Progressive Era
This amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This term refers to Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Who are the Central Powers?
The 1909 organization co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois to fight for civil rights.
What is the NAACP?
This U.S. president led the country during World War I and proposed the Fourteen Points for peace.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The ideology that drove the expansion of the U.S. overseas, including the annexation of Hawaii.
What is imperialism?
Journalists known by this term exposed corruption and social injustices during the Progressive Era.
What are muckrakers?
These ships, used by Germany, threatened Allied and American vessels crossing the Atlantic.
What are U-boats?
The assassination of this archduke sparked the start of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The head of the U.S. Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
Who is General John J. Pershing?
This group opposed U.S. territorial expansion, claiming it violated the principles of democracy.
What is the Anti-Imperialist League?
This term describes policies aimed at breaking up monopolies and restoring market competition.
What is trust-busting?
This type of military bond was used to fund the war effort and build patriotism in the U.S.
What are war bonds?
This massive movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities occurred during WWI.
What is the Great Migration?
This U.S. official led a series of raids against suspected radicals during the Red Scare.
Who is A. Mitchell Palmer?
Journalistic style that exaggerated news stories to increase sales and stirred public opinion toward the Spanish-American War.
What is yellow journalism?
This 1906 law targeted unsafe medicines and misleading labels, establishing federal oversight for drugs and foods in the U.S.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This practice involves spreading information to influence public opinion and boost support for the war.
What is propaganda?
This 1919 event targeted suspected communists and radicals in the U.S., leading to mass arrests.
What are the Palmer Raids?
He was the leader of Germany during World War I.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
This 1904 policy expanded the Monroe Doctrine, allowing the U.S. to intervene in Latin American countries.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This act, passed in 1906, was a major reform effort that set strict standards for the cleanliness and safety of meat processing plants after public outcry over conditions exposed in The Jungle.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
This term describes the reparations and limitations imposed on Germany in 1919 by the Allied Powers, aimed at preventing future military aggression.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This 1917 act gave the U.S. government sweeping powers to control speech and information by punishing those who criticized the war effort or the government, sparking debates on civil liberties.
What is the Espionage Act?
The last sovereign monarch of Hawaii, she fought to preserve her nation's independence and opposed the U.S. annexation of Hawaii in the late 1800s.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
This 1900 policy by the U.S. aimed to keep trade in China open to all nations equally and prevent any one nation from monopolizing Chinese trade.
What is the Open Door Policy?