a rise in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, racketeering
When did the United States start using standardized time and time zones?
On November 18, 1883, America's railroads began using a standard time system involving four time zones, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific.
What was exposed in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked...
US gain from the treaty with Spain?
It established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines...
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Period of Great African American artistic accomplishment that began in the 1920s in the Harlem neighborhood of NYC
What happened as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers.
What were the goals of the progressive movement?
protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, fostering efficiency
What is a poll tax?
It's an amount of money-usually one or two dollars- that a citizen had to pay before he or she could vote.
What was Plessy v. Ferguson? Why was it important
The case that challenged a Louisiana law requiring separate sections of the trains for African Americans. The court ruled that "separate, but equal" w...
Importance of Pearl Harbor attack and who was responsible.
On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed would "live in infamy," the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise aeria...
What new weapons and tactics came from WWI?
Military technology of the time included important innovations in machine guns, grenades, and artillery, along with essentially new weapons such as su...
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
24.9%
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
In one of the darkest moments of America's industrial history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 146 worker...
Why do we have standardized time and time zones?
The expansion of transport and communication during the 19th century created a need for a unified time-keeping system, and time zones were introduced.
Define Imperialism. Give Examples
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or sociallyThe annexation of Hawaii in 1898British East...
The U.S. had two immigration processing stations. Where were they and what were their names?
Ellis Island in New YorkAngel Island in San Francisco
Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s
demand for crops fell after World War I and the new equipment was expensive
What is Social Darwinism?
The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.
What did Social Darwinism justify?
Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half
What inventions helped make skyscrapers possible?
Bessemer steel, safety brakes on elevators, internal steel
What were Jim Crow laws?
They were laws that enforced the strict separation (segregation) of the races.
What factors contributed to the industrial boom of the early 1900s?
wealth of natural resources, government support for business, and a growing urban population that provided both cheap labor and markets for new produc...
During the early 1900s, what groups of people made up the working class?
The labor force that made industrialization possible was made up of millions of newly arrived immigrants and even larger numbers of migrants from rura...
What were some of the programs under Franklin Roosevelts New Deal?
AAA Agricultural Adjustment AdministrationCCC Civilian Conservation CorpsCWA Civil Works AdministrationFERA Federal Emergency Relief AdministrationFHA...
Great Depression causes and effects
1)United State's stock market crash of 1929. 2)Big drop in the world's economy. 3)Overproduction of goods from World War I. 4)Decrease in the need for...
The turn of the 20th century brought new entertainment, what were they?
During the first 20 years of the 20th century, attendance at professional baseball games doubled. Vaudeville, too, increased in popularity, featuring...
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