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Am. His. Lesson 4
American History 1876-1938
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| First federal regulatory agency to investigate and oversee railroad activities | Interstate Commerce Commision (ICC) |
| 1878 act that called for the partial coinage of silver | Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act |
| Act sought to lessen the involvement of politicians in the running of the government | Pendleton Act |
| First federal attempt to regulate business | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| Intended to end the troublesome problem of silver as part of the nation's currency | Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
| Alliance that sought to organize farmers in the South and West to fight for reforms | National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union |
| Demands that became the Farmers' Alliance main platform | Ocala Demands |
| National third party to promote reform | People's (or Populist) party |
| One of the largest strikes in U.S. history | Pullman Strike |
| Law that declared gold the nation's standard of currency | Gold Standard Act |
| Belief that the U.S. should stay out of entaglments with other nations | isolationism |
| Policy of extending a nation's power through military conquest, economic domination, or annexation | imperialism |
| News artickles that helped turn U.S. public opinion against Spain's actions in Cuba | yellow journalism |
| U.S. pledged not to annex Cuba and that it would recognize Cuba's independance from Spain | Teller Amendment |
| Treaty that ended the Spanish-American War | Treaty of Paris |
| Organization formed to fight against the treaty of Paris | Anti-Imperialist League |
| War fought to quell Filipino resistance to U.S. control of the Philippine Islands | Philippine-American War |
| Act that established Puerto Rico as an unorganized U.S. territory | Foraker Act |
| Cuba amendment that authorized U.S intervention in Cuba to protect its interest | Platt Amendment |
| Granted all major powers equal access to Chinese markets | Open Door Policy |
| Term describing writers who made a practice of exposing the wrongdoings of public figures | muckrakers |
| Movement for social change between the late 1890's and World War 1 | progressivism |
| A handful of large companies dominate an industry | oligopoly |
| Focused on equal rights and the education of African Americans | Niagra Movement |
| One of the most important civil rights organization for African Americans | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
| Temporary migrants who came to the U.S. to earn and save money then return home | birds of passage |
| Organization worked to organize women into trade unions | Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) |
| "The Wobblies", attempted to organize unskilled and foreign-born industrial workers | Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| School of early twentieth-century realist painters | Ashcan School |
| Need for tenement house laws and stricter child-labor regulations, and better work conditions for women | social-justice movement |
| Daring to question old ideas in order to discover new plans and solutions that work | pragmatism |
| Protection that limited women to wroking in factories and laundries to a 10 hour work day | Muller v. Oregon |
| Brief of evidence that a long workday can take a toll on a woman's health | Brandeis brief |
| Law that strengthened the rate-making power of the ICC | Hepburn Act |
| Protecting the nation's natural resources by the wise use of them | Conservation |
| Bull Moose Party, attempting to advance progressive ideas and unseat President Taft | Progressive Party |
| Demanded a national approach to the country's affairs and a strong president to handle them | New nationalism |
| Emphasized business competition and small government | New Freedom |
| Reduced the tariff rates about 15% percent | Underwood Tariff Act |
| Creating a central banking system, consisting of 12 regional banks | Federal Reserve Act |
| Law that outlawed interlocking directorates and prohibited unfair trade practices | Clayton Antitrust Act |
| Treaty granting the U.S. control over a canal zone 10 miles wide across the isthmus of Panama | Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty |
| U.S. would intervene in Latin American affairs if they couldn't keep their affairs in order | Roosevelt Corollary |
| Promoted U.S. financial and business interests abroad and replaced military alliances with economic ties | dollar diplomacy |
| Promoted right principles to the world, preserve peace, and extend the blessings of democracy | moral diplomacy |
| Registration of all American men between the ages of 21 and 30 for a military draft | Selective Service Act |
| Organization that rallied support for American involvement in WW1 through art, advertising, and film | Committee on Public Information (CPI) |
| Law that sentenced 20 years in prison for aiding the enemy, obstructing the recruitment of soldiers, or disloyalty | Espionage Act |
| Law that brought harsh penalties for anyone bad talking the U.S. government, flag, or armed forces | Sedition Act |
| Government agency that determined priorities, allocated raw materials, and fixed prices | War Industries Board (WIB) |
| Government agency that encouraged Americans to save food in order to supply the armies overseas | Food Administration |
| Terms presented for a far-reaching, nonpunitive settlement of World War 1 | Fourteen Points |
| African American cultural, literary, and artistic movement centered in Harlem | Harlem Renaissance |
| A wave of anticommunist, antiforeign, and antilabor hysteria that swept over America at the end of WW1 | Red Scare |
| Ban of manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. | prohibition |
| Established a quota system to regulate the influx of immigrants to America | National Origins Quota Act |
| Contest between modern liberalism and religious fundamentalism; John Scopes trial | Scopes Trial |
| Scandal in which secretary was guilty of accepting bribes in exchange for leasing government owned lands to private businessmen | Teapot Dome scandal |
| Program of legislation that included measures aimed at relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression | New Deal |
| Unemployed war veterans who demanded promised bonus checks from the government | bonus army |
| Agency that built dams and power plants on the Tennessee River | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| Agency to promote economic recovery and revive industry during the Great Depression | National Recovery Administration (NRA) |
| Agency that attempted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies to take land out of production | Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) |
| Provided government jobs to young men 18-25 in reforestation and other conservation projects | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
| Agency to provide work relief for the unemployed | Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
| Established a system of old age, unemployment, and survivors' insurance funded by wage and payroll taxes | Social Security Act |
| Created the National Labor Relations Board to serve an impartial mediator of disputes between labor and management | Wagner Act |
| President Roosevelt asked Congress to allow him to appoint additional justices to the court | "Court-packing" scheme |
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