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This 1898 event marked the U.S.'s emergence as a global power.
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What is the Spanish-American War
These investigative journalists exposed corruption and social injustices during the Progressive Era. Also, name one.
Who are Muckrakers: Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Jacob Riis, Ida B. Wells...
Who is Herbert Hover
This surprise military attack on December 7, 1941, led to U.S. to enter World War ll.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor
This movement, led by mostly rural and working class Americans, pushed for government ownership of rail roads and silver coinage in there 1890's.
What is the Populist Movement
This 1900 policy, issued by Secretary of State John Hay, aimed to ensure equal trading rights for all nations in China.
What is the Open Door Policy
This 1906 law, influenced by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, regulated meatpacking and food safety.
What is the Meat Inspection Act (or the Pure Food and Drug Act)
This series of radio addresses by FDR aimed to reassure the public and explain the New Deal policies.
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What are Fireside Chats
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What is the Lend-Lease Act.
The name of this court case stemmed from a radical labor leader who was arrested during the Red Scare for promoting socialism.
Who and what is Eugene v. Debs
This U.S. foreign policy, originally named the Roosevelt Corollary, issued by President Roosevelt, asserted America's right to intervene in Latin America to stabilize the region.
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What is the Monroe Doctrine
This amendment, passed during the Progressive Era, gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment
This New Deal agency employed millions in public works projects like roads, schools, and parks.
What is the Works Progress Administration(WPA)
This government agency, created during World War l, coordinated industrial production and encouraged voluntary conservation.
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What is the War Industries Board (WIB)
This civil rights organization was founded in 1909 to fight racial discrimination through legal means and became a major force in challenging segregation.
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What is the NAACP
This 1917 diplomatic communication proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico, leading the U.S. to enter WW1.
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What is the Zimmerman Telegram
This reformed-minded president advocated for the "Square Deal" and supported trust-busting and conservation.
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Who is Theodore Roosevelt
This 1935 law provided pensions for the elderly and unemployment insurance.
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What is the Social Security Act
In both world wars, the U.S. used this policy to draft millions of Americans into Military service.
What is the Selective Service Act (or conscription)
During the 1930's, these federally-backed projects employed artists, writers, and musicians as part of the New Deal's cultural programs.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Federal One Program
Although President Wilson proposed it as part of his Fourteen Points, the U.S. Senate refused to join this international peacekeeping organization after WW1.
What is the League of Nations
This African American leader advocated for gradual economic progress, and vocational training through the Atlanta Compromise.
Who is Booker T. Washington
This New Deal Program attempted to raise crop prices by paying farmers to reduce crop production, give full name.
These laws, passed during World War l, restricted free speech and were upheld by the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States.
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What are the Espionage and Sedation Acts
These often-violent labor strikes occurred in Colorado's coal mines in 1913-1914, culminating in a massacre that drew the national outrage.
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What are the Ludlow Strikes (or the Ludlow Massacre)