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Bill of Rights
the first ten ammendments to the constitution
added in 1791
formal lists citizens rights and freedoms
3 branches of government
executive branch
legislative branch
judigicial branch
the Constitution is

when written
oldest written document meeting he changing needs of Americans
Declaration of Independence
What country did we break from?
What year did we sign it?
England

1776
Manifest Destiny
19th century belief that the US would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific O cean and into Mexican territory
President
Vice President
today
Obama
Republicians

Democrates
anit slavery, conservative, believed ina wide arrange of things at this time 1800
slavery,
Industrializaton

Robber Barrons
Rockefeller's Oil Company
paying employees low
selling oil lower than his competitors
he controlled market, hiked prices up
monopoly is
a firm that bought out all its competitors
skyscrapers in the late 1800
because of the steel, make the framework
3 factotrs contributing to the industrial boom in late 1800's
railroads, cheap labor, technology
Immigration and Urbanization

Responsible for bulding the Central Pacific Railroad
Chinese immigrants
Steamships in the early 1800's
this is how most immigrants traveled to the US
Urban Dwellers face these problems living in the city
housing, transportation, water, sanatation, crime and fire
Chinese workers were a threat to American workers
they would work for lower wages
Immigrants were drawn to the US
they thought there was a better life here
to escape difficult conditions in their own country
Immigrants were drawn to the US
they thought there was a better life here
to escape difficult conditions in their own country
in the early 1900's the immigrants were coming from
Germany or Europe
in the early 1900's the immigrants were coming from
Germany or Europe
Immigrants were drawn to the US
they thought there was a better life here
to escape difficult conditions in their own country
PROGRESSIVISM

happening in public education around the 1900
children between the ages of 8-14 had to attend school 12-16 weeks, reading, writing, arthimetic,
more children began attending school so kindergarten was added
more high schools, more courses in vocational area,
then expanded to universities
in the early 1900's the immigrants were coming from
Germany or Europe
Chinese workers were a threat to American workers
they would work for lower wages
election of 1912
Deomcract Wilson
Bull Moose Roosevelt
Republician Taft
Socialist Debs
Taft wins- supporting small business;free market competition, all monopolies as evil.
election of 1912
Deomcract Wilson
Bull Moose Roosevelt
Republician Taft
Socialist Debs
Taft wins- supporting small business;free market competition, all monopolies as evil.
PROGRESSIVISM

happening in public education around the 1900
children between the ages of 8-14 had to attend school 12-16 weeks, reading, writing, arthimetic,
more children began attending school so kindergarten was added
more high schools, more courses in vocational area,
then expanded to universities
Immigrants were drawn to the US
they thought there was a better life here
to escape difficult conditions in their own country
election of 1912
Deomcract Wilson
Bull Moose Roosevelt
Republician Taft
Socialist Debs
Taft wins- supporting small business;free market competition, all monopolies as evil.
Chinese workers were a threat to American workers
they would work for lower wages
in the early 1900's the immigrants were coming from
Germany or Europe
Immigrants were drawn to the US
they thought there was a better life here
to escape difficult conditions in their own country
PROGRESSIVISM

happening in public education around the 1900
children between the ages of 8-14 had to attend school 12-16 weeks, reading, writing, arthimetic,
more children began attending school so kindergarten was added
more high schools, more courses in vocational area,
then expanded to universities
in the early 1900's the immigrants were coming from
Germany or Europe
election of 1912
Deomcract Wilson
Bull Moose Roosevelt
Republician Taft
Socialist Debs
Taft wins- supporting small business;free market competition, all monopolies as evil.
PROGRESSIVISM

happening in public education around the 1900
children between the ages of 8-14 had to attend school 12-16 weeks, reading, writing, arthimetic,
more children began attending school so kindergarten was added
more high schools, more courses in vocational area,
then expanded to universities
election of 1912
Deomcract Wilson
Bull Moose Roosevelt
Republician Taft
Socialist Debs
Taft wins- supporting small business;free market competition, all monopolies as evil.
Henry Ford
biggest benefit of assembly lines
it opened up for more jobs
it made production faster
it could be adapted to other products
PLESSY VS FERGUSON

what case over turned it
Plessy seated in the all whites car of a train in 1892
he was convicted for breaking the law in Louisanna
the Supreme Court over ruled it in 1896
Pure Food and Drug Act
in 1906 which halted the sale of contaminated foods and mredicines and called truth for labeling
Significance of the Jungle/Author

