Imperialism & Foreign Policy
What war resulted in the U.S. acquiring the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico?
What is the Spanish-American War?
What was the main goal of Progressives?
What is to fix social, political, and economic problems caused by industrialization?
What illegal activity became widespread during Prohibition?
What is bootlegging?
What event marked the start of the Great Depression?
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
In what year did the U.S. enter World War I?
What is 1917?
What policy stated that China should be open to trade with all nations?
What is the Open Door Policy?
Who wrote The Jungle and exposed unsanitary meatpacking conditions?
Who is Upton Sinclair?
What trial reflected the conflict between science and religion in the 1920s?
What is the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
What name was given to FDR’s radio addresses to the American people?
What are Fireside Chats?
What was the name of Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI?
What are the Fourteen Points?
What was Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy approach called?
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
What amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators?
What is the 17th Amendment?
What cultural movement celebrated African American art and music?
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
What New Deal agency hired young men to do environmental work?
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
What event led the U.S. to enter World War II?
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The U.S. supported Panama’s independence from Colombia in order to build what?
What is the Panama Canal?
What was the main purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
What is to regulate the banking system?
What group resurged in the 1920s and promoted nativism and white supremacy?
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
What law created insurance for bank deposits?
What is the Glass-Steagall Act (FDIC)?
What strategy did the U.S. use to defeat Japan in the Pacific during WWII?
What is island hopping?
What was the name of the intercepted note that pushed the U.S. closer to entering WWI?
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
What was the purpose of settlement houses like Hull House?
What is to help immigrants adjust to life in America?
What agreement aimed to limit naval arms after WWI?
What is the Washington Naval Conference?
What was the court-packing plan and why did it fail?
What is FDR’s failed attempt to add justices to the Supreme Court to support the New Deal?
What was the Manhattan Project?
What is the secret U.S. program to develop the atomic bomb?