US History

An aviator who flew nonstop from NYC to Paris.

President McKinley showed himself as an expansionist by buying the Philippines from Spain.

He was known as an American Educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute.

During the election of 1912 Republicans abandoned progressive reform.

These donated public land to several states for agricultural and mechanical arts colleges.

Booker T Washington is known for promoting black nationalism.

Business magnate who made his fortune in railroads and shipping.

Prohibition led to the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Who is credited for using Dollar Diplomacy?

Inventor, electrical and mechanical engineer best known for his alternating current electrical supply system.

During the Progressive Era the government took a more active role in regulating business.

Governor of New Jersey turned 28th President, serving from 1913-1921.

Most influential women’s group campaigned for labor laws prison reform and women’s suffrage, founded in Ohio 1874.

The following are all push factors EXCEPT

President Bill Clinton apologized for the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Queen in 1993.

PL 47-126, this law outlawed the entry of all Chinese laborers from 1882-1943.

The Telegraph allowed businesses in the west to stay in touch with eastern markets.

Americans felt safer flying after Charles Lindbergh’s flight to Paris.

Hawaii was a strategic location for a naval base making annexing important to the US.

First intergovernmental organization, founded 1919.

A main pull factor that drew people to the cities during the late 1800s were job opportunities.

Identifying with one’s own nation and supporting its interests.

Writings of the Lost Generation often includes laissez-faire theory and racial inequalities.

A weakness in the Articles of Confederation was the inability to tax citizens.

African Americans wanted more rights and better paying jobs and so started the great migration of the 1920s.

The Battle of Saratoga was the decisive victory of the US over Britain in the Revolutionary War.

The knights of labor helped unskilled female workers get equal pay.

This era went from 1870-1900 and was marked by rapid economic growth, high wages, and industrialization.

Corporate financier, banker, Wall Street wizard best known for his industrial consolidation.

Desire of a government to maintain a strong military force.

Laissez-faire politics follows a policy of non interference. The attitude of letting things take their course.

Policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy and military force.

President from 1901-1909. He was noted for his love or nature and even had a toy named after him.

How many African Americans moved from the rural South to the North, Midwest and West during the Great Migration?

This precursor to the Constitution was written in 1777, but was not ratified until 1781.

American Historian noted for his Frontier Thesis.

The People’s Party, it was a left wing agrarian party of the late 19th Century.

The Supreme Court’s verdict in 1896 Plessy v Ferguson case allowed for equal protection under the law.

The Battle of Saratoga was a major turning point because the patriot’s victory persuaded the French to form an alliance.

Ruling that racial segregation did not violate the law as long as facilities for both parties are of equal quality.

African American infantry, 369 Infantry, deployed in both WWI and WII.

Chief Joseph was a leader of which tribe?

This era was between 1890-WWI. It featured industrialization, urbanization, and immigration.

Organized association of workers, often tradesmen or professionals.

Prohibition banned all manufacture and sale of this from 1920-1933.

Labor organization best known for their part in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.

The Harlem Hellfighters were an African-American jazz band that first appeared in New York City the during late 1920s.

WWI affected working conditions in the US by labor unions agreeing to pay cuts and longer working hours.

A common policy for Republican presidents in the 1920s was to support the progressive domestic policies.

27th President served from 1909-1913.

The Treaty of Versailles placed the blame for WWI on this country and required that they pay reparations.

Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis exposed the U.S. Navy needed to be modernized.