-
Standard oil trust; Andrew Carnegie - Steel
-
denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites
-
Federal forces massacre 200 Sioux Indians
-
outlaws monopolies, price-fixing, other trade restraints
-
Formed specifically to give farmers a voice in government
-
Journalism that features unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists.
-
'Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education)
-
This ended the Spanish-American war.
-
Voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes
-
Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy
-
U.S. attempt to gain foothold in Chinese markets
-
Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President
-
Writers who expose big business corruption
-
Connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opens in 1914)
-
establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators
-
It began in Europe. The war lasted 4 years, resulting in 17 million deaths.
-
U-Boat sinks British passenger liner Lusitania, Americans killed on board
-
Establishes the draft
-
Women's suffrage (right to vote)
-
By Woodrow Wilson, 14th pt most important - calls for League of Nations
-
Outlaws purchase, sale, and transportation of alchohol.
-
Outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol
-
Ease war reparations on Germany
-
Exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration
-
Popularizes debate over teaching evolution in schools -outlawed
-
Completes world's first solo flight across Atlantic - seen as a hero
-
Executed for murder; controversial because they were anarchists, politically motivated, and unjustified
-
'Black Tuesday' - Launches the great depression
-
FDR address public on the radio - continues to 1944 - gives public hope
-
Criticizes FDR, “Share Our Wealth" proposes large tax burden on wealthy
-
Establishes funds for unemployed and elderly
-
Supports union rights, protects collective bargaining
-
-
Germany invades Poland. The Pearl Harbor incident. Battle of Stalingrad.
-
Motivate U.S. citizens to support war efforts
-
The U.S. defeats Japan, seen as a turning point in the war.
-
Creation of the atomic bomb
-
The U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japan and they surrender.
-
Speech is given by Martin Luther King Jr.
-