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Labor Unions
Representatives of workers in many indudtries in the United States. Activity usually pertains to bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions. -
Titans of Indusrty
Titans of Indusrty such as John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.p Morgan built monopolies and revolutionized business practices -
Growth of the cities
The growth of metropolises was great. By 1890, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia had passed the million mark. Americans were becoming commuters. Criminals flourisehd in the cities of America. -
Post Civil War Southern Society
There was a new position for blacks in American life. Slaves were freed and were able to use more power over their daily lives -
Republican Reconstruction
Republicans almost gained complete control over policymaking in Congress after the election of 1866.They gained control of the House of Representatives and Senate. These actions marked the beginning of Reconstruction. -
Fredrcik Douglass compared to Du Bois
W.E.B Dubois had a better idea of equalty than Fredrick. Douglass lived in the slave times. Dubois lived in the time after slavery was abolished. In Douglass's time, it was illegal for slaves to read and write. In Dubois's time it was legal to learn how to read and write. -
Transcontinental Railroads
A network of trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans. Promoted world wide migration to attract specific people for progress with sales of land grant lots. -
Social Darwinism
Various theories of society that came from England and the United States. -
Lazzez faire economics
An economic envrionment in which transactions between two parties are free from restrictions -
Southern and Eastern Europe Immigrants -1880s
These immigrants made up 15% of the total United States population. Many immigrants stayed in the port cities where they landed -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act created a process to split Indian Resersations to create parcels of land and sell off to settlers -
Gospel of Wealth
An article written by Andrew Carnegie that describes the responsibility of philanthropy -
Sherman Anti Trust Act
A landmark federal statute in the history of United States Anti Trust law -
Progressivism
A political philosophy based on the idea of progress. Asserts that advances in science, technolgy, economic development, and social organization can improve human conditon. -
Gilded Age Business Cycle
The business cycle during this age became exceptionally harsh. While the economy boomed in the 1880s, it still suffered periods of contraction at later times. -
Fredrick Jackson Turner Thesis
He was stuck on a process about the moving frontier line and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. -
Plessy v Ferguson - Brown v Board of Education
The Brown decision was a landmark because it overturned the legal policies established by the plessy v ferguson decision that legalized the practices of seperate but equal. -
Spanish American War
Conflict between Spain and the United States , the result of American interventiopn in the Cuban War of independance. Yellow journalism was used to criticize Spanish adminsitration of Cuba -
Open Door Policy
a term in foreign affairs used to refer to the United States policy in the late 19th century and early 20th century. -
Populism
A political doctrine in which one sides with people against the elite. Populists are seen as a big democratic and positive force in society. -
Ford/Model T / Assembly Line
Automobile produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company. Ford had assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting. The Ford Model T was named the world's most influential car of the 20th century in a poll . -
League of Nations
Organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace conference that ended the first world war. Mission was to maintian world peace. -
Mellon economic policies
He believed in slow down economics and that the economy would heal itself. He reduced spending gave tax cuts to th wealthy. -
1920s literature
Amercican literature during the 1920s stressed themes concerning need for self-definition and the changing role of women in society. -
Naval Building Limitations
Naval arms limitations conferences sought to increase limitations of warship building. -
Scopes trial and Cultural conflict
The trial reflected the numerous cultural clashes occurring across America at the time. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
A agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts of whatever nature. -
1930s isolationism
a combination of the Great Depression and the memory of tragic losses in World War I contributed to pushing American public opinion and policy toward isolationism. -
Great Depression
It was the longest , deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. It originated in the US after the fall in stock priced that began around 1929. -
Neutrality Acts
Passes by the United States Congress in the 1930s in respnse to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War ii . They were spurred by the growth n isolationism and non interventionism in the US. -
Hoover attitude toward welfare and handouts
Herbert Hoover stressed that relief for the needy should be the responsibility of private, local, and state relief agencies. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was elected four times and served from March 1933 to his dath in April 1945. He was a central figure in various world events during the mid 20th century. A popular song as his campaign theme defeated Republican Herbert Hoover. -
World War II
It involved the vast majority of the worlds;s nations including all of the great powers eventually forming two opposing mititary alliances: the Allies and the Axis. -
WWI & WWII draft differences
WWi noticed great difficulty in getting the draft procedure working correctly. Also, there was a problem with recording exactly who was required to sign up. WWi was much more easier to avoid the draft as to WWii -
Harry S Truman
Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12 when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. Under Truman, the US concluded WWII successfully/. Later, tensions with the Soviet Union increased causing the Cold War. -
McCarthyism
The practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard foe evidence . -
1950s
Many middle class, white American families experienced a prosperity they had never known before. Young couples moved to the suburbs and purchased first time homes. The American economy experienced great growth between in the period between 1945 and 1960. Consumers had gathered big amounts of cash during WWII. Also, the demand for cars was at a record high. -
Civil Rights Movement
Movements for civil rights were a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law that peaked in the 1960s. -
Sputnik
First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked US fear of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It all led to the creation of NASA and the space race. -
1960s Protests
These movements included the civil rights movement, the student movement, the vitnam war movement, the womens movement, and the gay rights movement.Each to a certain degree changed government policy and how every American lives today. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
An incident where Soviet missles were placed in Cuba as a response for help. It led to increased tensions between the Soveits and the Us. -
Lyndon Johnson
He is one of only four people who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States. Johnson was greatly supported by the Democratic party and as a president. He was responsible for designing the great society legislation that upheld civil rights, aid , and development. -
Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin incident involves North Vietnam and the United States two confrontations in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Lyndon Johnson greatly boosted America's invovlement in the Vietnam War. Nixon claimed that he had a plan to end the Vietnam War but took him 5 years to disengage the US from Vietnam.
