Roaring 20s & Great Depression
A time where the economy was in extremely bad shape
What was the Great Depression?
M.A.I.N.
What is the acronym for the start of WWI?
1885-1902
In the unit on American Empire what years did we cover
Controlling every step of the production process
What is vertical integration?
system where landowners divided their land and assigned households a few acres to work the land and keep a small share of the crops grown
What is Sharecropping?
Where people could go and consume illegal alcohol
What was a speakeasy?
Belief that your country is better than all other countries is...
What is Nationalism?
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is Imperialism?
Controlling one step of the production process
What is horizontal integration?
The immediate impact of the 14th Amendment
What is granted citizenship to African Americans?
The topsoil in the Midwest was picked up and pushed east. Dust storms crossed the nation. Farmers and their farms were ruined
What was the Dust Bowl?
Neutral
What was America's official position on the war in 1914?
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
What is Yellow Journalism?
During the 19th and early 20th century, These men helped immigrants with jobs and housing in order to control votes during election.
Who are Political Bosses?
Carpetbaggers
What were Northern Republicans who went south to take advantage of Reconstruction called?
became president at the end of the Great Depression
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Getting America ready for war before getting in the war
What was the "Policy of Preparedness"?
the United States built up their military because of this Theodore Roosevelt policy.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
A city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
What is a Political Machine?
Keeping out of the affairs of other countries is known as
What is Isolationism?
Veterans wanting their bonuses early
What was the Bonus Army March about?
Franz Ferdinand
Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 that many cite as the start of WWI?
Cuba
Where the Spanish American war was fought?
A major population trend occurred in the United States during the industrial expansion of the late nineteenth century
What is cities grew?
the country that the Zimmerman Telegram directed towards.
Who is Mexico?