Question | Answer |
Name the laws that made discrimination practices legal. | Jim Crow Laws |
Describe Jim Crow laws. | unequal housing, work, education, government |
He believed in equality through education: social separation. | Booker T. Washington |
He believed in full political, civil, and social rights. | W.E.D. Du Bois |
Who was known for the oil industry? | John D. Rockerfeller |
Who was known for the steel industry? | Andrew Carnegie |
Who was known for the automobile industry | Henry Ford |
Known for reducing cost of production -vocab word | Assembly Line |
Name the negative effects of Big Business. | Child labor, low wages, long hours, poor conditions |
Group of trade unions unite and form what? | American Federation of Labor |
American Federation of Labor represented whom? | Skilled workers at various crafts. |
Name the strike that Steel workers went on strike because of cut wages. | Homestead Strike |
Name changes made by the Progressive movement. | Safety, reduced work hours, limited child labor |
Women gain the right to vote with …? | 19th Amendment |
She worked hard for women's suffrage. | Susan B. Anthony |
This movement opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol. | Temperance Movement |
This amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale of alcohol. | 18th Amendment |
What ended the Great Depression? | The United States involvement in WWII. |
Reasons for the Spanish American War. | Protection of business, support of rebels, USS Maine, and yellow journalism. |
Results of the Spanish American War. | US emerged as a world power, Cuba gained independence, US gained territory. |
Name the land gained from the Spanish American War. | Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico. |
Reasons for US involvement in WWI. | Inability to remain neutral, submarine warfare, ties to Great Britain. |
Name the Allies during WWI. | Great Britain, France, Serbia, Belgium, USA. |
Name the Central Powers during WWI. | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire. |
Who prepared a peace plan called the 14 points? | Woodrow Wilson |
Name the peace-keeping organization after WWI. | The League of Nations |
What country did not join the League of Nations? | The United States. |
What are the results of improved transportation? | Greater mobility, creation of jobs, movement to suburbs. |
Who is responsible for the invention of the airplane? | The Wright Brothers |
Who is responsible for the assembly line? | Henry Ford |
Who is responsible for the development of the radio? | Guglielmo Marconi |
Who is responsible for the broadcast industry? | David Sarnoff |