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Laissez Faire
John Stuart Mill, a British economist was the fore front upon for bringing this of Laissez Faire into philosophy into popular economic usage in his Principles of Political Economy (1848), the principles John Stuart Mill's set, set forth the arguments for and against government activity in economic affairs.Laissezfaire was a political as well as an economic doctrine.The doctorine were made soley for individuals involved within the free market economy/ those who didn't want government intervention -
Homestead act
The Homestead act was an act which allowed for man immigrants to settle in the western lands of the United States.The act was passed by the sixteenth president and stated that any American, including freed African American can take claim the free land of 160 acres of federal land. The land can be permanently granted and given a lease by the government if the residents live, cultivate, and improve the land for at least five years. 15,000 homestead claims have been claimed in the postwar era. -
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Morrill Land Grant College Act
The Morrill Land Grant College act was a series of donations and the selling of large numbers of substantial public acreage to be used to fund and build colleges.The act was meant to fiance education and benefit those who were pursuing in the field of "Agriculture and mechanic arts". The Act gave each state worth of 30,000 acres of Federal land to each member within the Congressional delegation. It was later Vetoed by President James Buchanan because of the many land grant institution that occur -
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union pacific railroad was part of a tremendous railway channel which connected to another railroad that is located in Sacramento, the two railroads are part of a railway channel known as the Transcontinental railroad and met at the promontory point of Utah. Union pacific railroad itself was located in Omaha, Nebraska and tracks 32,100 miles (51,660 km) long. The Railroad provided for a more efficient way of travel and a more profound way of trading goods, the fare was cheap and quick. -
Ku Klux Klan
the Ku Klux Klan was a secret domestic militant organization within the southern part of the United States, the KKK are best known for supporting white supremacy and act as terrorists, terrorizing African Americans while in white robes. The KKK lynch African American's to intimidate, murder, and oppress them to be afraid of White citizens. Jews and other minorities also get intimidated. -
Americanization
Americanization was meant to assimilate people of different cultures into American culture.The movement was sponsored by the government and many American citizens. Schools and associations taught immigrants skills for citizenship, such as English literacy and American history. School courses such as cooking and social were also taught to teach immigrants etiquette to help them learn the ways Americans. Although These courses were offered to natives, many still denied because of traditions. -
Philanthropy
Philanthropy is the love for humanity, Philanthropists show this love for humanity by donating to charity and socially useful causes to better their reputation. An example of this is John D Rockefeller, in the late 1890's John kept his stock and as gasoline grew in importance, his wealth soared and he became the world's richest man and first U.S. dollar billionaire, and is often regarded as the richest person in history Standard Oil he donated his savings to charity before he died. -
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Battle of Little-big Horn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known by many Americans as,Custer's Last Stand, this battle marked the Native American's first successful victory and the worst U.S. defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The hatred of Custer and his men outraged many Americans and the image they had of the natives, thoughts that they were wild animals on the hunt.The U.S. government increased its efforts to crush the tribes. Within five years, the natives of Sioux and Cheyenne would be brought to reservations. -
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The railroad owner who built a railway connecting Chicago and New York. He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad, which made railroads safer and more economical. This man was one of the few railroad owners to be just and not considered a "Robber Barron" -
Exodusters
The Exodusuters were a group consisted of African Americans whom were former slaves during the western era. The exodusters were primarily located in the South and escaped westward. African Americans escaped the south due to the fear of laws such as Jim crow laws emerging within the south again, the exodusters did not want to jeopardize the freedom granted to them after the civil war. The Exodusters got their name from Exodus, a book from book of the bible. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This Act restricted Chinese immigration for 10 years and denied
the Chinese naturalization rights(not allowed to become U.S. citizens). The act was Signed into law by Chester B. Arthur, this was particularly the first time a particular ethnic group was restricted from immigration into the United States and was extended numerous times.The act was put in place to protect American jobs for whites because Chinese were willing to work for much lower wages. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese immigration emerged when people started coming to the West Coast for a better economic life, as America during this time period was emerging economically as an industrialized powerhouse. This migration of Chinese immigrants attributed to declining wages and economic troubles which led to white American citizens to hate upon Chinese workers and In order to appease the Chinese immigrants, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 -
