Imperialism
The initiative ensuring equal trading rights for all nations in China aimed to protect American trade interests
What was the Open Door Policy?
Known as the mother of social work
Who was Jane Addams?
They were part of the Triple Alliance
What was Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy (initially)?
A movement of art and entertainment that people used to avoid the reality of poverty
What was Escapism?
The technological development program during WWII produced the first nuclear weapons
What was Manhattan Project?
The ship that was sunk that led to the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine?
Advocated for African-American self-improvement to gradually dissolve segregation
Who was Booker T. Washington?
The German letter was intercepted by Britain that built popular sentiment for WWI
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
The massive protest of over 20 thousand veterans marched to D.C. to demand early payment of previously promised service bonuses to help alleviate their poverty
What were the Bonus Marchers?
Foreign policy, often associated with Chamberlain, allowed concessions to Germany to “maintain peace” but ultimately caused WWII
What was Appeasement?
What is the belief that the ability of Westward (and foreign) expansion is embedded in American identity
What is the Frontier Thesis?
Helped found the NAACP and aimed to defeat prejudice through legal action
Who was W. E. B. Du Bois?
“Rebellious” young women called during the 1920s
What were Flappers?
The antifascist, left-wing group that mobilized writers for social criticism, but was usually controlled by the Soviet Union
What was the Popular Front?
The policy allowed the nations to “borrow” supplies from America while still keeping the U.S. out of war
What was the Lend-Lease Act or Neutrality Act of ‘41?
Piece of legislation barred Cuba from making treaties with other nations without US
What was the Platt Amendment?
The movement that progressivism originated from
What was the Populist movement?
Two Italian immigrants were accused of murder as a result of the Red Scare and fear of anarchy
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
The “recovery” federal program limited agricultural overproduction through taxes and subsidies
What was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)?
The FDR policy established positive diplomatic relations with Latin America
What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
Advocated for the US to expand their naval power in order to protect commercial/political success
Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
The 3 C’s of the Square Deal
What is Conservation of natural resources, Control of corporations, Consumer protection?
Two acts prohibited public expression against the war and allowed for penalties against obstruction of war effort
What was Sedition and Espionage?
The critic of the New Deal devised an elderly pension program to help alleviate the Great Depression
Who was Francis Townsend?
The two projects in Britain and America decrypted Japanese and German coding systems that provided intelligence to shorten the war
What was Magic and Ultra?