U.S. History Qtr. 2 Common Assessment Final

U.S. History Qtr. 2 Common Assessment Final

Friday – Multiple Choice

Southern states restrict voting rights for African-Americans

• Grandfather Clauses

Plessy v. Ferguson (1898)Court Case

• Could use the same facilities as whites

• Separate but equal

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

• Led to legislation such as the Meat Inspection Act

Progressive Presidents of the early 20th century (1900s)

• Theodore Roosevelt• Wm. Howard Taft• Woodrow Wilson

Political reform

• Recall

Sixteenth Amendment

• Allowed the government to tax your earnings

• Federal income tax

Open Door Policy

• To make sure the U.S. would have access to China’s markets

Spanish (American) War

• Cuba became a free nation

• The U.S. gained Puerto Rico & Guam

• The U.S. gained the Philippines for $20 million

U.S. Imperialism

• New markets were needed for the U.S. economy

• Military strength• A belief in the cultural

superiority of the Anglo-Saxon culture

Goals of the Progressive Era “Muckrakers”

• Willingness to expose the corruption of U.S. society

U.S. role in the Panama Revolution

• Roosevelt sent U.S. ships to support the revolution staged by French official Philippe Bunue-Varilla

Latin American policies of Progressive Presidents Roosevelt,

Taft and Wilson• #1 = to protect U.S. business interests

Theodore Roosevelt’s “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

• It relied on the U.S. having a Strong Navy

American Women Made gains during World War I

More support for women’s right to vote

Civil liberties during WWI

• Denied to many who were suspected of disloyalty

President Hoover’s response to the Great Depress

• He responded slowly w/ Voluntary programs

• Wanted government of establish guidelines for businesses to follow voluntarily

Palmer Raids

• Feared of communist plot to overthrow the government

Ku Klux Klan

• Attacked African-Americans, Catholics, Jews and immigrants

• stop

Labor strikes

• Factory owners blamed strikes on workers who were communists (Reds)

Marcus Garvey’s “Back to Africa” and the NAACP

• It led to the practice of racial discrimination in the U.S.

18th Amendment & the Volstead Act

• Established a Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department

• Volstead Act was to enforce the 18th Amendment

• Did it work? • 21st Amendment =

repealed the 18th Amendment

19th Amendment

It allowed the suffrage for women. (Not suffering) : )

Women in the 1920’s

• More women entered the work force as clerical workers

• Greater equality in marriage

• Technology simplified housework

Harlem Renaissance

• Whites began to appreciate African-American writers, artists & musicians

Writers of the Harlem Renaissance

• Focused on African-American experiences

The Mood of Americans during the 1920s

• Americans hoped to return to normal life after WWI

Radio, movies & pop(ular) culture

• People in different areas and living conditions could share common entertainment

Electricity affected industry in the early 1900s

• Factories used electricity to power their machines and produce more goods

Automobile changed the American landscape

• Paved roads andconnected major American cities

Federal Reserve System

• It was established in 1913 and continues to regulate the money supply today.