Westward Expansion/Progressive Era
Imperialism
WWI/1920s
Great Depression/New Deal
WWII
100
During the early 1900s this term was used to describe writers who exposed the evils in American society
Muckrakers
100
Between the 1890s and the start of World War I, the United States expanded its access to overseas markets and raw materials through the policy of-
imperialism
100
Soldiers fighting in the First World War were forced to dig trenches as protection from-
machine gun fire
100
This period of of US History was characterized by bank failures, mass unemployment, soup kitchens, bread lines, and migration to the western U.S.
Great Depression
100
This event during WWII was characterized by the discrimination, persecution, and attempted genocide of the Jewish people
The Holocaust
200
Members of the Progressive Movement generally supported the idea that the federal government should-
prevent unfair business practices
200
President Theodore Roosevelt’s policy that was closely associated with intervention in the affairs of Latin America nations
Big-Stick Policy
200
Women during the 1920s who rejected traditional values and challenged them by doing things like wearing short dresses, cutting their hair short, and partying were called-
Flappers
200
This plan by President Franklin D Roosevelt addressed the Great Depression by creating government programs and institutions to help with poverty, unemployment, and bank relief
The New Deal
200
This weapon was used to end WWII by forcing Japan to surrender after bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic/Nuclear Bomb
300
This act promoted the development of western lands by giving free land to farmers
The Homestead Act (1862)
300
President Taft’s policy that was intended to encourage U.S. investment in Latin American businesses
Dollar Diplomacy
300
What does the "N" in M.A.I.N. stand for?
Nationalism
300
Widespread unemployment and bank failures led people to lose their home and move into ____________ during the Great Depression
Shantytowns or Hoovervilles
300
This image represented a group of civilians who stepped up to fill labor needs in the United States during WWII
Women
400
Which Muckraker wrote "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair
400
As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States became a political power in-
the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
400
These were the two reasons for the United States entering WWI
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare & Zimmerman Telegram
400
Environmental disaster that caused the migration of farmers from the Midwest to California in search of agricultural jobs
The Dust Bowl
400
These two major battles were considered turning points in WWII
Midway and Normandy
500
Progressive Era political reforms that made government officials directly respond to the needs of voters more readily
Initiative, Referendum, and Recall (IRR)
500
This war contributed to the emergence of the United States into a position of world power by confirming U.S. military superiority over a European colonial power
Spanish-American War
500
Why did the British invent the tank?
To try and break the stalemate of trench warfare
500
Opponents of President FDR believed this action would weaken the separation of powers
Court Packing
500
Japanese Americans were stripped of their rights and relocated to internment camps as a result of this executive action
Executive Order 9066