Progressivism & The Roaring 20s
These investigative journalists, such as Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair, exposed corruption and social injustice.
Muckrakers
This sensationalist style of reporting helped push the U.S. into the Spanish-American War.
Yellow Journalism
These were the "Three Rs" of FDR’s New Deal programs.
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
This 1941 policy allowed the U.S. to supply Britain with war materials while technically remaining neutral.
Lend-Lease Act
This President’s "Square Deal" focused on conservation, trust-busting, and consumer protection.
Theodore Roosevelt
This 19th-century movement was the precursor to Progressivism, advocating for silver coinage and government control of railroads.
The Populists
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine claimed the U.S. had the right to act as an "international police power" in Latin America.
The Roosevelt Corollary
This massive environmental disaster in the Great Plains was caused by drought and poor farming practices.
The Dust Bowl
This 1944 Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of Japanese American internment.
Korematsu v. United States
This term describes the fear of communism and radicalism that gripped the U.S. after WWI.
The First Red Scare
This 1920s trial highlighted the cultural conflict between fundamentalism and modernism (science vs. religion).
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
This 1917 telegram from Germany to Mexico proposed an alliance against the U.S., serving as a primary cause for U.S. entry into WWI.
The Zimmermann Telegram
This New Deal program provided old-age pensions and unemployment insurance, fundamentally changing the social safety net.
Social Security Act
This top-secret program led to the development of the atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project
This 1930s foreign policy stance sought to keep the U.S. out of foreign conflicts through a series of "Acts."
The Neutrality Acts
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920, capping off decades of suffrage activism.
19th Amendment
This Supreme Court case ruled that the government could limit free speech if it presented a "clear and present danger."
Schenck v. United States
This group of WWI veterans marched on D.C. in 1932 to demand early payment of their service certificates.
The Bonus Army
This symbolic figure represented the millions of women who entered the industrial workforce during the war.
Rosie the Riveter
This Progressive reformer founded Hull House to assist the urban poor and immigrants.
Jane Addams
This 1920s movement in New York celebrated African American culture through literature, music, and art.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Senate's refusal to join this organization after WWI signaled a return to isolationism.
The League of Nations
This political shift occurred during the 1930s as African Americans and labor unions moved from the GOP to the Democratic Party.
The New Deal Coalition
This campaign by African Americans during WWII sought victory over fascism abroad and victory over racism at home.
The "Double V" Campaign
This term refers to the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to Northern cities during and after WWI.
The Great Migration