Terms
19th Amendment
gave all women the right to vote
What was the #1 reason for America's entry into WWI
unrestricted submarine warfare
The deportation of immigrants was a result of what even that took place during the Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Theodores name for his diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
In the __________ of 1919, African Americans moved from one part of the United States to another to escape rural poverty
Great Migration
Form of journalism that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories.
Yellow Press
During World War I, the commander of American forces in Europe was
Alvin York
Whose idea was the League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
Investing by Americans in businesses and banks throughout Central America and Latin America.
Dollar Diplomacy
The Interstate Commerce Commission gained strong enforcement powers from the?
Sherman Antitrust Act
16th Amendment
Created a graduated income tax
Which nation was forced to pay reparations after World War I
Germany
President Harding's slogan was a return to____________?
normalcy
Type of economy where a country takes resources from a weaker nations to be used in their home industries.
extractive economics
Who was president candidate for the 1912 election who ran under the Progressive Party?
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle led Roosevelt to urge the passage of the what Act
Meat Inspection Act
At the end of World War I, the Allied Powers were
France, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia, and the United States.
Who was the leader of Russia after the revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
What area did we buy from Russia?
Alaska
In the early 1900s, the NAACP focused on what two things?
fighting for equal access to housing and professional careers to the black middle class
What pledge dealt with German U-boats sinking merchant ships?
Sussex Pledge
In World War I, which country became a territory of Great Britain?
Iraq
What Act in 1900 gave the Puerto Ricans same right as U.S. citizens
Foraker Act
What Caribbean country did US planters invest million into which later would help gain their independence.
Cuba
What tactic did the US use to counter the German U-boats
convoying