APUSH Period 7

Progressivism

100

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

The Jungle

200

Finish the "Progressive Amendments" List:

16th Amendment: Income Tax

17th Amendment: Direct Election of Senators

18th Amendment:

19th Amendment:

16th Amendment: Income Tax

17th Amendment: Direct Election of Senators

18th Amendment: Prohibition

19th Amendment: Women's Suffrage

300

This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.  

Jane Addams

400

This US president helped to create the Panama Canal, was known as being a trust buster and a conservationist.  

Teddy Roosevelt

500

The following Presidents are known for both their progressive reforms and foreign policies. Put the Presidents in Chronological Order, match their most prominent domestic reform passed, & their foreign policy!

1. William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt

2. Federal Reserve Act, Pure Food & Drug Act, Interstate Commerce Commission

3. Big-Stick Diplomacy, Dollar Diplomacy, Moral Diplomacy

1. Teddy Roosevelt = Pure Food & Drug Act = Big-Stick Diplomacy

2. William H. Taft = Interstate Commerce Commission = Dollar Diplomacy

3. Woodrow Wilson = Federal Reserve Act = Moral Diplomacy

Imperialism & WWI

100

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 United States had multiple reasons for declaring war on Spain and starting the Spanish American War. Name at least one political, economic, and social reason.

Answers Vary

300

The discovery of this disclosed Germany's promise to help Mexico attack the US if the US declared war on Germany.

Zimmerman Telegram

400

What was the main argument supported by Anti-Imperialist?

Founding Principles

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

The Roaring 20s

100

The trial of a high school teacher in Tennessee for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law.  The teacher was found guilty and the trial was closely followed by the public.    

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial

200

Italian immigrants charged with murder and robbery.  Convicted on circumstantial evidence, many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities.  

Sacco and Vanzetti

300

This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  

The Red Scare

400

Name at least 3 causes of the Great Depression.

Bank Failures

Debt/credit

Black Tuesday

Over production & Under Consumption

Buying on Margin

500

Provide 3 examples from the Roaring 20s that are a good representation for the following vocabulary term

 

- Cultural Shifts

Answers Vary

The 1930s

100

What was the name of a farmer fleeing the Dust Bowl in the early 1930s?

Okie

200

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

Fireside Chats

300

Why was President Roosevelt receiving push back on his New Deal programs and policies? Give at least 2 examples.

Not enough progress

Very expensive

packing supreme court

400

This employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefitted the public & environment.  It was a part of FDR's New Deal.  

Civilian Conservation Corps

500

Most impactful, longest lasting law passed during the New Deal.  Provides help to the elderly, unemployed, disabled.  Changed the role of the federal government to where the government is now expected to help those in need.  

Social Security Act

World War II

100

Put the following US WWII Foreign Policies in Chronological Order:

- Lend-Lease Act

- Declaration of War

- Neutrality Acts

- Cash & Carry

Neutrality Acts

Cash & Carry

Lend-Lease Act

Declaration of War

200

Symbol of the American female factory worker who went to work during WWII.  

Rosie the Riveter

300

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

The Manhattan Project

400

What issue did the Supreme Court decision Korematsu v. United States highlight & conclude?

Japanese internment during WWII was in fact constitutional because it was during a time of war.  

500

WWII Turning Points: Name the battle that was the turning point on each of the following fronts that highlighted the end of Axis expansion..

- Eastern European Front

- Africa

-Pacific Theater

-Western European Front

-Eastern European Front: Stalingrad

- Africa: El Alamein

-Pacific Theater: Midway

-Western European Front: D-Day/Operation Overlord(Battle of the Bulge also accepted)