Pendleton Act
The Pendleton system act was put into place during 1883, and required American citizens to take civil service reform test, Government pronounced that the Civil Service Exams must be taken in order to receive government jobs. The highest scores got the job which had the most pay. The act also banned federal employees from giving campaign money to their party which were supporting them. -
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show was a show created by William Frederick Cody which reenacted scenes of famous western frontier events and life in the west. The show hired real Native American Tribes and Cowboys to reenact the popular wild west which was known for its dangerous and manly adventures. It recreated the lifestyle of westerners on an exaggerated level, but most importantly was a basis for entertainment and for those who wanted to experience the western lifestyle. -
Intestate Commerce Commission
congressional legislation created the Interstate Commerce Commission, and required railroads to create and publish standard rates, and denied them rebates and pools. Railroads quickly became skillful at using the Act to achieve their own profit/ self benefit. All and all the Interstate Commerce Commission Act gave the government an important means to regulate big business such as the railroad industry. -
Farmers Alliance
The Farmers Alliance was an organization that united farmers at the statewide and regional level; The goals and mindset within the organization included more readily available farm credits and federal regulation of the railroads.This mindset was mainly due to the inadequate amounts of money that railroad monopolies were placing on farmers to get their goods from one place to another. The farmers had to pay this amount of money because if they didn't they wouldn't be able to get goods into stores -
America As An Industrial Power
American Industrialization Began in nineteenth century and centered around the powerful countries such as the United States and some countries within Europe, the industrial revolution was sparked by an many different innovations and inventions in the production of metals, machinery, chemicals, and foodstuffs, and transformed the economy and society into a powerhouse. Individuals such as Andrew Carnegie created a way to mass produce steel which was the base/ premise of modern America. -
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act banned the formations that would restrict/deny trade, the Sherman anti trust act did not distinguish between bad and good trusts. The act was a hinder upon worker unions, but it expressed/ showed that the government was slowly moving away from Laissez Faire ideals, which didn't want the government to be involved within the free market economy. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The war known as Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as The Battle at Wounded Knee Creek, was the last major conflict between the Native tribe known as the Sioux and the United States, this conflict between the two were described as a "massacre" by General Nelson A. Miles in a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.This massacre was in 1890 and started when the native tribe left the reservation in protest because of the death of Sitting Bull. The US army killed 150 Sioux at wounded knee. -
World's Colombian Exposition Date
World's Colombian Exposition was the world's first fair that featured the progress of American civilization through the grand architecture that represented an ideal urban environment,the exposition took place in Chicago.The exposition was meant to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World (1492). The architecture of the fairgrounds was referred to as the White City. -
Cuba's Independence
A Cuban with the name of Jose Marti lead the Cuban Independence for Cuba in 1895. The War against Spain brutally crushed the Cuban troops thus embarrassing themselves.The United States were concerned in the war within Cuba and Spain due to the investments put into the country. Cubans were forced into prison/concentration camps, which were then later published in American newspapers (yellow journalism). -
Pullman Strike
During 1894 a strike consisted of railroad workers were upset by drastic wage cuts. The strike was led by socialist Eugene Debs and was not supported by the AFL, American Federation of Labor . As time went on something had to be done to stop the strikes, thus President Grover Cleveland intervened and federal troops were forced to end the strikes.America cam out learning something in that, both divisions within labor and the government's new willingness to use armed force to stop work stoppages. -
Populist party
The populist party was a political group which began to emerge within the time period of 1891. The party gained much support from farmers who turned to the party to fight political unfairness and fought for the right against government corruption,they used a progressive platform.The party had an impressive voter turnout and were also known as the People's Party. The party received a vast amount of support and had a great run within this time period. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold rush began within the region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. Gold was sprawling and bringing money within the area with an estimated 100,000 prospectors to area the news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors who wanted to rich easier. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. The Klondike Gold Rush ended in 1899 after gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska prompting an end from the Klondike Gold Rush. -