Muckracker
Upton Sinclair
shocking conditions of the immigrant workers, unsanitary conditions in a meat packing industry
Unionization
Positive aspects
Women got better working conditions,child labor was recognizned,use of many strrikes got better working conditions
Jim Crow Laws were
laws enacted by southern state and local governments to seperate white and black people in public
Imperialism and World War I
Significance of the USS Maine
US warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana,Cuba 1898
Open Door Policy
no single nation would have a monopoly of trade with any part of China
Buffalo Soldiers
Doughboys
native americians
Panama Canal
reduce travel time between Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
get permission from Columbia
United States paid Panama 10mill plus annual rent
work beagn in 1904 canal open in 1914
5,600 workers died
$380 billion
Communism vs Democracy
communism- government rule
democracy- people rule or have a say
4 main causes of WWI
nationalism
imperalism
militarism
formation of the system of alliances
Espionage and Sedition Act
a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20years in prison for interferring with the war effort
or saying anything disloyal, profane, abusive about the government
event that sparked WWI
Germany announced they would sink all ships in British harbor
Imperialism
the policy of extending a nation's authority over another country
importance of Peral Harbor

Location
refueling base for American ships
ships stopped there from China
Isolationism
a policy of pulling away from invovlement in world affairs
League of Nations
established in 1920
aoosication of nations gathered to promote international peace
importance of Peral Harbor

Location
refueling base for American ships
ships stopped there from China
warfare in WWI
tanks, airplanes, machine guns, observation ballons, poision gas,
Isolationism
a policy of pulling away from invovlement in world affairs
Lusitania was important in WWI
British passenger ship that was sunk by a German u-boat, this what got Americans first angry then everything else led them to declare war
League of Nations
established in 1920
aoosication of nations gathered to promote international peace
warfare in WWI
tanks, airplanes, machine guns, observation ballons, poision gas,
Lusitania was important in WWI
British passenger ship that was sunk by a German u-boat, this what got Americans first angry then everything else led them to declare war
Neutrality
to stay out of wars
Red Scare
communists took over Russia
waved the red flag
Selective Service Act
a law enacted in 1917 that required men to register for military service
Treaty of Versallies
1919 peace tredeaty at the end of WWI which established new nations, borders, and war reparations
Zimmerman Note
poroposing a German-American alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas , New Mexico, and Arizonia from US
women gained by the end of WWI
moved in to jobs of labor that men held, they did not get equal pay but it did help in the suffrage movement
The US acquired
Alaska from Russia
In the Spanish-American War
Mexico
Allies in WWI
France,Britian, and Russia
Triple Alliance was Germany, austria-hungria, Italy
Propaganda during WWI
George Creel
paintings, posters, cartoons, and sculptures to influence peoples thoughts and actions
use these to promote the war
Russia Post WWI

Government Leaders
Lenin and his followers formed a new communists state in Russia, they waved the red flag
RAORING 20's
Sacco and Vanzanetti
they were itlian, said to have evaded the draft, anarchists
said they killed a factory paymaster, guard, convicted on circumstanial evidence
Most famous ganster of this era
Al Capone
Blue Collar

White Collar
factory worker per hour

office worker salary
main factor causing urban sprawl
the automobile
Prohibition

ammendments associated
manufacturing, sale, transporting of alcohol was illegal
18th ammendment helped lauch it
21st ammendment repealed it
Harlem Renaissance
1920's flowering of Africian Americian artists
scopes trials
teacher Scopes was tried for teaching evolution
flapper
free thinking young women who embraced new fashions in the 1920's
speakeasy
where alcoholic drinks were bought and consumed illegally during prohibition
GREAT DEPRESSION and NEW DEAL

Hoovervilles
places where homeless and jobless people lived, in shanties
it started with veterans trying to get full pay from president Hoover
Great Depression
Causes
tarrifs and war debt policies
crisis in farm sector
availability of easy credit
unequal distirbution of income
Great Depresion
Effects
instead of homes there were shacks
soup kitchens and bread lines
increased violence
men left their families
women canned food and made their own clothes
some worked but this was difficult
serious health problem for children
schools close
teenagera began hopping around the country this was dangerous
sucide rate grew 30%
people gave up their dreams
others helped each other out
Dust Bowl
drought began in the early 1930's
windstorm came in 1934 thousand of sharecroppers and framers were evicted.
oakies
were migrants that came from Oaklahoma but then all were called this went on route 66 to California
Grapes of Wrath and the Dust Bowl
Novel about a family who lived during the dust bowl
election of 1932
Franklin D. Roosevlt
Social Security
provided pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities
New Deal
relief for the needy, economic recovery,
financial reform
FDR was responsible
unemployment during the Great Depression
13 million
Great Depression
1929 it begins with the stock market crash
president blamed for the Depression
Hoover
pyschological stresses
will to survive
adults stop going to doctors and dentists
scrimping and saving became their way of life
Great MIgration
in the early 20th century
the Africian Americans moving North
describe culture of the 20's
some women took on a new experience shorter dresses, went out dancing, smoked , rank, went to work in factories, stores and professional offices, family dynamics changed, more things were availabe in stores to buy, cutting a women hair short, different kinds of music, more children attended school, radio,sports hereos, literature expanded