click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
History Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | Major increase in innovations with transportation communication, technology and marketing |
| Rapid industrialization in urban areas | The growth of Tenement housing and urban slums |
| Connection between industrialization and population movement | Jobs attracted immigrants and rural Americans to the city seeking opportunities |
| Poor working conditions | Formed labor unions and engaged in strikes to demand better conditions |
| Effect of growth on the Native Americans | Conflicts between white settlers and natives over land and resources |
| Second Industrial Revolution | Challenged faced poor immigrants living in tenements in large cities |
| Goal of the Progressive Movement | Address social problems caused by industrialization and urbanization |
| Reformers during the Progressive Era | Children working long hours and being too young, monopolies and trusts |
| the 18th and 19th Amendment | 18th temperance, 19th woman’s suffrage |
| Labor Reforms | Child labor, workplace safety, and minimum wage not healthcare |
| Know about the Temperance movement | Limiting alcohol consumption |
| speak softly and carry a big stick | Big stick policy |
| Spanish American War, places acquired | Puerto Rico, Guam, Phillipines. Not Panama |
| Anti-Imperialistic League opposed expansion. Why? | Contradicted American democratic principles and the Constitution |
| Social movement in the 60's and 70's. Challenged gender roles. | Women’s liberation movement |
| Brown vs Board of Education | Racial segregation in public schools |
| Yellow Journalism | Helped fuel support for Imperialism and war with Spain |
| Main reason for the stock market crash. | Buying stock on margin |
| How did Imperialism positively impact America? | Become a world power with multiple colonies and global influence |
| program designed to provide employment through public works. | CCC Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Why did the U.S. become involved in WWI? | Unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Letter |
| Sedition Act 1918. | Made it illegal to speak against the war publicly |
| U.S. shift from Isolationism to interventionism prior to WWII. | Increase aid to allies while maintaining neutrality |
| Spanish Flu | Infected US soldiers and citizens back home |
| Transition of the U.S. and USSR from WWII allies to Cold War enemies. | Disagreement over post-war status of Germany and Eastern Europe |
| Scopes Trial of 1925. | Culture clash between science and religion |
| Argument in favor of Prohibition | Reduce crime, domestic violence, illness and poverty |
| Cold War Policy preventing the spread of Communism. | Containment Doctrine |
| Great Depression | Over production, poor banking policies, and stock market speculation |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Naval blockade of Cuba and demanding the removal of missiles |
| New Deal | Policies enacted by FDR to help with depression |
| Hoovervilles | Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression |
| Technological development transformed American communication in the 21st century. | Social Media and smartphones |
| How did the New Deal address the problems | Providing jobs and home loans not food and water |
| Social movement in 2010's | Black lives matter |
| Capitalism | Economic system in which a country’s production is controlled by private owners, not the government. Free Market and competition |