U.S.S Maine
During the time period of 1898, a U.S. battleship named the U.S.S Maine exploded and sank in the Havana Harbor leaving 260 Americans dead. The cause of the explosion was later concluded that it was an internal explosion caused by a fire in the coal bunker and not the doing of Spain,the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine provided an excuse for those eager for war with Spain and a big factor to this was yellow journalism. The Explosion of this battleship was a main factor to the US to join WWII. -
Bessemer Process
Created by Sir Henry Bessemer, The Bessemer process was the conversion of iron into the much more durable and versatile steel; process consisted of blowing air through molten iron to burn out the impurities of the raw steel into a pure stable steel like the ones used for industrial buildings. This made possible the production of steel in great quantities and large products, for use in manufacture of locomotives, steel rails, and girders for the construction of tall buildings. -
Battle of Manila Bay
Battle of Manila Bay was the first initial Battle of the Spanish-American War which was fought within the Philippines. The war was won by a landslide and ended in a decisive US victory under Commodore George Dewey. George Dewey fought and deployed his army/ troops with industrialized steel ships thus demolishing the Spanish armada and leaving Spain in embarrassment. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism was a term used to describe the sensationalist newspaper writings of the time during war with Spain. These sensationalist writings were written on cheap yellow paper. The most famous yellow journalist was William Randolph Hearst. Yellow journalism was considered tainted journalism. Yellow journalism were mainly written articles that were blown out of proportion and most of the time were just used to gain peoples attention and bring forth false acquisitions on subjects. -
Rough Riders
The Rough Riders were a group of American volunteers that were formed by Teddy Roosevelt and created to fight at the battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba. Many of these men were not trained soilders and were ordinary men. Many were cowboys, ex-convicts, and other rugged men. The army was led by Colonel Leonard Wood, wood led the group, but Theodore Roosevelt organized it. They were named "Wood's Weary Walkers" because by the time they got to Cuba to fight most of their horses were gone. -
Battle of San Huan Hill
Battle of San Huan hill was fought near Santiago de Cuba, the war of Spain and the United States began in 1 July 1898, one of the very first battle within the Spanish-American War. The war was one of the bloodiest and most famous battle of the war and the greatest victory of the Rough Riders.The Rough Riders played a central role in the victory but for also supported by black soldiers of the 24th and 25th infantry regiments. -
Siege of Santiago
The Siege of Santiago was one of the most important battles in the Spanish American War. The war marked the defeat of the Spanish fleet which were in Cuba. The Spanish fleet was led by Admiral Cervera. Admiral Cervera had taken shelter within the Santiago Harbor, but after the American army took the city, he tried to escape. The American fleet destroyed every single one of his ships and this was due to the superior American force. This marked the end of Spanish controlled Cuba. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
The Treaty of Paris 1898 brought a formal end to the Spanish-American war. the treaty confirmed the terms of the armistice concerning Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam. American negotiates had startled the Spanish by demanding that they also cede the Philippines to the U.S, but an offer of 20 million for the islands softened Spain's resistance. The Spanish accepted the Americans terms. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
The Treaty of Paris brought a formal end to the Spanish-American war. The treaty brought terms of the armistice concerning Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam. American negotiates surprised the Spanish and demanded that they also give the Philippines to the America, The offer was twenty million US dollars for the islands the Spanish accepted American terms and granted the U.S twenty million dollars. -
Political Machines
Political machines were political corporations whom were controlled by a certain boss that wielded enormous influence over the government of urban cities. Political machines were very corrupt, controlled tax rates, gave tax breaks to their allies and controlled prices and business. These corporations stole millions from taxpayers using fraud. Political machines did minor philanthropy to boost their public image they supported businesses, immigrants, and the poor in return for their votes. -
Trust-Buster
People whom got rid of Trust's were known as the "trust busters. Trust-busters with the aid of Muckrakers helped get rid of trust, the two organizations created movements to make noise and to get rid of trusts. Trust busters believed that there were good trust/ bad trusts, whom regulate the ones that fraud citizens. Trust busters were by created the Department of Commerce and Labor,and had a notion that trust busting was the right thing to do. -
Horizontal Integration
