Imperialist Ambitions
What did the U.S. build to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Panama Canal
What was the name of the passenger liner that was sunk by Germany's war tactic of unrestricted submarine warefare?
Lusitania
What did Americans begin to spend their money on in the 1920s?
Entertainment, clothes, appliances
What is the Dust Bowl?
Drought, high temperatures, and over farming in OK, TX, KS, and NM led to topsoil being blown away and farmers losing their entire livelihoods.
What is the name of the international organization that was created the maintain peace between nations?
United Nations
What does Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" relate to?
U.S. naval power and having access to two oceans
Explain the significance of the Zimmerman Telegram.
Germany was trying to convince Mexico to fight the U.S., this pushed the U.S. into war
What is the full name of the NAACP and what did they do?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Fought for equality through the law and courts
What are two causes of the Great Depression?
1) Economy lacked diversity
2) Unequal wealth distribution undercut consumer demand
3) Banking system unstable
4) International trade and credit was threatened
What day was Pearl Harbor bombed and what did it cause?
December 7th, caused USA to declare war on December 8th
Why did the U.S. annex Hawaii?
As a strategic military and trading port
Describe the verdict of the court case Schenck v. United States
Your first amendment rights are not protected if they present a clear a present danger
During times of war, your civil liberties are restricted/limited
Define lynching
Public execution with no due process
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt try to do to protect the New Deal?
Pack the Supreme Court
What Supreme Court case sought against the constitutionality of Japanese internment camps and what was the verdict?
Korematsu v. United States
Declared Japanese internment camps were constitutional
What are two effects of the Spanish-American War?
1) U.S. got the Philippines
2) U.S. got Puerto Rico
3) U.S. got Guam
4) U.S. Philippine War for indpendence
How did the United States promote national unity?
The Committee of Public Information educated citizens abut democracy, assimilated immigrants, and ended isolation of rural communities.
Propaganda posters and songs
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Name one prominent figure from the Harlem Renaissance and what they did.
Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Marcus Garvey
Describe how social security works
While you work, you pay taxes into the Social Security system, and when you retire or become disabled, you, your spouse, and your dependent children receive monthly benefits that are based on your reported earnings
How did the Manhattan Project impact WWII? What did it cause?
Atomic bomb was built and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed - led to the end of WWII
What does "Remember the Maine" relate to?
Yellow journalism and the explosion of the USS Maine
Name 2 out of the 5 ideas in Wilson's Fourteen Points
Open diplomacy
Freedom of the seas
Arms reduction
Removal of trade barriers
National self-determination of people in the Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian Empires
What is the Scopes Trial and what two values did it debate.
John T. Scopes challenged the law outlawing the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools
Traditional v. Modern
Name one New Deal organization that provided RELIEF for Americans, RECOVERY to the economy, and REFORM to American systems
RELIEF: CCC, WPA, CWA
RECOVERY: AAA, NRA
REFORM: FDIC, TVA, SEC
What two laws did the United States pass that represented their position to World War II before Pearl Harbor was bombed? Describe the two laws.
Neutrality Act: USA maintain isolationist policies
Lend-Lease Act: USA military goods could be sold to Allied powers if they provided their own shipping vehicles and paid in cash