Progressive Era
This president was known as the “Trust Buster.”
Theodore Roosevelt
This 1898 war marked the emergence of the U.S. as a global power.
Spanish-American War
This 1915 event, in which a German submarine sank a British passenger ship, increased American tensions with Germany.
Sinking of Lusitania
This trial symbolized the conflict between modernism and traditionalism.
Scopes Trial
This attack brought the U.S. into WWII.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
This amendment established the direct election of senators. - Pushed by populist party
17th Amendment
The policy stating the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin America was the _______.
(Pushed further the Monroe Doctrine)
Roosevelt Corollary
This 1917 message from Germany promising U.S. territory to Mexico helped push America into the war.
This individual rejected the Harlem Renaissance claiming that it did not do enough to liberate the black community from white oppression. He was also known for the "Back to Africa" movement
Marcus Garvey
This executive order authorized Japanese internment.
Executive Order 9066
This 1906 law regulated food and medicine after public outrage over unsafe practices
Pure Food and Drug Act
This amendment limited Cuban sovereignty after the Spanish-American War.
Platt Amendment
This law made it illegal to interfere with the draft or criticize the U.S. government during the war.
Espionage Act
This law severely restricted immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe in 1924.
Immigration Act of 1924
This 1944 Supreme Court case upheld Japanese internment.
Korematsu vs. US
This Progressive reform allowed voters to remove elected officials from office.
Recall
This policy promoted equal trading rights in China.
Open Door Policy
This 1919 Supreme Court case established the “clear and present danger” doctrine limiting free speech during wartime.
Schenck v. United States
This New Deal program provided jobs to young men (18-25) for the purpose of conservation
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corp
This decisive military action planned by Dwight Eisenhower liberated France from the axis control
D-Day / Invasion of Normandy
This Supreme Court case upheld “separate but equal” before being overturned decades later.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This group opposed U.S. annexation of the Philippines and included figures like Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie.
Anti-Imperialist League
This peace plan created by Woodrow Wilson attempted to create world peace post WWI but was rejected by the Senate
14 points
FDR's attempted action after 2 of his New Deal programs were deemed unconstitutional
Court Packing
Name 1 group of minority groups that helped win the war through their actions (not including women in factories)
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talker