Supreme Court ruled the state had the constitutional right to regulate private business that affected public interest, upholding existing Granger Laws
Munn v Illinois (1877)
This New Deal program employed millions to build bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
A third wave of immigration occurred from 1890-1915 arrived from
southern and eastern Europe
Founded in 1868 and organized to fight against the railroads which they saw as charging outrageous prices to transport crops from farms to cities
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry or the Grange
Fear of the spread of communism
Red Scare
Give the U.S. Presidents in order from 1900-1945
McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, F. Roosevelt.
17th Amendment
direct elections of US. Senators
a Harvard graduate, wanted the top ten percent of African Americans to be given total equality with whites. He advocated for a more progressive and more aggressive form of civil rights.
W.E.B. Dubois
A ruling by the Supreme Court that said separate but equal facilities in the south were fine.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
German declared the seas around the British Isles a “war zone” and subs sank luxury liner
Lusitania
Advocated for the protection of nature and land from humans
Preservationists
Reform minded journalists of the Progressive Era are called
Muckrakers
Reform movement of the early 20th century (1890s-1920s) that responded to political corruption, economic instability, and social concerns.
Progressive Movement
African Americans in New York City, specifically the borough of Harlem, began a literary, artistic, and musical movement that was dubbed the
Harlem Renaissance
An example of a Progressive muckraker and author of The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Stated that the U.S. can intervene in the affairs of Latin American Countries if we see they are governing their country improperly
Roosevelt Corollary
Formed in 1891 to represent the interests of the nation’s agricultural sector they ran a candidate in the 1892 presidential election, winning four states in the west.
Populist Party
Enacted in 1890 making monopolies in business illegal and used by TR for trust busting
Sherman Anti Trust Act o
Muckraker and author of The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
A fire at this garment company in New York galvanized the labor movement into seeking more protection on the job
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
Paper, or "soft" money is known as
Greenbacks
This group sought to improve society, business, and government. Its goals included women’s rights, better working conditions, eradicating child labor, improving efficiency in businesses and government, and abolishing alcohol.
Progressive Movement
What are the 3 R's of the New Deal
Relief, Recover, and Reform
A New Deal program that enlisted young men between 18-25 to improve America's public lands, forests, and parks
The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
In response to The Jungle Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 which established what federal agency
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Imposed a harsh peace on the defeated Germans
Treaty of Versailles
This group reform party of the 1890s wanted a direct election of senators, a graduated income tax, and public ownership of the railroads, and use of silver for currency exchange in addition to gold
Populist Party
Reform minded journalists of the Progressive Era
Muckrakers
Progressive amendments to the Constitution
Prohibition (18th) and Woman Suffrage (19th)
Advocated for the proper use of nature
Conservationists
Developed by Ford this produced large numbers of cars which lowered the price
Assembly line
Founded the Tuskegee Institute, and was more conciliatory toward white society and wanted African Americans to get an education before demanding equal rights
. Booker T. Washington
state laws mainly in the Midwest that regulated, among other things, freight rates
Granger Laws
A time of legal segregation is called
Jim Crow
This movement of the early 20th century believed government should help fix society’s problems
Progressive Movement
a secret telegram to Mexico encouraging them to attack the US in return for the land lost in the Mexican American War
Zimmerman Note
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