APUSH ID Quiz B

The first kind of primitive welfare agency used to provide food, clothing, medical care, and education to freedmen and white reconstruction refugees.

A Scottish-American industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.

a African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who founded the NAACP and led anti-lynching crusade

granted African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the laws

a time of unprecedented growth of industry and technology in the United States following the Civil War and lasting until the beginning of the 20th Century.

Shared creation of NAACP, challenged Booker T Washington's methods of advancing African Americans

granted African American men voting rights.

Carnegie argued that extremely wealthy Americans like himself had a responsibility to spend their money in order to benefit the greater good.

Best known for "frontier thesis" the most influential interpretation of American past

Put Rutherford in office in exchange for ending reconstruction

Compromise that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction

Founded by John D. Rockefeller. Largest unit in the American oil industry in 1881.

a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants

Was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company.

Separate but equal

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions

U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other monopolies

the agrarian movement organized in the 1870s as a protest against railroad power over the farmers

Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in 1896.

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

Allows the federal government to collect income tax

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.

A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.

A movement in the late 1800s / early 1900s which emphasized charity and social responsibility as a means of salvation.

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

Economic policy by Roosevelt that favored fair relationships between companies and workers

Gave women the right to vote

President Taft's policy of linking American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad

Wrote "The Jungle" (meatpacking industry)

the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically

Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling

widespread fear of Communism in the US during the 1920s after the revolution in Russia

A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.

a culture in which personal worth and identity reside not in the people themselves but in the products with which they surround themselves

Group of writers in 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values and often choose to flee to Europe

American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York City, she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy. Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.

Name for the 1920s, because of the popularity of jazz-a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime

a term popularized during the Harlem Renaissance implying a more outspoken advocacy of dignity and a refusal to submit quietly to the practices and laws of Jim Crow racial segregation.

A policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations

1935, also National Labor Relations Act; granted rights to unions; allowed collective bargaining

African American leader durin the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

Provided old-age pension (retirement), and a program of unemployment insurance (temporary aid to help people who lose jobs to find a new job), and federal welfare program (aid for very poor). Most famous and important legacy of New Deal. Has resulted (along with Medicare) with drastic reduction in poverty among elderly in the US

This said that the United States would not recognize any territorial acquisitions that were taken over by force. (This doctrine is related to Japanese aggression in Manchuria in 1931)

charged a high tax for imports thereby leading to less trade between America and foreign countries along with some economic retaliation

FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region

Also known as the Johnson-Reed Act. Federal law limiting the number of immigrants that could be admitted from any country to 2% of the amount of people from that country who were already living in the U.S. as of the census of 1890.

Established to serve the "three Rs" Relief for the people out of work, Recovery for business and the economy as a whole, and Reform of American economic institutions

A 1938 agreement between Great Britain and Germany to appease Hitler

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).

a new set of programs including additional banking reforms, new tax laws, new relief programs

1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

Act that grants emergency executive powers to president to run war effort

Japanese attack on Chinese capital from 1937-1938 when Japanese aggressorts slaughtered 100,000 civilians and raped thousands of women in order to gain control of China.

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

President Truman's program to expand New Deal reforms

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

Law Passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education

A policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression.

a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism.

group of young poets, writers, and artists who wrote harsh critiques of what they considered the sterility and conformity of american life, the meaninglessness of american politics, and the banality of popular culture; visible evidence of a widespread restlessness.

The campaign program advocated by JFK in the 1960 election. He promised to revitalize the stagnant economy and enact reform legislation in education, health care, and civil rights.

an international organization created by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

A Cleveland disc jockey who coined the term "rock 'n' roll" in 1951.

An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was sponsored by the United States. Its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. JFK took responsibility.

Proposed increasing national defense spending significantly during the Truman administration as a way to combat the spread of Communism.

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

Charismatic Black Muslim leader who promoted separatism in the early 1960s

Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.

court found that segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection clause "separate but equal" has no place

LBJ's policies of fighting poverty and racial injustice

1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam

a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.

Term used by President Nixon to describe Americans who opposed the counterculture

1964 effort to register African American voters in Mississippi

a youth-dominated political movement of the 1960s, embodied in such organizations as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement

Presidential succession

group that supported Reagan; returned to conservative, religious values

A culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture.

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

This involved high officials in the Reagan administration secretly selling arms to Iran (in return for the release of Western hostages in the Middle East) and illegally using the proceeds to finance the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

wrote The Feminine Mystique

The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment.

A national social movement, primarily attracting fiscal and social conservatives, that seeks to limit government spending and cut taxes

legalized abortion

The main negotiator of the peace treaty with the North Vietnamese; secretary of state during Nixon's presidency (1970s).

A grassroots movement in 2011 against growing economic inequality, declining opportunity, and the depredations of Wall Street banks.

An international oil cartel originally formed in 1960. Represents the majority of all oil produced in the world. Attempts to limit production to raise prices. It's long name is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

the economic policies of Ronald Regan; also called supply-side economics. Regan hoped to promote growth and investment by deregulating business, reducing corporate tax rates, and lowering federal tax rates for upper and middle income Americans

Anti-feminist who led the campaign to defeat the ERA claiming it would undermine the american family

In 1968 American troops massacred women and children in the Vietnamese village of My Lai; this deepened American people's disgust for the Vietnam War.

Government documents that showed the public had been lied to about the status of the war in Vietnam

Nixon's policy of withdrawing from Vietnam, but with honor

Founded in 1962, the SDS was a popular college student organization that protested shortcomings in American life, notably racial injustice and the Vietnam War. It led thousands of campus protests before it split apart at the end of the 1960s.

forbids gender discrimination in federally subsidized education programs, including athletics