Horizontal integration was a form of technique used by John D. Rockefeller for his company Standard oil. Horizontal integration was an act of joining (buying smaller companies) or consolidating with ones competitors to create a monopoly. John Rockefeller was superb with using this technique to monopolize certain markets. This created him to corner the oil industry and create certain prices within the market. All and all horizontal integration is the aspect of controlling production to product. -
Nobel Peace Prize
The first Nobel Peace Prize was won by the president of the United States of America, Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel peace prize for negotiating in the end to the Russo-Japanese War. Now in the current generation, the Nobel Peace Prize are given to outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and economics and for the promotion of world peace. -
Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was a group of 16 gleaming white ships whom were sent by the president Teddy Roosevelt, were to show on a cruise around the world to display the United States powerful naval powers and capabilities. This Fleet of sixteen white ships also pressured Japan to come into terms of the Japanese Russo War and surrender. America at the time was increasingly growing it's large navy with industrialized American Steel. -
Big Stick Policy
The Big Stick Policy was a diplomatic policy developed by Teddy Roosevelt.The policy symbolized the United States power and readiness to use military force if necessary. The policy was a way to intimidate foreign countries without actually harming them and was the basis of U.S. imperialistic foreign policy. The policy was used mainly to control Latin/ Central America, most notably around the Panama Canal. -
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Steam power
The steam engine was a machine that turned the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomer in in 1712, built the first crude which was a workable steam engine. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760's and 1770's. Steam power was then applied to machinery. Steam power was one innovative during this time period and expanded the way's that human's could travel and do tasks easier. -
Russo Japanese War
Interests of Japan and Russia in Korea caused the conflict that led to Russo-Japanese war from 1904 to 1905. Japan defeated Russian troops and crushed its navy. By 1910, Japan had complete control of Korea and parts of Manchuria. -
The jungle
The jungle created by Upton Sinclair was published in the year 1906 and intended to bring on the propositions of the horrible conditions of food and conditions of the workers in the meat factory. The book became popular during this time period and gathered the attention of the public to the disgusting conditions, thus directly leading to tighter regulations for meatpacking and formation of Food and Drug Administration on meat products sold to customers. -
Muckrakers
Muckrakers were known as individuals whom are associated with popular magazines. These magazines put in tons of money, lots of money on researching and digging up false information of certain people, groups, and political parties thus giving them the name muckrakers. This name was given to them by President Roosevelt .Muckrakers were known as investigative journalists whom were trying to make the public aware of problems that needed fixing. -
Meat Inspection Act 1906
The meat inspection act was passed within 1906, The Act was derived from reaction of the public and this was due to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle,written in 1906, gave the public insight to the horrible and disgusting meat packaging process within food factories. In some instances people received rat feces and dead animal parts within their meat.The law set strict standards of cleanliness in the meatpacking industry. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906, and was the first law to regulate manufacturing of food products and medication that were sold for public consumption, it also prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate labeling. The Pure Food and Drug Act derived and was inspired so by the book the jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, Brought to the public the un-sanatized and unhealthy food that these factories sell to the public. -
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Standard Oil Company
Standard oil found by John D. Rockefeller, was the largest American oil industry in 1881. Known as A.D.John D. Rockefeller's company, formed in 1870, symbolized the trusts and monopolies of the Gilded age. By 1877 Standard Oil Company controlled ninety percent of the oil rigs within in the United States. Standard oil became a large target for trust reformers, thus for Supreme Court made the decision to divide the company into smaller companies. -
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Dollar Diplomacy
The Dollar Diplomacy was term used by Americans to describe the efforts of the United States to further boost its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by using it's money to grant loans to the countries within Latin America. During this time period the American military was not powerful and wasn't needed because war was not occurring during this time period. America was basically a bank that loaned money to other countries. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of America and was known for his conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War. Teddy Roosevelt was known as a big kid walking around in the White house due to his child like personality and was a humble individual that everyone enjoyed being around. -
17th Amendment
