Imperialism & WWI
Name the term: exaggerated or sensational writing that made Americans angry during the Spanish American War
Yellow Journalism
What was the method the US government used to reduce immigration?
Quota System
Name the term:
Giving into Hitler's demands, even when he broke his word.
Appeasement
What was the name of President Johnson's programs aimed to improve American's lives?
The Great Society
What were the characters patiently waiting for?
The insurance check
List 3 reasons the United States wanted to become an Imperial Power.
1. Economic Reasons (new markets)
2. Cultural Superiority
3. Military Expansion
The cultural revolution that focused on celebrating African American art, literature, music, etc.
Harlem Renissance
Internment Camps
MLK believed in what kind of resistance?
Nonviolent or Civil Disobedience (sit-ins, walkout, protests, boycotts)
What was Mama's son's name?
Walter Lee Younger
What were the causes of America entering WWI?
1. Sinking of the Lusitania
2. Zimmerman Telegram
3. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Herbert Hoover
Name the term: a wall of communist countries separting the US & the USSR
Iron Curtain
What did Brown v. Board of Education end in the United States?
Segregation in schools
What was the mean neighbor's name?
Mrs. Johnson
What did the War Industries Board regulate during WWI?
Regulated the economy --> regulated prices, organized the use of resources, regulated wages
During the Great Depression, what was the name given to WWI vets who marched on Washington to demand their monetary bonus from the Government.
What kind of aid was given to countries under the Marshall Plan?
Economic Aid
What resolution gave the President more military power during the Vietnam war?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Who was Walter Lee's wife?
Ruth
What is the Great Migration?
Mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
What was the event under JFK that brought us close to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Who created the Vietnamization policy (gradually giving more responsibilities to the South Vietnamese)?
President Nixon
How does the play end? What do they spend the money on?
Buy a new house in a white neighborhood