US history final review Flashcards
(52 cards)
Henry Ford
He created the assembly line and the Model T car. He is also the founder of Ford.
Assembly Line
Created by Henry Ford - it requires workers to add parts or components to a product for it to be finished.
Jacob Riis
Journalist who exposed the realities of poverty. Wrote “How the other half lives”.
Tenements
Jacob Riis showed how bad tenement conditions were and that they needed to be changed.
Andrew Carnegie
Became a wealthy in the steel industry. Wrote “Gospel of Wealth”.
Free silver
Produce as much coins from silver.
Bimetallism
Dollar is backed by gold and silver.
William Tweed
Came up with Tammany Hall.
Tammany Hall
Political machine that ran NYC.
Manifest Destiny
US was destined by God to expand itself across all of North America.
Frontier Theory
Created by Fredrick Jackson Turner, it was the belief that the US expanding West was a part of its culture and identity.
William Howard Taft
Appointed as POTUS by Teddy Roosevelt.
19th Amendment
Women’s right to vote.
Teddy Roosevelt
Gets shot 2-3 times and still gives a 50 minute speech. Also influential in the end of the Russo-Japanese war and also played a part in the construction of the Panama Canal.
Big Stick policy
Negotiate with other nations peacefully, but also have a standing military.
Lusitania
Germany sinks this US ship, which results in the US to enter WW1.
Zimmermann Note
Mexico and Germany alliance if US enters the war against Germany.
Roaring Twenties
Time of prosperity after WW1.
Flappers
Women dressing as boys, diverting from norm.
Calvin Coolidge
IDK
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market fell, leads to the Great Depression.
Dust Bowl
Dust storms that severely affected the Great Plains during the 30’s in the US.
New Deal
FDR’s way to try and fix the country during the Great Depression.
Court-Packing plan
IDK
