The Progressive Era
These journalists attempted to bring light to some of the worst abuses of the Gilded Age.
Who are muckrakers?
The United States entered into World War II as a result of an attack at this location
What is Pearl Harbor?
The area of the country from where most African Americans came during the Great Migration, primarily to look for better jobs and to escape violence
What is the South?
This event in October 1929 ended the Roaring 20s and caused global economic catastrophe.
What is the stock market crash?
The common enemy of the United States in World War I and World War II
What is Germany?
As president, Teddy Roosevelt attempted to rein in the power of some of these powerful organizations
What are trusts?
The United States supported this nation's war effort before entering both World War I and World War II
What is Great Britain?
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
World War II significantly reduced this metric in the U.S. thanks to the ramp up in factory production and spending by the federal government.
What is the unemployment rate?
FDR unsuccessfully attempted to do this in order to get more of his New Deal policies to pass legal muster
What is court packing?
The Progressive Era and New Deal both represent an increase in spending and involvement in peoples' daily lives by this
What is the government?
Although U.S. foreign policy did not always support it, Americans were typically in favor of this "-ism" prior to both the first and second world wars.
What is isolationism?
What is the Red Scare?
The United States transition from an agricultural economy to this type of economy was a major factor in the growth of the U.S. on the world stage
What is industrial?
This was a period of violence, particularly against African Americans in major cities throughout the U.S. in 1919.
What is the Red Summer?
Progressives, especially Teddy Roosevelt, expressed concern with the negative environmental effects of industrialization and sought to implement this "-ation" policy.
What is conservation?
After resigning from his post as undersecretary of the Navy, Teddy Roosevelt organized this unit in the Spanish-American War
Who are the Rough Riders?
Anti-immigrant sentiments in the U.S. during the 1920s led to quotas for migrants from which two continents?
What are Europe and Asia?
Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover favored the rights of these over government intervention
What are businesses?
This waterway connected east and west, but came about as a result of the U.S. exerting its influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Panama Canal?
The two amendments that enacted and repealed Prohibition
What are the 18th and the 21st.
In the late 19th century, the United States fought a war against a European nation in these two locations
What are Cuba and the Philippines?
This "-ism" ideology reduced quotas for certain immigrants during the early part of the 20th century.
What is nativism?
The 1920s saw the expansion of these two technologies in particular, spurred on by automation and advertising.
What are the radio and the automobile
This Louisiana senator was critical of FDR's New Deal, saying it did not look out for the needs of many, especially women and African Americans
Who is Huey Long?