Progressive Era
Journalists who exposed problems and corruption in American society were called what?
Muckrakers
What year was the Spanish-American War?
1898
What 2 Acts threatened the civil right of free speech during WW1?
Espionage & Sedition Acts
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment
3 parts of Roosevelt's New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Who was the author of "The Jungle" which focused on the nasty meat industry?
Upton Sinclair
Is a poem about the Philippine–American War that exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country.
White Man's Burden
What 2 things led to U.S. involvement in WW1?
Sinking of the Lusitania, Interception of the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico
Who created a new technique to produce automobiles and transformed the consumer economy?
Henry Ford
Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)
share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
Ida Tarbell spoke out against what?
Standard Oil Trust
William H. Seward bought Alaska from what country?
Russia
British and Soviets could borrow money to buy weapons from the US
Lend-Lease Act 1941
What Amendment passed Prohibition but was later repealed?
18th Amendment
a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society.
laissez faire policy
This act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
Food and Drug Act of 1906
Promoted equal trade opportunity for all countries in China in order to help economic and religious interests
Open Door Policy 1899
What caused the U.S. to officially declare war in WW2?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem and had been influenced by many African Americans.
Harlem Renaissance
What did the 21st amendment do?
ended national Prohibition
Who is the trust buster president?
Theodore Roosevelt
a peace agreement between Spain and the United States that ended the Spanish-American War
The Treaty of Paris 1898
What were the Neutrality Acts 1935?
prohibited shipments of arms to either side in a war-US is neutral
new form of mass media
Radio
What did the New Deal create to financially help people past working age?
Social Security