Imperialism and World Power
Yellow journalism by people like Pulitzer and Hearst led to this war
Spanish American War
These journalists exposed corruption and social problems in the early 1900s.
What are muckrakers?
What were the primary causes of America's entrance into WWI?
Unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman telegram
This amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
18th
This 1929 event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
Stock Market Crash of 1929
This amendment allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs after the war.
Platt Amendment
What book exposed the working conditions in the meatpacking industry?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
This law made it illegal to interfere with the draft during WWI.
What is the Espionage Act?
What was an immediate impact of the 18th amendment?
Bootlegging and organized crime
This act created a system of old-age pensions and unemployment insurance.
Social Security Act
“I have always been fond of the West African proverb: ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick…’”
This quote reflects what foreign policy approach?
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This constitutional amendment established the direct election of senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This policy allowed the U.S. to supply Allied nations with war materials before entering the war.
Lend Lease Act
This trial symbolized the conflict between science and religion.
This ecological disaster led to many midwestern farmers moving to California (they were called Okies!)
The Dust Bowl
This diplomatic policy aimed to ensure equal trading rights in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
Who published the book that exposed the corrupt practices of Rockefeller's Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
This order led to the internment of Japanese Americans.
Executive Order 9066
Immigrants from this part of the world were favored by immigration law
Northern Europe
This program provided jobs through public works projects like building roads and dams.
WPA- Works Progress Administration
This book written by Rudyard Kipling describes the responsibility of America to civilize savages of other countries
The White Man's Burden
This Progressive conservation policy, associated with Gifford Pinchot, emphasized the efficient use of natural resources for the public good.
Conservationism
This Supreme Court case upheld limits on free speech using the “clear and present danger” test.
What is Schenck v. United States?
"What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?" who likely wrote this poem as part of the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
What did FDR do in an attempt to protect his New Deal programs?
Court packing