Progressivism
A time when a variety of reforms were enacted at the state, local, and federal levels
Progressive Era
Aggressively building up and giving control to a nation’s armed forces to prepare for war
Militarism
Rebellious, energetic, fun-loving bold young women revolutionizing American society
Flappers
The US declared war on Japan and entered into WWII after
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The end of WWII was
Japanese surrender
Women’s suffrage, which passed in 1920 after the work of women like Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, gave women
Right to vote
One American response to the outbreak of war in Europe
Neutrality
Preparedness
Peace
A hands–off way of managing the economy that lowered tax rates and raised tariffs
Laissez-faire
This allowed the President to aid any nation whose defense was vital to the US and allowed the nations to not pay for aid right away
Lend Lease Policy
The democratic West of the Cold War was led by
USA
After Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, Progressive Era politicians
Passed Pure Food & Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
One cause for American involvement in WWI
German U-boat warfare
Russian Revolution
Zimmerman Telegram
Making high-risk investments is called
The final decision on dropping the atomic bomb was left to
President Truman
The communist East of the Cold War was led by
USSR
Political machines are led by
The goals that President Wilson came up with to guide peace negotiations are called
Created public works programs or government-funded projects to build public facilities
New Deal
Japanese suicide pilots used against the US as island hopping becomes effective and Japan is in retreat are
Kamikazes
The competition that developed between the US and Soviet Union for power and influence in the world
Cold War
Unofficial city organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power
Political machine
The failure of the US to join the League of Nations, sign the Treaty of Versailles, and prevent England and France from getting spoils of war from Germany leads to
World War II
The US chose neutrality when World War II started because of the
Great Depression
Britain
France
Soviet Union
This policy recognized that Eastern Europe was already lost to communism and called for the US to contain and resist Soviet attempts to form Communist governments elsewhere in the world
Containment