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| 18th Amendment | Made the transportation, manufacture, or selling of alcohol |
| 19th amendment | Amendment that gave women the right to vote. |
| Mayflower Compact | Signed on a ship. First model of a constitution. Stated that government powers came only from the consent of the people. |
| social gospel | Social theory that stated societal problems could be solved by applying Christian princples to them. |
| social darwinist | Social theory that surival of the fittest also applied to people. |
| Declaration of Independence | Document that listed 27 complaints against King George III and stated that men had to right to rebel against unjust gov't. |
| Bill of Rights | Added to the US Constitutution. It lists the personal liberteries of US citizens. |
| Judicial Review | The right of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of any laws passed. |
| John Marshall | Federalist judge who helped to enact many big government ideals like supreme court power, separation of races, etc. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme court case that stated that separation of the races was LEGAL! |
| 13th amendment | Declared that slavery was illegal and never to be practiced in the US again. |
| Industrial Revolution | When labor switched from manual to machine. |
| Robber Barons | Nickname for wealthy industrialists whose money came from corrupt business practices and child labor. |
| Gilded Age | Time period in US hsitory with excessive wealth and corrupt political practices like political machines. |
| political machine | Used by corrupt city bosses to control city politicians and take tax dollars. |
| urbanization | growth of cities often by the influx of numerous immigrants looking for better lives. |
| Ellis Island | Processing station in New York where European immigrants arrived. |
| Angel Island | Processing station for Asian immigrants in San Francisco. |
| child labor | The practice of using minors as workers. |
| Triangle Fire | Where 146 women lost their lives due to outrageously unsafe working conditions. |
| Manifest Destiny | Idea that the US was fated to "go west" and settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean regardless of who got in the way. |
| Interstate Commerce Act | Act whereby the US government could monitor or regulate the railroad industry. |
| Populists | Political party made up of farmers who helped to pass the Interstate Commerce Act. |
| Progressives | Political group that set their sights on fixing the problems of child labor, political corruptness, poverty, helath, and education. |
| Imperialism | Time period of colony gathering: Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, Guam, etc. |
| Panama Canal | Land gained by the US when they helped the Panamian people successfuly rebel against their motherland, Columbia. |
| US Navy | Branch of the military that supported Roosevelt's foreign policy" Speak softly and carry a big stick" |
| Resources | Imperialism was motivated by the US need for more ___ like new consumers, new lands, and fuels like coal, ore, oil. |
| World War One | War started by over zealous nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and alliances. |
| "over there" | Term used to describe Europe when US soldiers went to war. |
| rationing | Giving up meat, heat, and wheat for the soldiers so they can have your share. |
| Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson's Peace Plan that failed to gain the support of Italy, France, and England. |
| League of Nations | 14th point and only point accepted by Italy, France, and England. |
| Big Four | Big Four national leaders at the Treaty of Versailles peace conference. |
| Immigration Act of 1924 | After WWI, the US went back to isolationism which included this act to LIMIT the amount of Southern and Eastern Europeans and Asians. |
| Jazz Age | This music swept America by storm and produced such greates as Louis Armstrong. |
| Harlem Renaissance | Resurgence of pride in African American ART, LITERATURE, and MUSIC. |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. the US became a "dry" nation. |
| Bootlegging | Illegal transportation of alcohol in the 1920's |
| Al Capone | Famous gangster who made his fortune off of selling and transporting illegal booze. |
| Black Thursday | October 24th, 1929 the stock market took a massive dive in prices beginning the Great Depression. |
| over speculation | Occurs when people buy stocks in the hopes that the prices will continue to drive upwards. No guarantee. |
| Buying on Margin | Paying only 10% of the value of a stock and owing the bank the other 90%. Stocks weren't really worth the prices charged. |
| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929. The last and final crash of the US stock market as large investors sold off all stocks kickstarting the Great Depression |
| Great Depression | 1930's. Massive unemployment and financial collapse of the US financial structure. Lasts until WWII. |
| Dust Bowl | Area hit hard by drought producing such dry conditions that dust storms miles tall and wide blew across the region. |
| Grapes of Wrath | Famous novel by John Steinbeck that describes the fictional story of a Great Depression family struggling to survive. |
| California | The state of opportunity or at least jobs until the state turned away the tens of thousands looking for work. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt. | President during most of the depression. Enacted massive socialist changes where the government takes on the responbility to feed, cloth, house, and provide work for citizens. |
| Social Security Act | Law that reduced paychecks in order to pay for the elederly, needy, and the handicapped. Social Security is still in force. |
