Progressive Era
This term is used to describe journalists who exposes corruption in buisnesses and government
What is a muckraker
This war, fought in 1898, resulted in the U.S. gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War
This event sparked the start of WWI.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This environmental disaster, caused by drought and poor farming practices, devastated the Great Plains in the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl
This 1925 trial debated the teaching of evolution in public schools.
What is the Scope Monkey Trial
This amendment established federal income tax
What is the 16th Amendment
This policy aimed to ensure equal trading rights in China.
What is the Open-Door policy
This 1919 treaty ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
This 1935 law protected workers' rights to unionize and collectively bargain.
What is the Wagner Act
This economic theory, promoted by John Maynard Keynes, influenced FDR’s New Deal policies.
What is Keynesian Economics
Upton Sinclairs novel of The Jungle led to the passing of this law regulating the food industry
What is the Meat Inspection Act
This document stated that the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin American affairs to maintain stability.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
This telegram from Germany to Mexico proposed an alliance against the U.S. and helped push America into the war.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
This agency, created in 1935, provided unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, and aid to disabled individuals.
What is the Social Security Administration
This event, occurring in 1919-1920, was a fear-driven reaction to the perceived threat of communism in the U.S.
What is the Red Scare
This president is known for his 'Trust Busting' efforts in breaking up monopolies
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
This amendment promised that the U.S. would not annex Cuba after the Spanish-American War.
What is the Teller Amendment
President Wilson proposed this international peacekeeping organization after World War I.
What is the League of Nations
This 1933 act aimed to stabilize the banking system by closing weak banks and restoring public confidence.
What is the Emergency Banking Relief Act
This scandal during the Harding administration involved the secret leasing of oil reserves.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal
Jane Addams founded this settlement house to help the immagrant and the poor.
What is the Hull House
This Hawaiian queen was overthrown in 1893 by American businessmen and planters.
Who is Queen Liliʻuokalani
This U.S. law, passed during the war, made it illegal to speak out against the government.
What is the Espionage and Sedition Act
Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to add Supreme Court justices was called this.
What is the Court-Packing plan
This Supreme Court case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
What is Korematsu v United States