Imperialism Never Ends
The sinking of the USS Maine is considered a primary cause of this war
Spanish-American War
The Progressive Era fulfilled many of the goals of this political party
People's Party or Populist Party
This British passenger ship was sunk by the Germans in 1915, killing over 100 American civilians
Lusitania
The term for borrowing money in order to buy stocks was called "buying on the ______"
buying on the margin
The Japanese cities in which the U.S. dropped atomic weapons for the first and only time onto populated places
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Define imperialism
The expansion of a nation’s authority over other nations through acquiring land or by imposing economic control
As a result of the temperance movement, the ____ Amendment was passed, starting the period of time named ________________
18th Amendment
Prohibition
The interception of this message between Germany and Mexico motivated the US to join World War I
Double Bonus: What was the content of the message?
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany told Mexico that if they joined the war on the side of the Central Powers, they would help Mexico get its land back that the US had stolen
What group of people protested in front of the White House in the Bonus March?
WWI Veterans
This highly influential act was passed in 1935 to provide economic benefits to retired people, unemployed people, and others
Social Security Act
Name three of the island territories the US acquired in 1898. For extra points, name all five.
Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
The 17th Amendment was just one of many reforms that attempted to change what major aspect of democracy?
Voting reforms
Including the direct primary, the secret ballot, and referendums
Which famous trial of the 1920s focused on the teaching of evolution in schools
Scopes Monkey Trial (1925)
President Herbert Hoover did not believe in giving Americans this during the Depression
Direct aid
This government program was created to create millions of government jobs for people during the Great Depression
Works Progress Administration
This justification for new imperialism was derived from a corrupted understanding of the theory of evolution
Social Darwinism
President Teddy Roosevelt became popular for this action that broke up large corporations
Trust-busting
This repressive period was driven by fear of communism, and it led to government crackdowns on suspected radicals such as the Palmer raids.
The Red Scare
Name two of the long-term causes of the Great Depression
Overproduction (in farms and factories)
Buying on credit
Unequal distribution of wealth
Lack of Regulation in the Stock Market and Banking industry
Pro-business policies in government
Although FDR was the longest-serving President in history with 12 years in office, he died in 1945 and was succeeded by
Harry Truman
Cuba was forced to accept the the Platt Amendment into their new constitution, which gave the US what?
The right to intervene any time American economic interests were at risk
Name one of the two laws that resulted from reaction to Upton Sinclair's horrifying book The Jungle
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
Name one of the laws that was passed to limit anti-war speech during WWI
Espionage Act (1917)
Sedition Act (1918)
Although the unemployment rate fell from its high of 25% in 1933, it did not reach "normal" levels until
1942 or World War II
Japanese incarceration was enacted through this legal mechanism, put forth by FDR
Executive Order