IMPERIALISM & FOREIGN POLICY
This 1898 war marked the United States’ emergence as a global power after defeating Spain.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary meatpacking conditions and led to reform laws.
What is The Jungle?
A group of almost 20,000 WWI veterans marched to Washington DC because they needed help from the Great Depression and they wanted their government payout they had earned during the war
What is the Bonus Army
This movement saw African Americans move North for jobs and to escape segregation.
What is the Great Migration?
Explain how World War I affected civil liberties in the United States.
What are Espionage & Sedition Acts
The discovery of this disclosed Germany's promise to help Mexico attack the US if the US declared war on Germany.
What is Zimmerman Telegram
Explain ONE goal of Progressive reformers.
reduce corruption, improve working conditions, regulate business
This 1929 event triggered the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
The informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression
What are the Fireside Chats
This wave of fear of communism led to arrests and limits on civil liberties after WWI.
What is the First Red Scare?
What treaty gave the United States control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
What is The Treaty of Paris
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.
What is The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
This New Deal program provided jobs through environmental projects.
What is the CCC
This cultural movement celebrated African American art, music, and literature in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
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 Luistania
This policy justified U.S. intervention in Latin America as an extension of the Monroe Doctrine.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This law created a central banking system to stabilize the U.S. economy.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
What are the three R's of the New Deal
What is Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Explain how World War II impacted civil liberties in the United States.
Japanese internment
A rise of Nativism in the United States was a result of
fear of immigrants, communism, job competition
These were passed to reduce the number of "New" immigrants.
Quota Acts
This amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
Explain ONE criticism of the New Deal.
too much government power, not enough help, excluded minorities
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 Schneck v. United States
Provided WWII veterans with low interest mortgages, college tuition, and vocational training.
What is the GI Bill