?

American businesses would become more competitive. 

The Clayton Antitrust Act was passed to?

prohibit monopolies. The Federal Trade Commission was set up to ensure business competition

The Federal Reserve Act was passed to?

limit the power of the few men who controlled the banking industry, the Money Trust

Wilson supported neutrality for the US when?

WW1 broke out. The war started in 1914 and the US did not get involved until 1917. 

One main reason that the US entered WW1 was?

Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare

Women were allowed to volunteer for the military during?

WW1 but they were not drafted. They did non-combat work.

The Great Migration was the movement of?

African Americans from the South to the North to work in the factories

Affordable car production resulting from standardized parts and moving assembly lines caused?

more roads, gas-stations, and motels to be needed. 

Many Progressives and many Traditionalists supported?

Prohibition

One main change in our foreign policy after World War I was?

 that we set limits on immigration

 Radios helped create a mass culture by?

allowing citizens across the nation to hear the same music, listen to the same sports, and laugh at the same jokes. 

Rapid urbanization led to?

less preservation of traditional culture

The main issue of the Scopes Trial was?

the legality of the Tennessee law which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public school