Pre WWI US
This conflict began in part due to yellow journalism and resulted in the United States gaining possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Phillippines
Spanish American War
Message between Germany and Mexico that asked for an alliance in exchange for returned territory (once Germany won the war).
Women were able to do this for the first time in the 1920s
Vote (Suffrage)
Term used to describe workers who want to find a job but are unable to (25% of Americans during the GD)
Unemployment rate
This group was the only one to be segregated in combat roles during WWII
Black Americans
Was the response to increased immigration during this period of US History
Nativism
World Peace-keeping group that was the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson, the US did not join
The League of Nations
Group that historically targeted Black Americans, that grew during the 1920s and expanded their attacks against anyone they felt was "un-American"
KKK
Nickname for FDR's New Deal (why was it called that?)
Alphabet Soup Legislation
Each program went by an acroynm
The term used to describe the "detention" of Japanese Americans during WWII
Internment
The activist believed Black Americans should demand rights immediately and cofounded the NAACP
W.E.B Du Bois
The two perspectives about foreign involvement post WWI (you must also describe them)
Isolationist: The US will avoid getting involved with any countries abroad, will demilitarize/disarm
Interventionist: The US will involve itself in the affairs of other countries to maintain peace and healthy trade partnerships
Thanks to credit, this concept continued to grow immensely during the 1920s
This New Deal policy worked to provide electricity to rural environments and create tourism infrastructure
Tennesee Valley Authority (TVA)
Island hopping
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that gave the US the right to "police" the western hemisphere
Roosevelt Corollary
Response to the rise of communism in the Soviet Union and the rise in interest of communism in the United States
Red Scare
This law used backdated census records to set immigration "totals" from countries in Europe (and some in Asia--where immigration wasn't already completely banned). Response MUST include the year.
National Origins Act 1924
These words were used to describe the three goals of FDR's New Deal, you should also provide a basic description for each term
Relief-provide short-term support to people affected by the GD
Recovery-provide short or long-term support to industry and infrastructure to spur economic growth
Reform-set laws to ensure a depression level event does not happen again
The Szilard Petition was in response to what
The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Name for a set of decisions by the Supreme Court that stated it was up to Congress to determine the "civil rights and political status" of Filipinos and other "colonial peoples" (which illustrated the complexity and difference of opinions about Imperialism)
Insular Cases
Name the case in which the decision upheld laws that restricted free speech during wartime. You must also provide what the individual involved was originally arrested for speaking about specifically.
Schenk vs United States, urged men to not participate/show up if drafted
Name ONE of the authors mentioned in your textbook that critiqued/showcased American life during the 1920s in their plays or books (NOT WWI authors)
Eugene O'Neill, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anzia Yezierska, Robert & Helen Lynd
Reason farmers fled the Great Plains
Dust Bowl
List three ways (of the four we discussed) that the US Homefront mobilized for war from 1939-1941
Neutrality Act of 1939, Selective Service Act of 1940, Lend Lease Act, Atlantic Charter