Government Acts and Politics
A viewpoint or political ideology associated with free political institutions and religious toleration, as well as support for a strong role of government in regulating capitalism and constructing the welfare state. It is generally associated with the Democratic Party
Liberalism
This act forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA. (Teddy Roosevelt)
Pure Food and Drug Act
This Amendment placed A nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933.
18th Amendment
Dec. 7th, 1941, this infamous day was the reason the US finally declared war on the Axis Powers during WWII
Pearl Harbor
This conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor leading to American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
Spanish-American War
A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. This will eventually become America's main threat during the Cold War and beyond.
Communism
A form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
Dollar Diplomacy (Taft)
This amendment placed A tax on income in which the taxation rates are progressively higher for those whit higher income.
16th Amendment
This act allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S. It was mainly done to give war material to Great Britain.
The Lend Lease Act
This treaty was signed following the Germans surrender in WWI. There were several sanctions placed on the Germans that included paying war reparations, losing land, and taking blame for the war.
The Treaty of Versailles
An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation. Unlike the League of Nations, the US actually joined this one.
The United Nations
This Amendment was passed in 1920, and gave women the right to vote
20th Amendment
This Supreme Court Case was the first case to use the "Brandeis brief"; recognized a 10-hour work day for women laundry workers on the grounds of health and community concerns. It would later be overturned.
Muller v Oregon (1908)
Planned June 5th-June 6 1944, Germans occupied Normandy France its goal was to liberate Paris, and get France back in the fight.
D-Day
What were the main causes for America to join the fighting during WWI?
Answers may vary
This Idealistic agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another. Essentially it made all war illegal unless it was for a defensive purpose.
Kellog-Briand Pact
What were the long term causes of the Great Depression?
Over Production
Under Consumption
Buying on Credit
This case unanimously upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 which declared that people who interfered with the war effort were subject to imprisonment; declared that the 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech was not absolute; free speech could be limited if its exercise presented a "clear and present danger."
Schenck v US (1917)
The American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan. General McArthur called it hitting em where they aint
Island Hopping
What allowed V-E day and V-J Day to occur
Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force, first put into effect in Dominican Republic.
Roosevelt Corollary
Not to be confused with the _____ Act, this plan aimed to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.
The Dawes Plan
This court case upheld the constitutionality of detention camps for Japanese-Americans during World War 2.
Korematsu v US (1944)
Final Jeopardy
This is the plan for post-World War I outlined by President Wilson in 1918. This plan called for self-determination (countries in Africa and Asia govern themselves), freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.