Period 7: 1890-1945 Flashcards
1
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Spanish American War
A
1898
because of election year and yellow journalism
2
Q
DeLome Letter
A
1898
criticizes McKinley
3
Q
Williams v Miss
A
1898
upheld literacy test
4
Q
Peace of Paris
A
1898
gives Cuba Independence and US gets Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam
5
Q
Samoa divided between US and Germany
A
1899
6
Q
Teller Amendment
A
1899
gave Cuba freedom
7
Q
Open Door Notes
A
1899
Hay
agree to territorial integrity of China
8
Q
National Negro Business League
A
founded 1900 by Booker T Washington
9
Q
Gold Standard Act
A
1900
gold standard unit of value
10
Q
Progressive Era
A
starts 1900
cure corruption
anti-monopolies
temperance
help immigrants and labor
building codes
public utilities
11
Q
Boxer Rebellion
A
1900
Chinese nationalist rebel
foreign nations unite to put down rebellion
12
Q
US Steel Corporation
A
formed 1901
13
Q
Platt Amendment
A
1901
gave US a base in Cuba ad permission for troops to intervene and consent to treaties
14
Q
Insular Cases
A
1901
Constitution does not follow the flag
15
Q
Coal Strike
A
1902
16
Q
Department of Commerce and Labor
A
created 1903
17
Q
Hay-Herran Treaty
A
1903
for Panama canal
rejected by Columbia
18
Q
Hay-Buena Varilla Treaty
A
1903
gives US land in Panama
19
Q
Elkins Act
A
1903
dealt with RR rebates
part of “Square Deal”
20
Q
Panama Canal Zone acquired
A
1904
21
Q
National Child Labor Committee is formed
A
1904
22
Q
Roosevelt Coroollary
A
1904
addition to Monroe Doctrine
made US police force
take over Dominican customs duty
Arbitrate in Venezuela dispute with Germany
23
Q
Industrial Workers of the World
A
formed 1905
24
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Meat Inspection Act
A
1906
25
Treaty of Portsmouth of Russo-Japanese War
1906
negotiated by T Roosevelt
26
Hepburn Act
1906
strengthened the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission
27
Pure Food and Drug Act
1906
Established Food and Drug Administration
28
Drago Doctrine
1907
Invest in Latin America at own risk
29
Bank Panic 1907
1907
30
Muller v Oregon
1908
limited number of hours for women
31
Root Takahira Agreement
1908
Japan will honor Open Door Notes
32
NAACP
founded 1909
33
Dollar Diplomacy
begins 1909
Taft
34
Payne Aldrich Tariff
1909
lowered tariffs
35
Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy
1909
Ballinger, Sec. of Interior, dismissed - charged with not following nation's conservation policy
36
Standard Oil Co. v US
1911
court determines what's a reasonable trust
Standard Oil broken up
37
16th Amendment
1913
authorized income taxes
38
17th Amendment
1913
direct popular election of Senate
39
Underwood Tariff
1913
lowered duties
40
Federal Reserve Act
1913
created federal reserve system
41
The Federal Trade Commission
established 1914
42
Clayton Antitrust Act
1914
amendment too Sherman Anti-Trust Act
strengthened anti-monopolistic reform
43
Federal Trade Bill
1914
44
USS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine
1915
45
Adamson Act
1916
allowed government to take over RR
administered by McAdoo
46
War Industries Board
1916
coordinate production and mobilize
headed by Beruch
47
Food Administration
1916
headed by Hoover
Leiver Act - set prices for agricultural products
48
Fuel Administration
1916
headed by Garfield
control fuel prices
49
US enters WWI
1917
50
Great Migration
1917
blacks move from South to North
cause race riots
Harlem Renaissance
Garvey back to Africa movement
51
Creel Committee: Public Info
1917
spread propaganda
formed Liberty Leagues
52
National War Labor Board
1918
Under Taft
prevented strikes
53
Armistice Day
1918
54
Treaty of Versailles
1918
Germany accepts full blame
demilitarize Rhineland
Germany looses all colonies
55
Wilson's 14 Points
1918
Open Covenants
Disarmament
From Poland
Freedom of seas and trade
Rebuilding of Belgium
League of Nations
etc.
