US HISTORY
REVIEW
Day 2
the late 19th and early
20th centuries, urban immigrants
generally supported local
political machines that
provided essential serves to the
immigrants
 During
muckraking
journalists
associated with the
Progressive Era were known
primarily for their willingness to
expose the corruption of US
society.
 The
Eighteenth Amendment
outlawed the manufacture, sale,
and transportation of alcoholic
beverages in the United States.
 The
Nineteenth
Amendment
gave women in the United States
the vote.
 The
 The
publication of Upton Sinclair’s
The Jungle (1906) influenced the
passage of the Meat Inspection Act .
 President
Roosevelt became
involved in the Pennsylvania
coal miners’ strike of 1902 by
forcing labor and management
into arbitration
 During
the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries, the US
government attempted to facilitate
the growth of domestic industry
by placing high tariff barriers on
foreign imports
 Theodore
Roosevelt’s
Bull Moose Party was nicknamed
for the Progressive Party
 Over
time the Federal Reserve
has become responsible for
regulating bank deposits and
interest rates
 The
growth of US manufacturing
increased demand for markets
which contributed support for an
Open Door
policy in China.
 Involvement
in the SpanishAmerican War, acquisition of
Hawaii, and introduction of the
Open Door policy in China were
actions taken by the US
Government to gain overseas
markets and sources of raw
materials
 In
1900 the US declared an
Open Door policy that reflected the
belief that all countries should
have equal trading rights in China.
 In
1898, newspaper publisher
William Randolph Hearst stated to
a reporter, “You furnish the
picture; I’ll furnish the war.”
This quote illustrates the
influential role of the press in
affecting public opinion
 Theodore
Roosevelt’s “Speak
softly and carry a big stick” policy
relied on the US having a
strong navy .
 The
US supported a revolution in
Panama at the turn of the 20th
century in order to secure the right
to build a canal through
Central America
 The
Roosevelt Corollary stated
that the US reserved the right to
intervene in the affairs of Central
America and the Caribbean.
 The
War Industries Board, the War
Labor Board, and the Food
Administration were all created as
part of the US war effort in WWI,
which demonstrated that in time of
war, the government becomes
more involved with directing the
economy.
 The
Espionage Act of 1918 included
punishment for speaking or writing
“disloyal, scurrilous or abusive language
about the American form of government,
the Constitution, the armed force, or the
flag…” – The Espionage Act of 1918
 The passage and the enforcement of the
Espionage Act by the Wilson
Administration reflected the belief that
nation’s war effort would be threatened if
dissenters were allowed free speech
 “The
seeds of World War II were
sown earlier in the 20th century.”
The quote supports the idea that
the World War I peace settlement
created bitterness and resentment.
President Wilson proposed the
Fourteen Points at Paris Peace
Conference in 1919
Thirty-nine US Senators sign
petition against US entry into
League of Nations
The US Senate refuses to ratify
the Treaty of Versailles
 The
American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) was formed in the 1920s to
ensure that the individual rights of
citizens were protected from
government abuse.
 The
“ Red Scare ” in the United
States immediately following
World War I was a reaction to a
perceived threat (fear) of a
communist revolution in the
United States
 An
increase in the
advertising industry was an
outgrowth of mass production
techniques used during the 1920s
 Ford’s
production of Model Ts in
the early 20th century
demonstrated the economic
relationship between
specialization and
greater efficiencies in production
 The
number of votes cast in the US
Presidential electoral rise by 8.2
million from 1916 to 1920 was due
to the Nineteenth Amendment
which gave millions of women the
right to vote
 Marcus
Garvey’s “Back to Africa”
movement and the creation of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) were both early-twentieth
century responses to the practice
of racial discrimination in the US
 The
primary objective of Harlem
Renaissance writers was to
generate pride in African-American
culture.