Test 4 Flashcards
(22 cards)
What were the leading ethnicities of immigrants that came to Detroit after 1900?
German and Polish
When did Michigan officially become recognized as an “urban” state?
1920
When did women gain the right to vote?
MI - 1919 USA - 1920
What impact did the influenza epidemic have on Michigan soldiers?
10,000 MI soldiers were hospitalized
Where did Michigan soldiers train before being sent to Europe to fight in the First World War?
Camp Custer near Battle Creek
Chase Salmon Osborn
ran a newspaper called “the Evening News” and later buying the Saginaw Courier Herald. Later became governor
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
provided funds for public projects
The Public Works Administration (PWA)
provided funds for public buildings
The Knights of Labor
primarily consisted of unskilled workers who expressed their dissatisfaction by going on frequent strikes
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
which gave private sector workers the right to create labor unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take part in strikes and other activities such as picketing
What was the Black League?
a. An organization within the KKK and focused on hatred against African Americans and Jews
What was the Sojourner Truth Housing Project and why was it controversial?
A housing project geared towards African Americans.
The project was built in mostly white neighborhoods in Detroit
Frank Murphy
- Mayor of Detroit who led a delegation of mayors to Washington in 1932 in hopes that they would receive more aid and relief efforts from the government
- He established “thrift gardens” where individuals could raise their own vegetables
Joseph Labadie
- A labor union activist who organized Detroit’s first assembly of the Knights of Labor in 1878.
- First president of the Detroit Trades Council
- Organized the Michigan Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
• Founder of the American Federation of Labor
Charles E. Coughlin
- Formed the “Nation’s Union of Social Justice”
- He was very anti-jewish, and blamed them for the banking crisis in Michigan
Walter Reuther
- Labor union activist who led the Flint sit-down strike in 1937 and the strike against GM in 1945
- He was elected president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) in 1946
Kim Sigler
• Elected governor of Michigan in 1946
Gerhard Mennen Williams
- Served as governor and served on the Michigan Supreme Court
- During his tenure, the Mackinac Bridge was constructed
What was the “poisoning of Michigan” in 1973?
Michigan was the site of a massive environmental poisoning where the state’s dairy cattle were contaminated with a toxic chemical called PBB
John Engler
• Governor of Michigan in 1990.
Proposed Proposition A
