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HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ Great Depression who: stock market what: collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, government policies, bank failures, collapse of money supply, where: started in US, spread globally when: 1929 why: stock market crash, bank failure, drought significance: ruined opportuntiy and business for all of America New Deal who: Franklin D ROosevelt what: series of programs and projects instituted during great d...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ Reconstruction: - Not just about physically rebuilding the South's infrastructure in the wake of the Civil War - It was an attempt by Republicans in Congress to remake the postwar South in the North's image socially, politically, and economically - It hinged upon the restoration of the Southern states to the Union, and the status of the freedmen =. - Lats from 1865 to 1877. Context for Reconstruction: 1. Between...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd President of the U.S.; won a record four presidential elections; governed during the Great Depression and most of WWII; New Deal Coalition Gerald Nye Senator of North Dakota; member of the America First Committee; chaired an investigation by a Senate committee that claimed to produce evidence of exorbitant profiteering and tax evasion by many corporations during the war, and it suggested th...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ Imperialism a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries European nations that established colonial empires Great Britain, France, Spain, Belgium, Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Germany Japan Empire began expanding in the early 1900's US Empire began expanding in the late 1890's Main reasons for US Imperialism Economic Reasons Political reasons Military competitiveness Gai...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ Homestead Act 1862 That same year Congress passed the Homestead Act which allowed citizens to lay claim to 160 acres of land If the homesteader resided on the land for 5 years and made improvements they could file for a deed to the title The Octopus The first description of the railroad as an octopus likely appeared in an August 19, 1882 political cartoons The idea of an alien like creature with tentacles in every ...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ kindergarten German educational idea that became popular during the Gilded Age kindergarten - concept The idea of kindergarten gained popularity in the United States during the Gilded Age as part of broader educational reforms aimed at providing children with a holistic and developmentally appropriate education In 1878, the New York Ethical Society created the first free kindergarten in the US Jacob Riis Author of H...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ What happened in America from Reconstruction What was Reconstruction The attempt by Republicans in Congress to remake the south in the image of the north Civil War killed over 630,000 Americans Who was the first R elected to presidency Lincoln In 1864 Lincoln was reelected Andrew Johnson was selected to be a running mate by Lincoln, Dem. from Tenn.; refused to leave Union with TN In 1865, Congressional R's...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ NATO Military alliance between the US and Western Europe. Soviet union counter acted with the Warsaw Pact which created a rival alliance between Eastern Bloc countries. Nashville Nashville is the Epicenter of Modern Country Music. During the 70s and 80s it experienced economic decline and elements of urban crisis. In the 90s public sector investments helped to bring new civil furniture to stadiums museums and libraries...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ John Rockefeller Initially tried to make refining as efficient as possible and called for companies to join as one, producing the largest company (standard oil w/ the biggest size and the most money through the trust) A great example of horizontal integration (gain total control of one part of production process) Samuel Gompers leader of the AFL (American Federation of Labor); exclusive labor (restrictive membership) and...

HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED, ALREADY GRADED A+ Reconstruction an attempt by Republicans in Congress to remake the South in the North's image socially, politically, and economically Hinged to pattern the South after the Union and the status of the freedmen Civil War ended in... 1865 killing 630,000 Abraham Lincoln Died one month after his second term in April 1865 Andrew Johnson () Democrat from TN; US senator who refused to leave the union when they seceded i...