Midterm Review

Bull Moose • Nickname of the

Progressive Party

• Stood for workers rights

Imperialism • Stronger nation attempting

to dominate weaker nations in several ways

Progressive Era• 1890-1920

• Marked by extreme lower class and government reform

Rationing• Distributing of goods in

fixed amounts

Social Welfare Program• Programs that provide

people with a minimal standard of living

Stalemate• Neither side gaining an

advantage

Mobilization • Readying of troops for war

Annex• To acquire

Disarmament • Reducing number of

weapons

Reparations• Payment for injuries

suffered during war

Propaganda • Information intended to

sway public opinion

Red Scare• Intense fear of communism

in U.S during the 1920’s

Mass Media • Methods of communicating

information to large numbers of people

Sphere of Influence • Area of political and

economic influence

Racism • Belief that differences in

intelligence is due to race

U-boat• Submarine

Speakeasies • Illegal taverns during

Prohibition

Bootleggers• Suppliers of illegal alcohol

during Prohibition

Nationalism• Devotion to one’s country

People

Zimmerman • Sent note to attempt to get

Mexico to declare war on the U.S

Thorpe• Native American Olympian

• Local borough named after him

Princip • Assassinated the Archduke

and sparks WWI

• Member of terrorist group “Black Hand”

Capone• Chicago mobster earned

money through bootlegging

• Arrested for tax evasion

Ferdinand • His assassination sparks the

beginning of WWI

Earhart• 1st female to fly across the

Atlantic Ocean

Pershing• Leader of the AEF in WWI

Lindbergh • 1st solo flight across the

Atlantic Ocean

Ruth • Baseball player

• Revolutionizes the HR

J. Edgar Hoover• 1st Head of FBI

Pinchot• Conservationist

• 1st Head of U.S Forrest Service

Susan B. Anthony • Arrested for civil

disobedience for trying to vote

• Women’s activist

Bellamy • Wrote Looking Backward

• Perfect society through sharing wealth

Sinclair• Wrote the Jungle

• Book helps pass Food and Drug Act

Stanton • Organizes 1st women’s

convention in Seneca Falls, NY

Paul• Organizes parade of over

5,000 people for women’s rights

Teddy Roosevelt • Leader of the Rough Riders

• Candidate for the Bull Moose Party

Henry Ford• Creates 1st mass produced

car

• Model T in black

Other Terms

Red Summer • Summer of 1919; racial

violence

Great Migration• Movement of 1 in 7 African

Americans to the North

Hell Fighters • African American combat

group awarded the French “Cross of War” in WWI

KKK• Hate group that used

violence to protect the interest of the WASP’s

Paris Peace Conference• Conference between the

U.S and Allied Powers to discuss the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Prohibition• Time period in the U.S in

which the sale and manufacture of alcohol was illegal

Trench Warfare• Zig zag shaped holes in the

ground built by man

• Provided cover against enemy fire

• Led to stalemate

Acts / Amendments

Naval Act 1890 • Construction of new U.S

battleships

Espionage Act• Could not interfere with

draft

Jones Act 1917 • Gave Puerto Ricans U.S

citizenship

Lever Food and Fuel Control Act

• Gives president power to distribute food and fuel as he see’s fit

• WWI

Pure Food and Drug Act• Requires correct labeling of

all ingredients in a product

• Drug must do what it claims to do

19th Amendment• Women’s suffrage

Sedition Act • Can not encourage rebellion

against country during time of war

18th Amendment• Prohibits manufacture and

sale of alcohol

Meat Inspection Act• Meat must be inspected by

federal govt. and meet quality standards

16th Amendment • Federal income tax