People
US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.
What is Alfred Thayer Mahan
ratified in 1920 gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment
What is Mrs. Lambert
short war fought in Philippines, Caribbean, Battle of San Juan Hill, American victory. with the treaty of paris 1899, US gained control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines, led to debates over imperialism
What is Spanish American War
the treaty that ended WWI
What is Treaty of Versailles
A eductaion reformer who believed we needed to teach our kids prolem solving skills, not just memeorizing facts
What is John Dewey
Completed in 1914, by the US as a faster sea route from east coast/carribbean to west coast/asia
What is the Panama Canal
What is The Shawshank Redemption
one of deadliest wars in world history, resulted in new warfare strategies and innovations, changed landscape of Europe and world
What is WWI
Made it a crime to criticize the government or government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, guaranteed by the First amendment.
What is Sedition Acts
President at the beginning of World War II?
What is Franklin Delano Rosevelt
Gained from SA War, became territory, US appointed governor and upper house reps, still US commonwealth
What is Puerto Rico
Nickname of Theodore Roosevelt
What is Teddy Roosevelt
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What is add an effect
1935, also National Labor Relations Act; granted rights to unions; allowed collective bargaining
What is the Wagner Act
President at the end of World War II
What is Harry S. Truman
A procedure allowing the people to vote to dismiss an elected official from state office before his or her term has expired.
What is Recall
our favorite period
What is my period 7
Mass movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities, recruited by northern business and gov while men away at war
What is the Great Migration
authorized president to let allies borrow weaponry WWII
What is lend lease act (1941)
What President was an avid outdoorsman?
what is Teddy Roosevelt
A procedure by which voters can propose a law or a constitutional amendment.
What is Initiative
What is the name of the device used to end World War II in Japan?
What is Atomic bombs.
period of widespread poverty, unemployment, and economic difficulty during the 30s, at peak 25% unemployment
What is the Great Depression
1917 act gave the government new ways to combat spying
What is Espionage Act