Unit Review

This was the name given to the period of fear of communism in the U.S. following WWI. The Red Scare

Who were the targets of the Palmer Raids? Suspected radicals and communists

This Tennessee court case highlighted the conflict between traditional and modern ideas. The Scopes Trial

This great American poet was a product of the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes

A quiet, handsome hero, this man was the first to solo across the Atlantic. He later created controversy by taking a strongly isolationist position prior to U.S. entry into WWII. Charles Lindbergh

His assembly line techniques made automobiles more affordable. Henry Ford

This African American political figure founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Marcus Garvey

During the 1920’s, federal regulatory agencies became increasingly dominated by businessmen. Consequently, reforms from this earlier era were being distorted to help business. Progressive Era

Being a follower of this religion may have cost Alfred Smith the 1928 election to Hoover. Catholicism

His support of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff led to a ideological split within the Republican Party William Howard Taft

Once friends, Taft and Roosevelt came to be political foes. The rift grew wider when this man, Taft’s Secretary of the Interior, proposed opening up federal land to private leasing. Richard Ballinger

Once the president of Princeton University, he developed his progressive political philosophy while serving as the governor of New Jersey. Woodrow Wilson

For what reason did T. Roosevelt say that all trusts are bad and should be eliminated? He never said that. TR believed that some trusts were good and beneficial to the public.

As a moderate Republican president, he was conservative in foreign affairs and progressive on domestic issues. Theodore Roosevelt

This muckraker’s writing was influential in inspiring pure- food legislation and, probably, vegetarianism. Upton Sinclair

Who was the real “trust buster” of the Progressive Presidents? William Howard Taft

A strike in this industry in 1902 revealed to TR that it was management that was unwilling to deal plainly with labor, not the other way around, as was popularly believed. The Coal Industry