The West
The Idea that Americans were destined by God to settle the west.
Manifest Destiny
Name of the federal program designed to provide Relief, Reform, and Recovery to the American people and economy and bring an end to the Great Depression.
New Deal
This type of warfare, best exemplified by the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, was one of the reasons the US eventually joined the allies in World War 1
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Describe what a "Sphere of Influence" is
To economically or militarily influence a foreign country without being officially in control
These women challenged gender roles during the Roaring 20's. (Example: Daisy from The Great Gatsby)
Flappers
The Grangers (Populists) were a political reform movement mostly made of western farmers and hated the railroad companies and banks. Why did they hate them?
High freight rates and high interest rates
The government's policy towards industry and major businesses for most of the late 1800s and early 1900s. (Exceptions being during Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Presidency and his cousin FDR's New Deal). If you don't know the answer, maybe you should let this question be!
Laissez-Faire
Germany AND Japan wanting to militarily dominate their neighbors was one of the causes of this conflict
World War 2
What part of the world was a part of the US sphere of influence in the early 1900s?
Latin America (The Philippines doesn't count since they were officially an American territory until World War 2)
This weather event made the Great Depression much worse since it forced farms to close and caused a dramatic rise in food prices for an already unemployed population
Dust Bowl
Major construction project using mostly Chinese immigrants on the Pacific side and Exodusters, European immigrants, and White-Settlers on the East side designed to connect the East and West Economically is called the:
Transcontinental Railroad
DAILY DOUBLE!!!: This rule was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine, which basically said: "we're giving ourselves permission to occupy/invade your country if you threaten our military or economic interests. This rule affected Latin American Countries
Roosevelt Corollary
The Cold War saw this barrier split Europe in half between the Communist East and Capitalist/Democratic West. This divide also fostered the development of the containment policy
Iron Curtain (not the Berlin Wall)
These are homes designed to help newly arrived immigrants learn skilled job trades, teach English, and provide housing. An example of these is the Hull House in Chicago
Settlement Houses
These are the three reasons Labor Unions formed
Earn higher wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions
This group made up the student-body of the Carlisle School, where they had to abandon their cultural identity in order to assimilate into "American" life
Using the Roosevelt Corollary as justification, we created this across an entire Latin American country in the early 1900s to be used as an economic shortcut for trade.
Panama Canal
This is the reason for the US fighting in the Korean and Vietnam War
Containing the spread of communism
This is an international organization originally designed to contain the spread of communism in Europe, its mission had changed since the Cold War but it is still around today.
NATO
Why did the Filipinos revolt against the US after the Spanish American War?
They wanted self-determination
The reason the San Francisco 49ers are called the San Francisco 49ers is because...
The Gold Rush in California which began a massive settlement of the territory in 1849
The Boxers of China wanted to keep foreign traders out of (or close off) their country. The US (among many other countries too) wanted to freely trade with China. What was the name of this policy?
Open Door Policy
The end of World War II saw the development of Nuclear Weapons, which the use of in a global war could potentially end the world as we know it, however; after World War II, this international organization was formed to prevent future conflict.
United Nations (UN)
The 18th Amendment prohibited this product to end crime and immorality. But its banning led to a bigger black market for it and more organized crime
Alcohol
What was the purpose of the Works Progress Administration?
Provide economic relief for the unemployed