Imperialism and WW1
The overseas territories the U.S. took over completely as a result of the Spanish-American War (3)
What are Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
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.
What was the Great Migration?
The 3 R's of the New Deal
What are relief, recovery, reform?
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.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This extremely bloody war eventually gave the U.S. control of a Pacific island nation, which they retained until 1946
What is the Philippine-American War?
This progressive era reformer wrote "The Jungle" exposing the unsanitary conditions and mistreatment of workers in Chicago's meatpacking plants
Who was Upton Sinclair?
This was a summer of anti-Black violence throughout the United States
What was the red summer of 1919?
Important 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.
What is the Social Security Act?
Program to bring Mexican workers to the United States
What was the bracero program?
The British passenger ship destroyed by a German u-boat submarine. This event contributed to Americans wanting to get involved in WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.
Who was Jane Addams?
These laws were passed to reduce the number of "New" immigrants as a result of nativism
What were the Quota Acts?
The informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression
What were the Fireside Chats?
Symbol of the American female factory worker who went to work during WWII.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
Acts that made it illegal to protest the war and allowed for deportation of dissidents.
What were the espionage and sedition acts?
This US president helped to create the Panama Canal, was known as being a trust buster and a conservationist.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
This Black leader used her journalism to fight lynching and also advocated for Black women within the women's movement.
Who was Ida B. Wells?
What is the FDIC?
Court case about the legality of internment camps
What is Korematsu v. United States?
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."
What is Schenck v. United States?
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
This leader during the Harlem Renaissance encouraged a modern "Back to Africa" movement and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
Who was Marcus Garvey?
Major environmental catastrophe that occurred during the 30's
What was the dust bowl?
Secret project where the U.S. built an atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?