American II “Halfway Review Packet” Legislation: Laws and Acts Homestead Act Pendleton Act Sherman Anti-Trust Act Chinese Exclusion Act Taft-Hartley Act Meat Inspection Act Espionage and Sedition Acts National Recovery Act Created the merit system to end the increasing corruption resulting from the spoils system; required all civil service employees to be hired on merit. Provided assistance to farmers during the Great Depression by offering incentives to lower production. Granted 160 acres of land in the west in exchange for an agreement to cultivate the land for 5 years; encouraged the westward movement in 1800s. Restricted immigration in the late 1800s in response to rising nativism and concern over “New Immigrants.” Attempted to break up the monopolies that dominated the American economy in the late 1800s; was later strengthened by the Clayton Act. Created new regulations in response to the accusations made public by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Allowed for the imprisonment of war protestors during WWI; was upheld by the Supreme Court in Schenck v. US. Strengthened the power of unions by requiring management to bargain in “good faith” and recognizing a right to strike. Immigration and Urbanization Ellis Island Old Immigrants New Immigrants Factories Monopolies Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Wright Brothers Henry Ford Tenements Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Chinese Exclusion Act Melting Pot Homestead Act Integration Andrew Carnegie J.P. Morgan John D. Rockefeller Laissez-faire Cornelius Vanderbilt Nativism Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Steel Immigration The _______________ provided free public land to settlers in the western territories. Prior to 1871, most _______________ came from northern and western Europe (Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden). From 1871-1921, most _______________ came from southern and eastern Europe (Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia) as well as Asia (China, Japan). The _____________________________ was completed in Utah and connected the US _______________ workers helped to build it across California and Nevada. Most immigrants entered America through _______________ in New York
In Cuba, Teddy Roosevelt becomes a hero when _____________ charge San Juan Hill US gains the Philippines, Guam, & _____________ After the war, there is an insurrection in the _____________ over US rule World War I The war began in 1914 following the assassination of _____________ in Serbia. For three years the U.S. remained _____________ with little support for nvolvementThe _____________ Telegram exposes plan for alliance between Germany and Mexico. President _____________ pledges to “make the world safe for democracy.” The _____________ was Wilson’s plan to bring peace to the world after the war Wilson proposed a _____________ of all countries in the world to promote peace The _____________ would control the Middle East The _______________ officially the war and was harsh on_____________ The Treaty was _____________ by the US Congress Terms/People/Significance to Know Wounded Knee Sand Creek Homestead Act Barbed Wire Gospel of Wealth Monopoly Political Machines Muckraker Nativist Robber Baron Gilded Age Populism Progressivism Bimetallism William Jennings Bryan Sherman Anti-Trust Act Clayton Anti-Trust Act Settlement Houses Labor Unions Booker T. Washington WEB DuBois The Jungle Bull Moose Party Federal Reserve Great White Fleet Panama Canal White Man’s Burden Yellow Journalism Open Door Notes Seward’s Folly League of Nations Zimmerman Note Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Fourteen Points Treaty of Versailles Rugged Individualism Laissez-faire Harlem Renaissance Prohibition