The founder of Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams?
The President of the US who wanted to join WWI to defend democracy and humanitarianism.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
The fear of Communism and anarchy after WWI was called this
The First Red Scare
Part of the New Deal that provided $ for old age pensions and disabled people.
What is Social Security Act
The top secret mission in the US to build the world's first atomic bomb that became a controversial issue after it was used.
Double: Name one of the physicists involved
What is the Manhattan Project
Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer
What unfortunate natural phenomena that coincided with the Great Depression does this image represent?
Dust Bowl
Theodore Roosevelt signed the Meat Inspection Act in response mostly to this book
Double: Who is the author
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Give at least two reasons why the U.S. eventually entered WWI
Zimmerman telegram, sinking of Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare" by the Germans
New technologies in the 1920s allowed for this and was the way Henry Ford produced cars.
What is Mass Production or the Assembly Line
One of FDR's New Deal Programs that gave jobs to young men in the nations National Parks digging ditches, building dams, cutting down trees, etc.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Step taken by the US government to intervene in WWII before Pearl Harbor.
Cash and Carry or Lend/Lease
Who is this? Who was president before him? Who was president after him?
William Howard Taft. Came after Teddy Roosevelt, came before Woodrow Wilson
The abuse of alcohol and the rise of the temperance movement led to this
Double: What is the amendment?
The passing of the 18th Amendment, or Prohibition
The part of the government that did not want to sign the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.
Double: Why did they not want to join?
What is Congress
America wanted to remain "isolationist" following WWI
An example of a new consumer product in the 1920s that was also used as a form of advertisement.
What is the Radio
Identify at least three causes of the Great Depression.
Unequal distribution of wealth, overproduction, buying on the margin and over speculation.
The Civil Rights campaign during WWII to achieve liberty at home and abroad for African Americans.
What is the double v campaign?
Workers in this New Deal program found employment for the government building infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and other government buildings.
Examples of reforms on the State and local level that allowed citizens to have more power in the Political Process (name at least two)
What is Initiative, Referendum and Recall
The movement of over 2 million African-Americans out of the South into the north for industrial jobs and economic opportunity.
What is the Great Migration
Why were they called the Roaring Twenties? (think of two solid reasons)
Harlem Renaissance, consumerism, jazz, flappers, speakeasies, gangsters, cars, partying, luxury (everything was loud, over the top, violent, uncomfortable, excessive)
The political party that became popular among different ethnic groups, African-Americans and the working class because of the New Deal.
What is Democratic Party
The Supreme Court case the ruled the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was legal.
What is Korematsu v. the United States
Who is this? What did he believe about the path to equality for African Americans. Explain the beliefs of one of his opponents.
He thought working with white people was best. African Americans should get vocational training for lower paying jobs; they needed to prove they could be trusted
Du Bois- believed in immediate equality
Garvey- Back to Africa, Black is Beautiful
The first piece of Federal legislation to regulate the economy and control of the Railroad industry; passed after farmers were going into debt due to huge shipping costs.
What is Interstate Commerce Act
This ordered universal male conscription which forced all men ages 18-45 to register for a chance to join the army.
What is the Selective Service Act or the Draft
The media went crazy covering this trial that debated the merits of evolution being taught in public schools
Double: Which state was this in?
The Scopes Monkey Trial
Tennessee
Court packing scheme. (Increase number of justices from 9 to 15).
The turning point in the Pacific theatre of WWII (US destroyed most of the Japanese naval fleet
The Battle of Midway
Name each of the three men of the "Big Three" and which countries they represented. Explain how each contributed to an Allied victory in WWII.
Stalin-Russia/USSR (beat Hitler on the Eastern front, suffered the most losses total in the war)
FDR- US (supplied the Allies with material/weapons; ended Japanese front)
Churchill- UK (Europes leader; rallied British people)