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United States History Flashcards, Semester 1

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Thomas Nast drew cartoons of this New York City boss, who was sent to jail for embezzlement and corruption.Boss (William Macy) Tweed
Jane Addams and other reformers set up these places that provided educational and social services to the urban poor.Settlement houses
Under this agreement, Japan limited emigration of unskilled workers to the USA.the Gentleman's Agreement of 1907-1908
This was the key place in New York city where immigrants were inspected and processed.Ellis Island
This was the strategy of combining companies that produced similar products.horizontal integration
In response to abuses by railroad companies, the U.S. government passed this regulatory act in 1887.Interstate Commerce Act
This was the chief craft union developed after 1886, and led by Samuel Gompers.American Federation of Labor
This act, passed in 1890, made it illegal to form a trust that violated free trade between states.Sherman Antitrust Act
This labor event, on May 4, of 1886, resulted in a bomb thrown and ensuing riot that led to several deaths.Haymarket
The Industrial Workers of the World were also known by this name.Wobblies
What was the end product of the Bessemer Process?Steel
He is credited with setting up the world's first industrial and technological research laboratory.Thomas Alva Edison, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
He is credited for leading the movement for planned urban parks, including Central Park.Frederick Law Olmstead
Which school was established to help African Americans learn skills in agricultural and mechanical trades.Tuskegee Institute of Alabama
This was the term given to racial segregation laws in the South in the 1870s and 1880s.Jim Crow laws
He was was the industrial leader in the oil industry.John D. Rockefeller
He was the industrial leader in the steel industry.Andrew Carnegie.
In 1914, this antitrust "watchdog" agency was created to investigate violations of trade rules and unfair business practices.Federal Trade Commission
This amendment granted women the right to votethe 19th Amendment
This style of journalism, which exaggerate news and enraged readers, helped to start the Spanish-American War.yellow journalism
This was the name of the volunteer cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt at the Battle of San Juan Hill.the Rough Riders
This was the name of the 1900 act which set up a U.S. supervised civil government in Puerto Rico after the Spanish American Warthe Foraker Act
This amendment to the 1901 Cuban constitution stated that the U.S. had the right to intervene and own naval stations in Cuba.the Platt Amendment.
This 1917 intercepted message proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany, which helped to bring the USA into World War I.the Zimmerman Note
This was nation's first propaganda agency, set up in World War I, which was set up to popularize the war effort.the CPI, or Committee on Public Information
Over time, this was early 20th century movement involved hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North, to escape racial discrimination and seek job opportunities.the Great Migration
Give the name, job, and political party of the person who said: "America's present need is...not nostrums, but normalcy."Warren G. Harding, President, Republican Party
This 1925 event was a contest between traditionalism and modernism over the role of science and religion in public schools.the Scopes Trial
You could listen to great jazz at this nightclub, which played an important role in the Harlem Renaissance.the Cotton Club
In the Twenties, many Americans began the practice of __________, which meant paying a small % of a stock's prices as a down payment and borrowing the rest.buying on the margin
The World War I veterans who arrived in 1932 to Washington D.C. to demand their immediate compensation--as stated in the 1924 Patman Act-were known as theBonus Army
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, in addition to stating that banks must act responsibly with their customers' money, set up this agency.the FDIC, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This critic of FDR proposed a radical "Share-our-Wealth" program, which would redistribute income to poorer Americans.Huey Long
In 1905, W. E.B. Du Bois founded the ____________, a movement which believed that blacks should develop its most talented leaders, and work assertively for civil rights.Niagara Movement
In the 1890s, she worked for prohibition by destroying saloons with her hatchet.Carry Nation
Protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, and fostering efficiency: these were all goals of theProgressive Movement.
Journalists in the early 1900s who wrote about the corrupt side of business and politics were known as themuckrakers.
These were the two key laws passed by Teddy Roosevelt in 1906 that regulated food and drugs.Pure Food and Drugs Act, Meat Inspection Act
What did the 16th Amendment to the Constitution ratify?the Federal Income tax
This act, passed in 1917, required men to register with the government in order to be selected for military service.Selective Service Act
Led by Bernard Baruch, this part of government during WWI sought to regulate production techniques and promote standardized products.the War Industries Board
Who said, "the chief business of the American people is business."President Calvin Coolidge


Teacher, Social Studies
Redwood High School
Larkspur, CA

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