Unit 1
The process of combining cultures. In US history, it was often done by force to Indigenous communities
What is assimilation?
What is the 19th Amendment?
M.A.I.N
What are the causes of WWI? Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
These are radio talks with Roosevelt.
What are Fireside Chats?
Leader of the Soviet Union who instituted the Great Purge of political dissentors
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The federal government took the side of factories and would use violence to break these
What are labor strikes?
Overt favoritism for people born in the United States. Used to justify racist anti-immigrant sentiment in the 19th and 20th century
What is Nativism?
The De Lome letter, USS Maine, and Yellow Journalism led to this
What is the Spanish-American War?
This organization saw membership (in BOTH the North and South) rise in the 1920's due to nativism and racism
What is the KKK?
Laws that striped away the rights of Jews in Germany
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
A violence clash that is viewed as a lasting symbol of indigenous resistance
What is Battle of Little Bighorn?
Teddy Roosevelt's domestic policy
What is the Square Deal?
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" relates to this foreign policy approach by this "Teddy bear" of a president
What is Gunboat Diplomacy?
The belief adopted by Hoover wherein state and local governments should be the primary factor in ending the Great Depression and not the federal government
What is Localism?
The legislation that unintentionally caused the Great Depression to go global
What is the Hawley-Smoot tariff?
Legislation enacted to encourage white settlement of the Great Plains
What is the Homestead Act?
Corrupt person that would exchange favors for votes. (example Boss Tweed)
What is a Political Boss/ Political machine?
The US established a protectorate in this "independent" nation
What is Cuba?
The US federal government spending more money than it takes in
What is deficit spending?
The growth of cities
What is urbanization?
Designed to regulate the railroad industry from monopolization. Formed following outrage on Wabash v. Illinois
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
Founder of the NAACP, Niagara Movement, and advocated for immediate equality for Black Americans
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This helped create anti-german sentiment
What is propaganda? (CPI also acceptable)
The Bolshevik revolution, Sacco and Venzetti trial, and Palmer Raids are all examples of this "colorful feeling"
What is the Red Scare?
Justification for Hitler's expansionary policies before and during WWII
What is Lebensraum and Volksgemeinschaft? ("Living space" and "National community")