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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repealed the 18th Amendment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.