The seventeenth was passed in 1913, this amendment gave the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures. The amendment was meant to reduce the corruption of government officials electing senators that they pleased to pick. This meant that the citizens could vote for their own Senators and increased democracy of government within the country. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act created the new Federal Reserve Board within America, which oversaw a nationwide system of twelve regional reserve districts. Each district had its own central bank, and had the power to issue paper money ("Federal Reserve Notes"). This also created federal reservations within each bank, just in case money runs low/ money runs out completely. -
Archduke Franz Assassination
Archduke Franz was the the Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemiaon was assassinated on the date June 28, 1914 during his assassination Franz was paying a state visit to Sarajevo. Franz was a heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. His assassination is what began/ sparked the destructive war, known as World War II -
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Panama Canal
The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. Colombians would not let Americans build the canal, but then with the assistance of the United States a Panamanian Revolution occurred. The new ruling people allowed the United States to build the canal. -
Booker T Washington
Booker T Washington was a black civil rights leader whom encouraged blacks to believe that building a strong economic base for themselves was a critical factor for Africans fighting for equal rights. Washington also stated in his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech in 1895, that blacks had to accept segregation in the short term as they focused on economic basis for themselves to achieve political equality in the future. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was a coded telegram received by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmerman, on January 16, 1917, to the German ambassador in Mexico.The telegram instructed the ambassador to approach the Mexican government with a proposal to form a military alliance against the United States. It was intercepted and decoded by the British and its contents hastened the entry of the United States into World War I. -
Espionage Act
The Espionage act made it a crime for a person to talk about negative information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies. who feared any widespread departing in American troops in time of war, thinking that it constituted a real threat to an American victory. In simple terms, its a law which punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during World War one. -
Royal Air force RAF
The British air force, Inflicted heavy losses on the German air force because its planes were aided by a newly developed radar and an excellent systems of communications. This Heavy loss introduced a new Militant group which were known as the Royal Air Force other wise known as the RAF. The RAF were derived from the previous British air force and were better trained aircraft pilots. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition act was derived from the public's outrage on Government draft's of American solders and the joining of World War two the act was added to Espionage Act, and deemed "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the American form of government, the Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces as criminal and worthy of prosecution- the reason why Eugene V. Debs was imprisoned. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie is a Scottish-born American steel industrialist and philanthropist whom founded Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his Carnegie steel dominated and paved a new wave of steel in the United States.Carnegie was an advocate of Social Darwinism and believed that businesses whom were not regulated would eliminate weak businesses. Carnegie also thought that a focusing of wealth was a natural result of capitalism. -
Temperance movement
The temperance movement advocated the prohibition of liquor and spread rapidly after 1879 when Frances Willard became a leader for the movement. Frances Willard advocated suffrage, and helped women get into public life. First nationwide organization to identify and condemn domestic violence. The Temperance movement was widely supported by Women. Men during this time period drank extensively and when drunk beat their wives, therefor many women joined into the movement. -
Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu was a global outbreak of a deadly type of virus that killed millions of people. The movement of soldiers during WWI helped to spread the virus. 20-40% of people in the world are estimated to have become ill with the virus that attacked the young and healthy as well the weak. People sometimes felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. An estimated 675,000 people died in the U.S. and 50 million worldwide. -
18th Amendment
The eighteenth amendment prohibited the alcohol on a non-medical sale of alcohol throughout America.The eighteenth amendment was the midpoint of a growing drive towards women's rights, because of the abuse women received while their husbands were drunk. The amendment showed the great moral of women during this time period and how they stepped up together for a common cause against alcohol. -
Social Gospel Movement
The Social Gospel movement was led by Washington Gladden, the movement taught the public of religion and human dignity which would thus help the poor over come problems of industrialization and struggles within reality. The movement didn't focus on religion, but on the fact that improved living conditions improved morality and the soul. -
