Mid-Term+Review

__﻿Unit I__

 * 1) What is an industrial revolution? An era from the 18th to the 19th century where upgrades were made from agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transportation.
 * 2) Railroads, oil, steel Railroads-Tracks that a train moves on Oil- A liquid that is worth a lot of money due to its value of use. Steel- Iron that is mostly used in construction
 * 3) social Darwinism- The idea of "Survival of the Fittest"
 * 4) Capitalism- Private ownership of a capital
 * 5) Urbanization- Growth of urban areas
 * 6) Entrepreneur- Someone who owns a big business taking risks with it.
 * 7) Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons
 * 8) Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Vanderbilt
 * 9) monopoly and trusts Trusts- a business that grows really big and forms a monopoly. Monopoly- Big control over a business or corporation overflow of money and business
 * 10) Union- Group of states and nations combined in one political body.
 * 11) Chinese Exclusion Act- Denied the immigration of Chinese immigrants to the United States
 * 12) Tenements
 * 13) Political Machines
 * 14) Ellis Island

__Unit II__

 * 1) Progressivism / Progressives / Progressive Era


 * 1) muckrakers
 * 2) Jacob Riis / How the Other Half Lives
 * 3) Ida Tarbell
 * 4) Lincoln Steffens
 * 5) Upton Sinclair / The Jungle
 * 6) Meat Inspection Act / Pure Food and Drug Act
 * 7) 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments 15th Amendment- African American men were allowed to vote. 16th Amendment- Allowed Congress to lay and collect income taxes without approving it to the states. 17th Amendment- Let each state elect their own state senators. 19th Amendment- Gives American women the right to vote.
 * 8) initiative, referendum, recall - election reforms
 * 9) prohibition- Banning of alchohol in the 18th Amendment
 * 10) Susan B Anthony
 * 11) suffrage / suffragists
 * 12) Theodore Roosevelt
 * 13) Square Deal- Idea from Theodore Roosevelt meant to balance out 4 groups: workers, businesses, consumers, and the government.
 * 14) trust-busting / Sherman Antitrust Act / Clayton Antitrust Act
 * 15) Federal Reserve Act

__Unit III__

 * 1) What is imperialism? When you extend your power over different countries
 * 2) Imperialist
 * 3) Motivations for imperialism
 * 4) social Darwinism
 * 5) The Spanish-American War
 * 6) Causes of the war - Cuba, USS Maine
 * 7) Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines
 * 8) William Randolph Hearst / yellow journalism
 * 9) de Lome Letter
 * 10) Theodore Roosevelt / Rough Riders
 * 11) Outcomes of the S-A War
 * 12) Debate over annexing the Philippines

__Unit IV__

 * 1) Background causes of WWI


 * 1) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
 * 2) trench warfare
 * 3) neutrality & isolationism
 * 4) Allied vs. Central Powers
 * 5) Reasons the U.S. joined the war
 * 6) German unrestricted sub warfare / the Lusitania
 * 7) the Zimmerman note/telegram
 * 8) the Home Front
 * 9) Selective Service Act
 * 10) Liberty Bonds
 * 11) National War Labor Board
 * 12) Propaganda / Committee on Public Information
 * 13) rationing
 * 14) Woodrow Wilson
 * 15) 14 points
 * 16) Treaty of Versailles
 * 17) League of Nations