Samantha Johnson U.S. history exams

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washington peace conference five power treaty: opened in 1921. They wanted to scrap 30 US warships.
Growth of Railroads: With the growth of railroads, industry can export and import raw materials.
TVA: tennessee valley authority, Tennessee Valley Authority (1933)- Relief, Recovery, Reform- An attempt at regional planning. Included provisions for environment and recreational design; architectural, educational, and health projects; and controversial public power projects; continues today to meet the Tennessee Valley's energy and flood-control needs.
Treaty of Paris, 1898: The treaty ended at the end of the Spanish american war the got fredom of cuba but didnt got the Independence of the Philippines.America also got the territories of Guam
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commision required companies to publish improtant facts about thier business. It also regulated the activities of stockbrokers and others in the investment business
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points[1-7]: Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
Frances Perkins: Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frederick W. Perkins, the owner of a stationer's business, and Susan Bean Perkins, but spent much of her childhood in Worcester.[1] She attended the Ferry Hall School in Illinois before graduating from Mount Holyoke College in 1902, and from Columbia University in 1910 with a master's degree in sociology. In between, she held a variety of teaching positions and volunteered at settlement houses, including Hull House.
Interstate Commerce Act: Approved on February 4, 1887 the Interstate Commerce Act created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry. With this act the railroads became the first industry subject to Federal regulation.
calvin coolidge: the thirtieth President of the United States
Spanish-American War, 1898: was a military conflict between Spain and the United States that began in April 1898.
Declaration of Independence, 1776: Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776.
Unalienable rights: Rights that cannot be taken away from you.
John Steinbeck: The author of the book "The Grapes of Wrath."
Theordore Roosevelt; internaional policy: Speak softly and carry a big stick
Roosevelt Corollary: called for an end to European intervention in the American continents (both north and south). This applied only to independent governments in the Americas however, not to areas that were colonies at that time.
Pearl Harbor: American base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941. The bombing of Pearl Harbor forced the United States to enter the war.
Woodrow Wilson; Moral Diplomacy: moraly keep america out of the enternal affairs of other countries
19th Amendment: Women given the right to vote; women's suffrage.
spanish-american war, 1898: War Between Spain and America in 1898
john d. rockefeller: developed a better and cheaper way of refining crude oil
U.S. Entrance into WWII: Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor causing FDR to declare war, was our entrance into WWII
monroe doctrine: the declaration by James Monroe in 1823 warning European powers against future colonization in the western hemisphere or interference in latin americas republic
teapot dome scandal albert fall: is a reference to an oil field on public land in Wyoming. Famous Harding Scandal.Oil reserves were sold in Wyoming and California.
20th amendment: The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have endedif this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
The Grapes of Wrath: The story follows the fortunes of a poor family as they travel from the Dust Bowl region to California.
20th amendment: reduce the amount of time between the election of the President and Congress and the beginning of their terms.
William Howard Taft; Dollas Diplomacy: A goverment policy of promoting the buiness interest of its citizens in other countries
Revolutionary War, 1775: British soldiers and American patriots fought at Lexington, Massachusetts and nearby Concord. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris ended the war. Great Britain was forced to recognize the independence of the 13 colonies of the United States.
general purpose of war boards: committee on public information(CPI) helped sell war to public, War Industries Board(WIB) directed industry productionand made sure supplies and produce were delivered to the military, National War Labor Board worked to settle any labor disputes.
Causes of the Great Depression: stock market crash, farmings went up, automovil, agriculture,high tarrifs, underconsuption , buying stocks on margins
Muckrackers: a journalist who wrote about environmental, social, and political problems Americans faced in the early 1900's
Frances Perkins: (born Fanny Coralie Perkins, lived April 10, 1882 - May 14, 1965) was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever appointed to the cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition
Hoovervilles: homes made for the poor
18th amendment: Ratified in 1919, it declared that the prohibition of "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" would take effect one year after radafication.
Bossism William Tweed: Is a system of political control centering about a single powerful figure (the boss) and a complex organization of lesser figures (the machine). Depends upon manipulation of the voters and thus always has some aspects of corruption and fraud.
Georgia O'Keeffe: American artist that painted flowers and landscapes during the great depression.
Herbert Hoover: Blamed for depression; hoovervilles
18th amendment: It prohitibed the manufacture, sale, transportation of alcohol beverages. (liquor)
Settlement Houses Jane Addams: an approach to social reform in the late 19th century, was a method for serving the poor in urban areas by living among them and serving them directly.
monroe doctrine: invoked in 1865, warned europeans nations that the u.s would not tolerate futher colonization or puppet monarchs.
Secession: Secede or succesion is when the 11 states withdrew from the U.S and created the confederacy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby: During the "roaring" 1920's the economy soared and during the same time, prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers and led to an increase in organized crime.
treaty or versailles: The treaty negotiated in paris redrew the map of europe, granting self-determination to some groups. some allies sought revenge on germany, insisting on a war-guilt clause and reparations from Germany.
Child labor: Important role in the Industrial Revolution. Employment for childrens under an age determined by law or custom
Three R's: Relief, Recovery , & Reform
19th Amendment: It gave American women the right to vote. It's also known as the woman Suffrage Amendment.
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A federal guarantee of savings bank deposits initially of up to $2500, raised to $5000 in 1934, and frequently thereafter; continues today with a limit of $100,000
15th Amendment: Passed February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870. It gave African American the right to vote
Supreme Court Packing: The bill called for adding a new justice for every sitting justice that was over 70 years old.
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commision required companies to publish improtant facts about thier business. It also regulated the activities of stockbrokers and others in the investment business
dawes plan: The Dawes Plan (as proposed by the Dawes Committee, chaired by Charles G. Dawes) was an attempt following World War I for the Allies to collect war reparations debt from Germany. When after five years the plan proved to be unsuccessful, the Young Plan was adopted in 1929 to replace it.
andrew carnegie: set up a trust fund to better mankind.
Supreme Court Packing cont.: They wanted to pack the Sumepre Courst with liberal justices who whould favor New Deal programs.
19th amendment: Ratafied in 1920, it declared that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex"
19th amendment: Ended the woman's suffrage. Right to vote.

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