History Quater 3 Exam Flashcards
women known for her work with the poor; founder of Hull House, America’s most famous settlement house
jane addams
alliance that included Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, Romania, Japan, Portugal, Montenegro, Greece, and Italy
allies
a psychological theory that considers a person’s environment responsible for their behavior
behaviorism
wrote the Pledge of Allegiance
Francis Bellamy
Democrat candidate in 1896; gave the “Cross of Gold “ Speech; known for settling international disputes
William Jennings Bryan
provided for a yearly budget for the federal government
budget and accounting act
navy admiral who flew over the South Pole while making valuable explorations in the Antarctic region
richard byrd
american freedman botanist and professor at tuskegee institute
george washington carver
democratic presidential candidate who won the 1884 election
grover cleveland
hardings vice president; 13th president
calvin coolidge
payment plan that temporarily reduced germany’s payments to help with her economic hard times
dawes plan
commanded the US pacific fleet stationed in Hong Kong
george dewey
influential professor who advocated progressive education
john dewey
greatest inventor in history ; referred to as the wizard of menlo park
thomas edison
prohibited the manufacture sale and distribution of liquor in the united states
eighteenth amendment
created the Federal Reserve Bank
federal reserve act
heir to the austrian throne who was assassinated in 1914
franz ferdinand
by its terms puerto rico became an unorganized territory
foraker act
author of the great gatsby
scott fitzgerald
revolutionized transportation introduced the assembly line
henry ford
key leader in the communist movement who organized the violent steelworkers strike of 1919
william foster
formulated a system known as psychoanalysis
sigmund freud
became president in 1881 second president to be assassinated
james garfield
agreement that the japanese government would withhold passports from japanese laborers seeking to come to the US
gentlemen’s agreement
appointed the leader of the Panama Canal project
george goethals
29th president; 1920
warren harding
provided funds for the state agricultural colleges to establish experiment stations and begin researching better farming methods
hatch act
became 19th of the US in 1876
rutherford hayes
owner of the new york journal
william hearst
created and led the food adminstration during WW1 secretary of commerce under harding and coolidge
herbert hoover
american home missionary to alaska responsible for the introduction of reindeer
sheldon jackson
methodist evangelist from georgia who is remember as the moody of the south
sam jones
american employee of the department of agriculture who founded the grange
oliver kelley
1927 pact between france and the US which outlawed war between the two nations
kellogg-briand pact
a region of alaska where gold was discovered in 1896
klondike
president wilson’s proposal for peace after WW1 established the permanent court of international justice
league of nations
leader of the bolsheviks (majority) of the communist party in russia
vladimir lenin
large british luxury liner sunk by the germans
lusitania
notable presbyterian professor from princeton who combated theological liberalism and modernism
john machen
increased the federal governments power to regulate business in 1910; strengthened interstate commerce commission
mann-elkins act
the belief that matter is the only reality of the universe and that thought, will, and feeling can be explained in terms of matter
materialism
sponsored the McKinley Tariff as a congressman from Ohio; 25th president
william mckinley
american foreign policy proclaiming american noninterference in european affairs
monroe doctrine
prominent investor and banker who organized the US steel corporation
jp Morgan
provided for an increase in the size of the regular army and the organizing of a national guard subject to be called into action by the president
national defense act
created in 1918 as a court of arbitration to settle labor disputes
national war labor board
granted women the right to vote
19th amendment
remembered as the father of atheistic existentialism
friedrich nietzsche
wilson’s attorney general who established the general intelligence division
mitchell palmer
president arthur’s most fomous bill the basis for the modern civil service program
pendleton act
commander of the troops sent by wilson to capture pancho villa appointed commander of the american troops in france during WW1
john pershing
philosophy that an idea or action should be judged solely by its results
pragmatism
the wing of the republican party that split off to support Roosevelt’s bid for president in 1912 (bull moose party)
progressive party
headed commission to cure the island of cuba of yellow fever
walter reed
the most famous american ace who destroyed over twenty enemy aircraft
eddie rickenbacker
assistant secretary of the navy and leader of the rough riders; 26th president
theodore roosevelt
case in which two italian immigrants were convicted of murdering during a robbery in MA and were excuted; painted them as martyrs
sacco- vanzetti case
the trial that gained national exposure as a media sensation
scopes monkey trial
law which required all men from age 21-30 to register with the local draft board
selective service act
changed the way that senators are elected from being elected by the state to being elected by popular vote
17th amendment
scottish professor of philosophy who advocated for capitalism international free trade, and laissez faire economic policy in his book wealth of nations
adam smith
the idea that government should control all resources in a society
socialism
oil magnate who financed the publication of the fundamentals
lyman stewart
former baseball player who became one of the most influential evangelist in the 20th century
billy sunday
became to first civil governor of the philippines; 27th president; headed to national war labor board during WW1
william taft
outlined the Americans’ intent to occupy cuba solely for the purpose of freeing her at an appropriate time
teller amendment
american inventor who pioneered alternating current
nikola tesla
organization dedicated to worldwide communist revolution
third communist international
preacher and educator at moody bible institute and the bible institute of los angeles
RA Torrey
made the peace between germany and russia official in march 1918
treaty of brest-litovsk
a series of compromises with wilson’s 14 points which influenced the terms of the treaty
treaty of versailles
alliance between germany austria-hungary and italy
triple alliance
agreement between great britian france and russia
triple entente
one of the most significant tariff acts in american history
underwood-simmons act
the law that put the 18th amendment into effect
volstead act
introduced the air brake
george westinghouse
the leader of germany during WW1
wilhelm II
dates of WW1
1914-1918
credited with making the first successful powered flight
wright brothers
