World War II
What caused World War II?
Germany invading Poland
Journalism that exposed political, economic, and social evils.
What is muckraking?
A policy set by President Theodore Roosevelt, asserting that the U.S. may intervene in Latin American conflicts
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
Created a national community of listeners, just as motion pictures.
What is radio broadcasting?
When was the great depression?
When was 1929-1941
What countries were involved in the war?
The Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) and Allied powers (France, Britain, US, Soviet Union)
A ban on the production and distribution of alcohol.
What is prohibition?
A doctrine by President James Monroe that declared that European powers shall not intervene with North America
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
A period of economic prosperity, social change, and cultural innovation following World War I
What was the “Roaring Twenties”
What started The Great Depression?
What was the stock Market Crash of 1929
What was the Yalta Conference?
Meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin.
Which political side was Progressivism leaning towards?
What is Left-Leaning?
What caused the Great Migration?
What was the promise of jobs in the North?
Paramount, Fox, MGM, Warner Brothers, and Universal
What companies dominated movie made America?
What did people do when the Stock Market crashed?
They rapidly withdrew their money from banks
How did the war affect Asia and the Pacific?
Reshaping of political landscape, economic structures, change of social dynamics
American activist and the founder of the Hull House
Who is Jane Addams?
An American policy that seeked equal trade and investment opportunities in foreign nations or regions.
What was Open Door?
Help bolster the war effort by boosting morale, raising funds, and encouraging public support
How did sports and celebrities affect the war effort?
What was the “New Deal”?
A series of domestic programs, public work projects, and financial reforms by Franklin D. Roosevelt
How did Roosevelt approach the war?
Roosevelt sent aid by providing war planes, food, and ammunition
The first federal antitrust measure passed in 1890
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
What were the acts passed during WWI to suppress dissent and limit free speech?
What were The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918?
Movie stars, radio personalities, sports heroes, and popular musicians became the elite figures in a new culture of celebrity defined by the mass media.
How did new mass media reshape American culture?
Who faced major discrimination / exclusion from the New Deal?
Who were African Americans?