American Imperialism
This 1898 war marked the US's emergence as a world power and led to the acquisition of territories like Puerto Rico and Guam.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This German practice of attacking ships without warning was a major factor in the US joining WWI.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
What is the Red Scare?
What is the 19th Amendment?
This economic practice, involving risky investments in the stock market, was a major factor in the 1929 crash.
What is speculation?
This doctrine, expanded by Theodore Roosevelt, justified US intervention in Latin America to protect its interests.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This intercepted message proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the US during WWI.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This jazz trumpeter from New Orleans became one of the most iconic musicians of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Over-farming and severe droughts in the 1930s created this environmental disaster that displaced many families.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This man-made waterway, completed in 1914, connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, boosting global trade.
What is the Panama Canal?
This wartime migration saw African Americans move north for job opportunities in industrial cities.
What is the Great Migration?
This automaker revolutionized mass production with the assembly line, making cars affordable for many Americans.
Who is Henry Ford?
This economic phenomenon was driven by innovations in mass production and the rise of advertising in the 1920s.
What is consumerism?
These makeshift shantytowns, named after a president, symbolized the widespread poverty of the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
The annexation of this Pacific territory in 1898 allowed the US to establish a strategic naval base at Pearl Harbor.
What is Hawaii?
This law limited free speech during WWI by making it illegal to speak out against the government or war effort.
What is the Espionage Act?
These two entertainment mediums became national unifiers, connecting Americans across the country through shared experiences.
What are radio and movies?
This style of music, born from African American communities, became the soundtrack of the Roaring Twenties.
What is jazz?
This New Deal program provided jobs for millions through public works projects like building roads and schools.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
What was the group called that opposed American expansion of influence and power?
This international organization, proposed in Wilson's Fourteen Points, was rejected by the US Senate due to fears of entangling alliances.
What is the League of Nations?
This cultural movement celebrated African American creativity and included figures like Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This writer, known for works like The Great Gatsby, captured the spirit and disillusionment of the Jazz Age.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Passed during the Second New Deal, this act created a safety net for retirees and the unemployed.
What is the Social Security Act?