U.S. History Midterm Review
Industrialization
vertical integration
horizontal integration
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
collective bargaining
free enterprise
laissez-faire
trust
monopoly
What caused rapid industrial growth in the late 1800’s?
What parts of the U.S grew rapidly because of industrialization?
What technological changes aided the growth of industry? (steel, railroads, light and power, communications,
automobiles and planes, farming)
Who was John D. Rockefeller? What impact did he have on business?
Who was Andrew Carnegie? What impact did he have on business?
Why were trusts formed? What problems did they create?
Why were labor unions formed?
What problems did factory workers face in the late 1800’s?
Immigration
old immigrants
new immigrants
tenements
Why did most immigrants come to the U.S. in the late 1800’s?
Why did immigrants settle in large cities?
How were U.S. cities changing in the late 1800’s? What were some of the problems?
What problems did immigrants face? How did they get assistance? (urban organizations)
Progressives
Tammany Hall
initiative
recall
referendum
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
muckrakers
Triangle Shirtwaist factory
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Pure Food and Drug Act
temperance
prohibition
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
What corruption existed in politics during the Gilded Age?
How was civil service reformed?
What were the goals of Progressives?
What did Progressives want in order to reform cities?
What did Progressives want in order to reform the workplace? (safety, child labor, working conditions)
What reforms did women work for?
What problems did prohibition cause?
How did Theodore Roosevelt try to help business and labor? What actions did he take against big
corporations?
What did Theodore Roosevelt do to promote conservation?
What was Taft’s New Nationalism?
Discuss the Election of 1912. (candidates, parties, outcome)
What were some of Wilson’s reforms?
Imperialism
imperialism
nationalism
isolationism
yellow journalism
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
What factors led to imperialism?
What were the causes of the Spanish-American War?
Why did the U.S. finally get involved in helping Cuba fight against Spanish rule?
What were the results of the Spanish American War?
World War I
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
militarism
trench warfare
no-man’s land
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Sussex Pledge
Zimmerman note
Selective Service Act
War Industries Board
Western Front
League of Nations
Fourteen Points
Big Four
What were the major causes of WW I?
What was the immediate event, or spark, that caused WWI?
Why did tension between the U.S. and Germany increase? (before the U.S. officially joined the war)
How did Americans feel about supporting one side or another prior to the U.S. entering the war?
What event finally caused the U.S. to enter WWI?
How did the U.S. prepare for war? (on the home front, raise an army)
What new weapons were developed during WWI?
What were the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
What was problem with the League of Nations?
What was a problem with the Treaty of Versailles?
The 1920’s
Red Scare
Harlem Renaissance
installment plan
nativisits
Great Migration
How did the automobile affect the economy and people’s everyday lives?
How did installment buying change people’s buying habits?
Why were some Americans against immigration? How did the government react to these Americans?
In the 1920’s there was a rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan. What caused the rebirth and what tactics did the Ku Klux
Klan use to make their comeback strong?
The Great Depression
bull market
bear market
buying on margin
speculation
fireside chats
New Deal
Brain Trust
Dust Bowl
relief
court packing
Why did many Americans invest in the stock market?
When and what happened during the stock market crash?
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
Why did the banks fail?
What happened with farms and farmers during the Depression?
What was the difference between Hoover’s view and FDR’s beliefs of the Depression?
What were FDR’s first steps after taking office to fight the Depression?
What were some good things about the New Deal?
Why didn’t some people like the New Deal?
What are some New Deal programs that are still around today?