Significant events of the 1880-1920
By Cody Lehman
Election of 1896
It was an election between McKinley and Bryan, the election was a close battle and a heated discussion over bimetallism. And the Untied States of America were proud of this event because it allowed more currency.
Bimetallism
It was a political fight for more money and bimetallism allowed silver to be added to the currency which allowed us to pay off more debts. We are proud of this and it is still in use to this very day.
Mr. Bell and His Telephone
They had made great inventions and he was the first person to have his invention patent so that no one could steal it. And we should be proud of his great work because we use an upgrade fashion of it.
Chinese Exclusion act
California blamed the Chinese for disease and banned them from the United States of America. We should be ashamed of this because jumped to kicking them out insted of coping with it and fixing it.
Political Machines
they are organized group that controlled the local contractors to benefit them and to get a little bit more money from them. We should be ashamed of this because it put a lot of small business out of work.
Melting pot
It is a mixture of people from different cultures in one area of a city. We should be proud of this because it allowed other people to experience different cultures by just walking down the street.
Pure Food and Drug act
The United States of America enacted a law in 1906 to halt the sale of bad food and drugs. We should be proud of this because it took away a lot of diseases and allowed people to trust the medicine they are taking.
Americanization Movement
It is an education program used to teach the Indians English and math. We should be proud because we tried to help them.
Tenements
Very small apartments for all the new immigrants that were causing problems with their health. We should be ashamed of this because we could have avoided this by making them a little bigger.
NAWSA
It was an organization in 189-1920 to gain women voting. We should be proud of this because they gained women voting by only using pacifist ways.
Federal Reserve System
It was a banking system used through out all of America established in 1913. We should be proud of this because we still use it today.
Meat inspection act
Act passed to regulate the quality of meat sold. We should be proud of this because we had stopped a lot diseases from spreading.
Yellow Journalism
It is an extracted way of writing news to make biased opinions. We should be ashamed of this because it caused a lot of terror and a war.
Open door policy
It was a policy that allowed all countries to trade freely with China. We should be proud of this because it allowed every country to have the same possibility as us.
Dollar Diplomacy
This was Tart's foreign policy, which took an economic standpoint. We should be proud of this because it made a lot of money for the United States of America.
Militarism
The building up of armed forces which causes tension. We should be ashamed of this because it had caused many wars.
Propaganda
The spreading of an idea using ads that use your emotions against you. We should be ashamed of that because we used this for all the wrong things.
Conscientious Objector
People that didn't want to go to war because of their religion but were still forced to go to war. We should be ashamed of this because we forced people to do something they did not want to do.