1. U.S. History Fall Review Slideshow

2. How did urbanization and industrialization affect Americans’ lives?(Gilded Age1877-1900) Urbanization-more jobs – More people crammed together – More pollution – Disease, unsanitary conditions – Corruption – electricity->work later, study – Need for infrastructure: bridges, streets – Ethnic enclave

3. Effects of Gilded Age Industrialization More jobs Poor working conditions Disease, accidents Unequal distribution of wealth Need for unions—business owners have upper hand strikes

4. Why was the “Gilded Age”, “gilded”? Corruption hidden behind the “gold” Wealthy business leaders on the backs of workers with terrible wages, etc. Political Machines were the dark side of city government that helped some groups Tenements are the dark side of urbanization

5. How did progressives use government to bring about reform? Sherman Anti-Trust Act Interstate Commerce Act (Hepburn & Elkins Acts) Setting up settlement houses Child Labor regulation Mother Jones-Labor Organizing Suffragists-get 19 th Amendment Temperance Movement gets the 18 th Amendment Meat Inspection Act Muckrakers (meat, corruption)

6. What were causes and impacts of the U.S. becoming a world power? Took over places like Philippines, Hawaii, PR, Cuba Duty (military, Missionary Diplomacy, spread of democracy, cultural superiority) $$, Markets, Resources (ie: China) WWI—U.S. entered late so came out relatively unscathed; Sold weapons and munitions; loaned $$$; valuable ally

7. Impacts of U.S. as world power U.S. continued occupation of places like the Philippines Build the Panama Canal Platt Amendment to Cuban Constitution Mediating after WWI; rejection of League of Nations and other aspects by Senate $$$ from loans and selling munitions, etc. U.S. nationalism 1920s---Isolationism (raise tariffs) Other nations depend on U.S.

8. Impact of U.S. as world power

9. What were the political, economic and social conflicts of the 1920s? Ku Klux Klan---anti-foreign born, Roman Catholics, African-American, etc. (social) (economic) durables vs. jobs (social/Cultural) Harlem Renaissance—white assumptions about Blacks Scopes trial –conflict between religion science Speakeasies backlash to Prohibition Rural vs Urban

10. Why did the role of the federal government expand so drastically during the 1930s? FDR Depression had been result of lack of gov’t regulation (stock market, banks) Poor people/unemployed needed social, jobs programs

11. What were the effects of the New Deal? Banks: Banking Relief Act, Glass-Steagall Stock Market: SEC Jobs/Public Works: WPA, CCC, NYA Unemployment, relief: Social Security Increased Income taxes on the wealthy Farmers: AAA raised crop prices, forced farmers to let land lie fallow Rural Americans: TVA, Rural Electrification Act Opposition—Huey Long, Father Coughlin [anti- socialism; not doing enough]