Alabama History During Early 20th Century
What school did Booker T Washington found?
Tuskegee
What is imperialism?
the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
When did the Panama Canal officially open for business?
August 15, 1914
The assassination of who would lead to a chain of events that leads to the Great War?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne
What is Nativism?
prejudice against foreign born people
What was Birmingham also known as?
The Pittsburgh of the South
What were the two African countries that remained independent?
Ethiopia and Liberia
Why wouldn't Wilson recognize most of the governments that formed in the Mexican Revolution?
It was a government of butchers
What is the alliance system?
Nations split up into two sides- The Allies & Central Powers
What is Communism?
economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship
Who was Joseph Wheeler?
As a Confederate cavalry general, he was one of the most famous Southern officers of the Civil War
When did the U.S declare war on Spain?
April 20, 1898
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
He warned that disorder in Latin America might “force the U.S to the exercise of an international police power”.
What did these battlefields consist of that was unlike previous wars?
Trench warfare & no man's land
What Act enacted a quote system in America?
In 1921 with the Emergency Quota Act
What did George Washington Carver help promote?
George Washington Carver promoted crop rotation that helped farmers restore soil ruined by cotton farming.
Who led the American fleet when the Philippines was stormed?
George Dewey
Helping to negotiate what treaty gave Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906?
Treaty of Portsmouth
When did Wilson give his war resolution to join the war?
April 2, 1917
Which pact that renounced war was essentially useless because it couldn't be enforced?
Kellogg-Briand Pact
What did John Tyler Morgan help establish that is highly controversial present day?
Jim Crow Laws
When did the U.S formally annex the Philippines?
February 6, 1899
What was Wilson's "Missionary Diplomacy"
the U.S had a moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S interests.
Who questioning killing, but still ended up an American hero?
Alvin York
What scandal hit the Harding Administration that showed corruption in the government?
The Teapot Dome Scandal