The Jungle
Began with the 18th Amendment and ended with the 21st Amendment
Economic ideology where the government gets involved when times are tough and cuts back when the economy is doing better.
Keynesian Economics
The name of the ship that blew up in Havana Harbor just before the U.S. declared war on Spain in 1898.
The U.S.S. Maine
The discovery of this disclosed Germany's promise to help Mexico attack the US if the US declared war on Germany.
Zimmermann Telegram
Provides financial help to the elderly, unemployed, disabled. This program still exists today.
Social Security Administration
Name of the couple assassinated on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
These were passed to reduce the number of immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Quota Acts / Immigration Act of 1924
Name for the action of using a loan to buy stock
Stocks on Margin
The name given to the work of creating the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Manhattan Project
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 Trial
This employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefitted the public, especially in natural areas. Was a part of FDR's First New Deal.
Civilian Conservation Corps
He led the Philippines in the American-Philippine War
Emilio Aguinaldo
Name of a famous poet and activist during the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
Name of the campaign that fought for victory against fascism abroad and victory against racism at home.
The Double V Campaign