HUSH MIDTERM

women's rights activists

Strike for pay increases and better working hours that further weakened support for unions

formed when a group of companies turn over control of their stock to a bard of trustees to avoid competition

this would gaurentee women's rights by outlawing discrimination based engender

creating steel by melting down iron and injecting with hot air to remove impurities

payments of part of the earnings from a job

what is demobilization?

secretary of state John hay that stated that all nations should have equal access to trade and investment in china

during hardings administration, involved Albert fall and the leasing the oil reserves in return for gifts and loans

Immigration Act of 1924

secretary of interior, involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal

military "preparedness" program established prior to U.S. entry into WWI that increased size of national guard and army

agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia

1876 battle between U.S. soldiers led by George Armstrong Custer and Sioux warriors ,worst U.S. army defeat of the west

name given to U.S. pres, Britain prime minister, French premier, and Italian prime minister at conference in versallies

Sioux Leader

theory that opposes government regulations of economic matters

Won the election of 1920

a proposed alliance between Mexico and Germany during WWI

was the prominent steel tycoon of the industrial revolution, was behind vertical integration

secretary of the treasury under Warren g Harding

Thomas Edisons research lab where he patented over 1000 inventions

naval captain who captured the Philippines, provided U.S. unexpected prize

published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, wanted a two ocean navy

invented barbed wire

economy will prosper if businesses are left free from government regulation and allowed to compete in a free market

required men between the ages of 17 and 30 to register for the draft

policy promoted by buisness leaders during the 1920s that called for open shops

twenty seventh president, winner of 1908, leader of a political machine

international body formed in 1919 to prevent wars

the holder of over 1000 patents by the time of his death in 1931. lots of innovations

patented by Samuel morse in 1837 that sent messages over long distances by using electric current to transmit dot dashes

republican candiate in the election of 1928, became the 31st president of the U.S.

promise issued by German officials during WWI not to sink merchant vessels without warning

amendment that called for votes to have the power to directly elect U.S senators

company that sells shares of ownership, called stock, to investors in order to raise money

made up horizontal integration, He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time. standard oil

Britain, France, Italy, U.S. Russia

a social reform effort begun in the mid 1800s to encourage people to limit alcohol consumption

constitutional amendment that permitted congress to levy taxes

well organized political parties that dominated local and state governments in the 1800s

name applied by Mark Twain

federal law that pushed tariff rates on manufactured goods and levied high duties on imported agricultural goods

responsible for the creation a stable monetary climate for the entire U.S economy, created a national bank

Combining of two or more companies to achieve greater efficiency and higher profits

Vice President under Harding, became president in 1923 when Harding dies of heart attack

Battle of Big Littlehorn

ended WWI, required Germany to pay huge war reparations and established the League of Nations

occurs when exclusive control of an industry is maintained by one or a small group of individuals

Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the adoption of an open door policy 

period of anti-communist hysteria that swept the U.S. after WWI

25th president, republic winner of 1896, declared war on Spain

federal law that outlawed acts of treason during WWI

one of the leaders of the national Women's suffrage association

28th president of the U.S., won the election of 1912

agency created to settle disputes between workers and employers

only monopoly broken by Sherman anti trust act

pioneer of railroad and shipping industry, built ships for the union army. "commodore", controlled by NY railroad

granted women the right to vote

democratic candidate in the presidential election in 1928, first Catholic to run for president as a major party nominee

Strike that failed when steel company officials used rumors, threats, and even violence against strikes

movement by protestants ministers in the late 1800s that applied christian principles to social problems

Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Germany, Bulgaria

ownership of several companies of many of the same product, Rockefeller

agency by Herbert hoover that encouraged increased agricultural production and conservation of existing food supplies

president Wilsons plan for organization post WWI Europe and for avoiding future wars

became president after the assignation of William McKinley, Square Deal

"only the strong survive", used as jurisdiction for unethical business practices

steel plant worker stoppage that Carnegie responds to by locking out workers which led to violence

constitutional amendment that barred the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.

Leader of the Apaches

wave of discoveries, innovations and inventions that revolutionize manufacturing, transportation, communication, society

mission was to keep U.S. economy both free and fair, established to investigate corporations and unfair trade practices

president of the united mine workers

rafts policy of influencing Latin American affairs through economic influence rather than military force

ownership of business involved in each step of manufacturing process, Carnegie

term used to describe the various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration

intrusmental in gaining women's rights to vote and equal rights