56
Espionage and Sedition Act
1918
suppress criticism
can't interfere with draft
57
The Palmer Raids
1919
58
Shenck v US
1919
"clear and present danger" - open opposition to war will undermine war effort
59
Abrahms v US
1919
upheld Sedition Act
60
American Protective League
1919
pro-war activists, prosecuted and censored
61
Versailles Treaty and League of Nations
1919
Senate rejects
Irreconcilables - Borah - disagree with Article X = involvement in foreign affairs
Reservationist - Lodge - accept treaty if Article X is clarified - only if Congress can commit troops
62
18th Amendment
1919
prohibits alcoholic beverages
63
Race Riots
1919
Chicago
64
Volstead Act
1919
Enforced 18th Amendment
65
19th Amendment
1920
grants Womens Suffrange
66
1st Radio Station
1920
KDKA
67
First Commercial Radio Broadcast
1920
68
American Birth Control League
Margaret Sanger founds 1921
69
Revenue Act
1921
decreases taxes
70
Washington Disarmament Conference
1921
limit naval wars
71
Post War Depression
1921
72
Immigration Act
1921
restricts immigration
73
Fordney McCumber Tariff
1922
high increase in duties
74
Teapot Dome Scandal
1923
Sec. of Interior Fall sells oil reserves to private industry
75
McNary-Haugen Bill
1924
help farmers by buying surplus
vetoed
76
Dawes Plan
1924
helped Germany with reparation
provide loan
77
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
1925
78
Charles Lindbergh
1927 flies NY to Paris solo
79
Immigration Law
1927
80
Kellog-Briand Pact
1929
Peace alliance
81
Great Stock Market Crash
1929
Causes:
Durable goods
easy credit
overproduction
debt
profits increase; wages stay same
federal reserve does nothing
speculation and buying on margin
82
Agricultural Market Act
1929
establish Federal Farm Board
assistance to farmers
83
Young Plan
1929
reduced reparation payments, no longer involved in Germany economy
84
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
1930
high protective tariff
85
London Naval Treaty
1930
decrease number of ships
86
Stimpson Doctrine
1932
87
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
1932
assist with mortgages
88
Public Works Project
1932
89
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
1932
part of trickle down economics
lent money to banks
90
Bonus Army
1932
marches on DC to receive veterans bonus
Hoover sends in troops
91
Election of 1932
Franklin D Roosevelt elected president
92
The New Deal
begins 1933
FDR
93
Works Progress Administration
1933
WPA
employed artists, writers, photographers
94
Civilian Conservation Corps
1933
CCC
95
National Industrial Recovery Act
1933
NIRA
sets up NRA
business men make codes for min wages, hr
96
Glass Stegall Bancking Act
1933
kept US on gold standard
created FDIC
against bank runs
FDIC
97
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
1933
FDIC
insure and protect bank deposits
98
Securities and Exchange Commission
1933
SEC
watched market prices
99
Agricultural Adjustment Association
1933
AAA
paid farmers not to overproduce
100
Tennessee Valley Authority
1933
TVA
bring electricity to rural areas
competes with private industry
101
Civil Works Administration
1933
CWA
102
National Youth Association
1933
NYA
103
Home Owners Loan Corp.
1933
Holc
104
"Good Neighbor" Policy
1933
Repudiated Roosevelt Corollary
105
20th Amendment
1933
Presidential term starts on Jan 20
106
NYE Investigation
1934
determines cause of WWI
107
Indian Reorganization Act
1934
restored tribal ownership of lands
recognized tribal constitutions and government
provided loans for economic development
108
Share the Wealth Society
founded 1934 by Huey Long
called for redistribution of wealth
109
Shechter Poultry Corporation v US
1935
NRA unconstitutional
put legislative power under executive administration
110
Wagner Act
1935
Set up National Labor Relations Board
111
Fair Labor Standard Act
1935
set min wage and hours
112
Congress of Industrial Organization
1935
labor union for skilled and semi-skilled
113
Social Security Acts
1935
provided benefits to old and unemployed
114
Revenue Act
1935
tax the wealthy
115
1st Neutrality Act
1935
stop selling munitions to belligerents
Americans can't travel on belligerent ships
116
Butler v US
1936
AAA unconstitutional
put taxes on processing
117
2nd London Conference on disarmament
1936
118
2nd Neutrality Act
1936
no lending money to belligerent nations
119
3rd Neutrality Act
1937
Cash n' Carry Provision
doesn't apply to Latin America and China
120
Quarantine Speech
1937
isolate belligerent nations
121
Panay Incident
1937
Japan bomb Am. ship
US demands only apologies and reparations
122
End of New Deal reforms
1939
123
Selective Service
1940
peace time draft
124
Destroyers for Bases Deal
1940
125
Smith Act
1940
finger printing of aliens
126
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
1941
127
Lend Lease Act
1941
lend materials for war
128
US enters WWII
1941
129
Relocation Camps
formed 1941
for Japanese-Americans
130
Congress of Racial Equality
formed 1942
prevent segregation and discrimination
131
Revenue Act of 1942
1942
effort to increase tax revenues to cover cost of WWII
132
Office of Price Administration
1943
seals prices, rations food
133
Detroit Race Riots
1943
government does nothing
134
Casablanca Conference
1943
FDR and Churchill met in Morocco to settle the future strategy of the Allies
135
Cairo Conference
1943
conference of the Allied leaders to seek Japan's unconditional surrender
136
Tehran Conference
1943
FDR, Stalin, Churchill to discuss strategy against Germany
137
GI Bill
1944
benefits for veterans
money for education, mortgage
creates middle class
138
D-Day
July 6, 1944
139
Yalta Conference
1945
Allies meet to decide on final war plans
140
Battle of the Bulge
1945
last German offensive
141
Okinawa
1945
deadly military campaign on Pacific island
142
US joins UN
1945
143
Nationwide strikes due to inflation
1945
OPA disbanded
144
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945
145
Germany and Japan surrender
1945
ends WWII
146
Roosevelt dies
1945
Truman VP
147
Potsdam Conference
1945
Truman, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Germany to set up zones
