World War 1
The United States entered WW1 because....
-Sinking of the Lusitania
-Zimmerman Telegram
-They did not want a single militaristic German power in Europe
Where did the first battle break out?
The Phillipines
16th Amendment
First graduated income tax
Which president was assassinated in 1901?
William Mckinley
Who was the accidental Muckracker that wrote “The Jungle”?
Upton Sinclair
The treaty that ended WW1 was called...
The Treaty of Versailles
Whar three territories did the US aquire BEFORE the Spanish-American War?
19th Amendment
Gave Women the right to vote
Wilson’s New Freedom was a call for what?
A call for freedom from big businesses and government. Was VERY anti-trust
What was one of the goals of the Populist Policy?
-Tightened money supply
-Tax reform
-Tariff Reform
-“peoples party"
-Direct election
The Schlieffen Plan was _____ . Did it succeed?
A German military strategy to quickly win the war. No.
The _____ exploded in ______ and sparked the Spanish American War.
Battleship Maine, Havanna Harbor, Cuba
18th Amendment
Prohibition (Ban of Alcohol)
Had a campaign for a “Return to Normalcy"
Warren G. Harding
Which industry contributed most to the United States’ significant growth in the 1920s
Automobile industry
Began because of a conflict between:
Serbia and Austria - Hungary
What were the main causes of death among U.S. soldiers during the Spanish-American War?
Food Poisoning and diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, and yellow fever
17th Amendment
Direct election of Senators
Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 election by a large margin, mainly because...
Theodore Roosevelt founded the Bull-Moose party and split the republican vote
The _____ scandal occured when the Secretary of the Interior accepted bribes for leases on government-owned _____
Teapot Dome, Oil reserves
Why did Japan enter WW1?
The opportunity to seize German territories in the far east
What three territories did the US obtain following the Spanish-American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What Amendment made Cuba a US territory?
Platt Amendment
Who won the 1928 election due to:
His opponents' Catholic religious beliefs, there being no serious domestic issues, and most of the democrats voting republican?
Herbert Hoover
German chemist who invented synthetic ammonia
Fritz Haber