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage was a large movement whom consisted within America, these women fought for their rights and the ability to vote in America. Women's Suffrage boosted the moral for women and due to this boost in moral women gained more opportunities and rights. This movement occurred during the progressive era and proposed the idea that women deserve equal rights that men receive. -
Immigration Act 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 cut quotas/ percentage for foreigners to enter the United states from three percent to two percent. Certain Countries were only allowed to enter the United States,countries were only allowed to send a certain number of its citizens to America each year. This was due to vast amounts of immigrants entering America and taking the Jobs that were once occupied by American Citizens. -
American Indian Citizenship act
The Indian Citizen act Conferred American citizenship for all Native Americans whom were born within the United States or within the territorial area borders of the United States. The Act's purpose was to curtail the demand for indigenous identity among Native Americans, and grant them as one of the citizens of the United States. Though natives whom were granted citizenship were not granted all citizen rights such as voting. -
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge was a part of the Republican party and a chairman for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Henry Cabot Lodge disagreed with the Versailles Treaty, and highly pursued on the United States to not join the League of Nations as it will later present negative consequences further down the road. These negatives consequences are giving up our powers, and ensuring allies that America would join them in war. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a black artistic movement in the United States, most prominently located in New York City during the time period of the 1920's. This movement consisted of writers, poets, painters, and musicians came together to express feelings and experiences, especially about the injustices of Jim Crow, and the movement which evolved black culture, the movement expressed the ideals to spread African culture and be proud of yourself. -
Sanford Dole
Sanford Dole an American plantation owner in Hawaii also known to be the owner of Dole Pineapple,led a revolt against the queen of Hawaii and was later elected as president of the Republic of Hawaii. He was president until the US annexed Hawaii 4 years later. Dole took Hawaii by storm and forced reforms among those who lived there, believed that a base was needed to annex Hawaii. -
Third Reich
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party. Also known as the third Reich. The Third Reich was a communist party in Germany whom seeked total domination of others, killed and blamed Jews for Germany's problems. -
The New Coalition
The New Deal Coalition was an alliance of voters who supported FDR's New Deal programs. The Great Depression had led to a Democratic landslide for FDR, supported by voters from different walks of life and ethnic groups with differing needs. Republicans in the face of the Great Depression had resulted in a shift in traditional party allegiance. -
Emergency Relief Act
The Emergency Relief Act was a government legislation that was passed during the Great Depression that dealt with the bank problems, most notably the banking factors that led to America's Greatest economic downfall/ crash (the Great Depression). The act allowed a plan which would close down insolvent banks and reorganize and reopen those banks strong enough to survive. -
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20th amendment
The twentieth amendment was an amendment that shortened the time between Presidential election and inauguration. The Amendment defined the actual dates on which those terms begin and end. The 20th Amendment also provides for guidelines to be followed in the scenario that there is no President-elect. It was also used to deny the same president to be elected multiple terms after their presidential term. -
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Glass Stegal Act
This act forbade commercial banks from engaging in excessive speculations, the act added one billion in gold to economy and established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. -
21st Amendment
The twenty first amendment repealed the eighteenth amendment, transportation and importation of liquors is prohibited, and should not be in-operated unless ratified as an amendment and approved by several states. It meant that minors could only drink liquor/ alcohol by the appropriate age of twenty one years of age. -
Wagner Act
The Wagner Act was a New Deal whom was supported by R. F. Wagner. The act established and defined horrible laboring practices within factories, secured workers the right to bargain collectively and demand for better working rights and conditions, and established the National Labor Relations Board. This act gave American workers the rights to have a voice/basis for themselves within the labor work force. -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act was a governmental legislation created to give money to people/ citizens of America. It created a federal insurance program based on the collection of taxes from employees and employers throughout people's working careers. The act was a basis and aid for those who were in need of financial aid or money in general. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a time period where certain areas within the United States experienced massive/detrimental dust storms ,these areas with America were hit hard by dry topsoil and high winds that created blinding dust storms; this area of the Great Plains became called that because winds blew away crops and farms, and blew dust from Oklahoma to Albany, New York. These devastating storms left farmers with no crops and cattle, thus meaning they became bankrupt and losing everything they had. -
