U.S. Imperialism
Progressive Era
World War I & The 1920s
The Great Depression & New Deal
World War II
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Name that President

1. Republican

2. VP was Teddy Roosevelt

3. Spanish-American War

4. Open Door Policy

William McKinley

100

The war that resulted in American colonies throughout the world.

War of 1898 - Spanish American War

100

The term for journalists exposing problems in American society.

Muckrakers
100

This encrypted message from Germany to Mexico provided one cause for the U.S. entry into WWI.

Zimmerman Telegram

100

In the early 1930s, a drought in the Great Plains region became known as...

Dust Bowl

100
Japan bombed this US naval and air force base.  The US responded by declaring war on Japan and officially entering WWI on the side of the Allies.
Pearl Harbor
200

Print media that sensationalized news in order to drive up sales

Yellow Journalism

200
Upton Sinclair was the muckraker who wrote this book which exposed the meatpacking industry and the troubles associated with it.  

The Jungle

200

The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.  

The Great Migration

200

The informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression

Fireside Chats

200

Popular among Republicans in the Midwest during WWII, this philosophy sought to keep the U.S. out of foreign wars. 

Isolationism

300

The event that is credited with drawing America into the War of 1898 (Spanish American War)

Sinking of the USS Maine

300
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.  
Jane Addams
300
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  
The Red Scare
300
Hoover created this in an attempt to protect US factories from foreign competition.  This backfired though, because European nations stopped buying US goods.  
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
300

The name given to the creation of the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

The Manhattan Project

400

Foreign Policy centered around investing in U.S. businesses abroad to promote trade with other nations

Dollar Diplomacy

400
This person was jailed during the Pullman Strike, and founded the Socialist Party. 
Eugene V. Debs
400

Nickname for the group of Senators who were in complete opposition to the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Irreconciliables

400
This employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefitted the public.  Was a part of FDR's New Deal.  
Civilian Conservation Corps
400
Supreme Court decision that said Japanese internment during WWII was in fact constitutional because it was during a time of war.  
Korematsu v. US
500

Cuban independence was granted by the U.S. under the condition of this amendment that, among other things, allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs  in order to preserve its independence and law and order.

Platt Amendment

500

Created in 1908 by W.E.B. Du Bois and other prominent progressives, created this organization that was dedicated to abolishing all forms of segregation.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

500
This Supreme Court decision declared that the federal government could limit the 1st Amendment right of "freedom of speech" in time of war and if there was a "clear and present danger."
Schenck v. US
500

British economist that emphasized deficit spending in order to "prime the pump" of an economy. His philosophy would heavily influenced Roosevelt's New Deal.

John Maynard Keynes

500

Held in February of 1945, this conference between "The Big Three" would determine how the Allies would approach victory in Europe and continue fighting against Japan.

Yalta

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