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| U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million in 1867 under President Andrew Johnson. This was thought as a bad deal but turned positive b/c natural resources(gold) and size increase. |
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| A zone that Theodore Roosevelt wanted from Columbia but was too expensive, so he funded a revolution against them and Panama gained their independence in November 1903 and sold the Canal to the U.S. in Feb. 1904 for 10 million. |
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| The silent film was America’s first feature-length motion picture that showed images of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. It caused riots in several cities and was banned in others due to the extreme racism but was seen by millions. |
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| A women's suffragist who was in the National American Woman Suffrage Association(NAWSA),she cofounded the Congressional Union and then formed the National Woman’s party in 1916. She was imprisoned for her demonstrations but influenced the 19th ammendment in 1920. |
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| AKA the Spanish American War in 1898 under President McKinley that lasted 4 months, started from sinking of USS Maine that was blamed on Spain and want for Independence for Cuba. |
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| The most famous gangsters in American History who had a multi-million dollar gambling and prostitution industry who was responsible for alot of violence but was jailed for 6 1/2 years for tax evasion. |
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| Established the Ford Motor Company in 1903 and started the idea of interchangeable parts and the assembly line in 1913. |
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| Became President as a Republican in 1923 after the death of Warren Harding until 1928(roaring 20's), revealed the Teapot Dome Scandal and was praised for his honesty and was known for being a quiet man who respected business. |
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| Nicknamed the Monkey Trial, Teacher John Scopes, is arrested for teaching evolution & is defended by Clarence Darrow and opposed by William J Bryant who is proven not educated on the Bible, yet Scopes is found guilty. |
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| Bonus March(Expeditionary Force) |
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| In 1932 a group of nearly 20,000 World War I veterans who were mostly unemployed, seeking compensation from damage done from the war. President Hoover asks for military intervention and forcibly removes the veterans which he gets criticized for later. |
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| Commanded the successful attack on the Spanish fleet known as the Battle of Manila Bay(1898) in the Philippines soon after the sinking of the USS Maine during the Spanish-American war under President McKinley. |
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| A group of Nations binded together to promote peace amongst countries in 1920 following WWI under President Woodrow Wilson but failed after the eruption of WWII. |
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| a leader in the black nationalist movement who was born in Jamaica and wanted to send African-Americans back to Africa. He formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and was jailed but pardoned by President Coolidge only to be deported back to Jamaica. |
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| Both are Italian Anarchist who are accused of robbery and murder are supported by many across they were still executed without much evidence against them. |
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| The last queen of Hawaii in 1893 before the U.S. gains Hawaii as a state. |
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| U.S. secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt who was the first woman to serve on the New York State Industrial Commission and created many policies that were apart of the New Deal |
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| Franklin D Roosevelt created this to protect depositors’ accounts and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate the stock market and prevent abuses of the kind that led to the 1929 crash. |
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| a relief program in 1933 during the Great Depression known as the Works Progress Administration created by FDR made to put unemployed Americans to work in return for temporary financial assistance which helped gain nearly 3 million jobs. |
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| Leader of the Filipino rebels that helped proclaim the independence of the Philippines after 300 years of Spanish rule During the Spanish-American War. But was disappointed when the United States formally annexed the Philippines as part of its peace treaty with Spain. |
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| A week long series of riots in July 1919 that occured from a young black boy who was killed by a white person and was not arrested with much evidence. Much violence was caused and nearly 23 blacks were killed. |
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| A scandal involving President Harding's cabinet member, Albert Fall, who was found guilt of using money for himself which was uncovered after Harding's death in 1929. |
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| Signed by FDR in 1935 during the Great Depression which guaranteed an income for the unemployed and retirees, apart of the New Deal. |
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| A woman during the twenties who dressed differently with shorter dresses, hair pulled back and who drank and even smoked. |
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| A series of programs enacted between 1933-38 under FDR during the Great Depression to try and return America to a stable economy. Programs Included: The Tennessee Valley Authority Act, the end of Prohibition, National Industrial Recovery Act, Public Works Administration, Agricultural Adjustment Act. In 1935 the second new deal was launched to continue the fight against the Depression, this included the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Social Security Act |
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| the Tennessee Valley Authority Act went into law under FDR in 1933, enabling the federal government to build dams along the Tennessee River that controlled flooding and generated inexpensive hydroelectric power for the people in the region. |
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| 3 Consecutive Republican Presidents |
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| Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. |
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| A decisive battle in the Spanish-American war that resulted in a big victory for the U.S. in Cuba 1898. |
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| Theodore Roosevelt "Speak Softly & carry a big stick" 1901-1909 |
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| A secret Chinese uprising causes violence against Western influences which ended with U.S. military intervention in China and had them pay reparations. |
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| 1904-1905 was ended with peace agreement encouraged from Theodore Roosevelt who received the Nobel Peace Prize for this action. |
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| Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey |
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| France, Great Brittan, Portugal, Italy, U.S. (later). |
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| 1918-19 Killed millions worldwide, especially following WWI. |
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| A rise of Russian/Anarchist revolution that included violent bombings during 1919-20. |
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| Prohibition (18th Amendment) |
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| 1919 amendment later repealed with the 21st amendment in 1933 under FDR. |
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| Flew across the Atlantic ocean in 1927 alone and was the first to do this, flying from NY to Paris in the "Spirit Of St. Louis" |
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| Republicans, Huey "Kingfish" Long(outspoken politician, assasinated in 1935) |
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| Attacking the Supreme Court calling them old men wanting to make them have 15 justices. |
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| Only president with a 3rd term |
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| Franklin D Roosevelt in 1940 |
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