FDR Plan
The New Deal programs created by FDR were born in Brain Trust.It gave money back to the tax payers,and created needed good paying jobs within America, this encouraged wealthy people to do the same thing,thus making trade easier with Mexico, this allowed construction companies to make a larger profits than they used to make before, and providing people which jobs in the process. The New Deal witnessed an increased role for people within the American government. -
John Rockefeller
John D Rockefeller was a man who started the oil industry and created the basis for the industry itself. Rockefeller down the road created an oil dynasty and sparked the interest in oil.During 1870 in Ohio Rockefeller organized the Standard Oil Company. By 1877 he controlled all of the aspects of oil in the United States. It achieved important economies both home and abroad by the large scale methods of production and distribution of his oil distribution also known as horizontal distribution. -
Western Front WWII
The Western fronts were a line of trenches and fortified military forts in World War II that stretched without a break from from Germany to France. The Western front was the larger front out of the two, the other one consisting front was the Eastern front. The Western front consisted of mass casualties with bombs, tanks, planes, and machine guns dealing huge blows to troop populations. This large casualty number resulted in trench warfare. -
Hooverville
Hooverville was known as a dumpster/shanty towns that the unemployed and poor citizens in the United States lived. These poor individuals built houses made from scrap within the cities during the early years of the Great Depression. The name was given to the individuals living within Hoover-ville because of the poor living conditions. Those living in Hoover ville were blamed on for the problems of the Great Depression and were looked down upon by others. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was a movement of African Americans from the South to the north, most notably the Northeast and the Midwest. African Americans migrated to the north because of social/economic problems in the south such as decreasing cotton prices, the lack of immigrant workers in the North, increased manufacturing as a result of the war, and the strengthening of the KKK. Migration led to higher wages, more educational opportunities, and better standards of life for some blacks. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was an unsuccessful German attack/ push within the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, which was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union. The Germans faced heavy casualties among the push facing eight hundred thousand casualties, this number was drastic and contributed heavily to the defeat of the battle of bulge. -
Battle of Bulge
On December January 1945 and taking back France, the Allied powers push into the border became stalled due to the Germans along side the German border. During the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses. The western and eastern front forced the Germans to fall back to their trenches. -
D-Day
D-Day, was an American Offensive which began on the date June 6. D-day was a war within French territoies where American troops took over the beach which was controlled at Germany at the time. Eisenhower commanded more than 1.5 million American, British, and Canadian soldiers across the oceans to battle along side each other. This helped to liberate Paris in August, had driven the Germans out of most of France and Belgium by September. -
Quebec Conference
The Quebec Conference was a conference that was held at Quebec,Canada which discussed war strategies for World War II. Those whom attended the conference agreed to increase the bombing offensive against Germany and continue the buildup of American forces in Britain resolved to remove Italy, and exhaust Japanese resource/ cut their communications lines and protect the mainland. -
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin,was the attack on Berlin, the Planning of the attack on Berlin was a Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and was the final major offensive of the European Theater of World War II. Before the battle was over, German Führer Adolf Hitler and a number of his followers committed suicide. The city's defenders finally surrendered on 2 May. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a mass genocide of Jewish people due to the army of Germany the holocaust also killed of other minority groups in Germany during the dictatorship of Hitler and his Nazi party -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin led the USSR now known as the Soviet Union in World War two and worked closely with FDR and Winston Churchill during the war. Stalin Transformed the USSR from a large society of agriculture to a industrialized country filled with steel, Stalin also created reforms known as Five-Year Plans within the country. He formed a totalitarian society within the USSR by a series of
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W.E.B Dubois
W.E.B Dubois was a black civil rights leader whom fought for immediate civil rights for African Americans, he believed that economic rights were given without civil rights, therefore Dubois pushed the idea for blacks to pursue intellectual and well respected professions.Booker T Washington was another civil rights leader and, helped Dubois created the Niagara Movement in 1905 to fight for and establish equal rights. This movement later led to the establishment of the NAACP.
