What is a labor union?
Groups of workers that bargain with employers for better working conditions American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Why did people immigrate to America?
Hope for a better opportunity Escape oppressive governments Adventure Religious freedom
People of the 1920’s
Georgia O’ Keefe-Painter-Southwest scenes F. Scott Fitzgerald-Author-Wealthy Americans John Steinbeck-Author-Migrant workers George Gershwin-Composer-Broadway/Hollywood Aaron Copland-Composer-
People of the 1920’s Harlem Renaissance
Jacob Lawrence-Painter-Great Migration series Langston Hughes-Author/Poet-Wrote novels Bessie Smith-Jazz/Blues singer-Famous singer John Steinbeck-Author-Migrant workers
Great Migration North
Movement of African Americans from the South to the North in search of better jobs
Temperance Movement
The campaign to outlaw the making and consumption of alcoholic beverages
Review Geography Regions
Southeast Southwest Midwest Northeast Rocky Mountain Pacific Noncontiguous
Reconstruction Policies
Southern military leaders could NOT hold office Northern soldiers supervised the South
13 th, 14 th, 15 th Amendments
13 th Bans slavery 14 th Grants citizenship and equal protection under the law to all born in the US 15 th Gives all male citizens the right to vote
Because of new technologies how did the view of the great plains change?
Not as a treeless waste land, but a vast area to be settled
How did technological advancements of the Great Plains help new settlers?
New inventions Settlers were able to build houses without trees Barbed wire protected their crops
Captains of Industry
Leaders of big business and industries Henry Ford Andrew Carnegie Cornelius Vanderbilt John D. Rockefeller automobile railroad steel oil
What is the 19 th Amendment?
Granted women the right to vote
What is the 18 th Amendment?
Banning the transporting, selling, manufacturing of alcohol
Who founded the Hull House?
Jane Addams
What are the causes of the Spanish American war?
CAUSES Yellow journalism Protection of American business interest in Cuba American support of Cuban independence Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy Roosevelt Corollary is an addition to what?
Monroe Doctrine
Who created the idea of the League of Nations?
President Woodrow Wilson
1 reason the United States become involved in WWI?
German submarine warfare – Sinking of the Lusitania
Which country was not invited to the Paris Peace Conference?
Germany
Who fought for the adoption of the 19 th Amendment?
Elizabeth C. StantonSusan B. Anthony
Why did the Soviet Union join the allies?
Because they were invaded by Germany
What is fascism
total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied. Dictator: Benito Mussolini Dictator: Adolf Hitler Military Dictator: Hideki Tojo
What are the major turning points in Europe during WWII?
Battle of Stalingrad Turning point of the West Operation Overlord D-Day Began liberating Western Europe
What is the major turning point of the Pacific during WWII?
Battle of Midway
What ended WWII in 1945?
Victory in Japan Day (V-J Day) Atomic Bombs were dropped on Japan August 6 th - Hiroshima August 9 th - Nagasaki
Propaganda of WWII
Conserving/Rationing
What is the lend/lease Act?
The U.S. began supply aid to the allies
Aryan Supremacy
Hitler’s belief that white (Caucasian) is the superior race
World War II allowed for better opportunities for what groups of people?
Allowed for less discrimination (African Americans) Women worked in factories Ended the Great Depression