Progressivism
These were journalists who would write about corruption in government and business. Upton Sinclair is an example.
Muckrakers
The United States insisted that Cuba add THIS to its constitution. It allowed the US to intervene in Cuban affairs at any time.
The Platt Amendment
When President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States, the Japanese responded by doing this.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop this.
Hydrogen bomb
What racial incident sparked five days of rioting in Los Angeles in 1992?
5 white police officers were acquitted after beating Rodney King
What act of Congress did Teddy Roosevelt pass after reading The Jungle?
The Meat Inspection Act
What was ONE country that came under the United States' control after the Spanish American War.
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
FDR's Quarantine speech was about moving away from this long-standing US policy.
Isolationism
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to this.
Unification of West Germany
President Nixon said that THIS policy would bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam
Vietnamization
This was a political reform. It was a procedure for removing public officials from office by a vote of the people.
A recall
This was added to the Monroe Doctrine to justify U.S. intervention in Latin America.
Roosevelt Corollary
This program admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time during WWII
The bracero program
The main goal of the Truman doctrine was this.
Contain communism
During the early 1980s, conservatives objected to what they believed were excesses in THIS...
Business regulations or excessive spending on programs for the needy
This amendment to the Constitution forbade the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors."
18th
US Senators did not approve of this after WWI because they did not want to be entangled in European affairs (they wanted to remain isolationist).
League of Nations or Treaty of Versailles
This allowed the U.S. to ship arms and supplies to nations fighting the Axis powers, while still proclaiming to remain neutral.
The lend-lease plan
John F. Kennedy created this organization that sends volunteers to assist in developing nations.
The Peace Corps
These documents revealed the government had misled the public regarding the progress of the war
The Pentagon Papers
This movement was based on the belief that Christians have a responsibility to help improve working conditions and alleviate poverty.
The Social Gospel
This sensational type of reporting aimed at attracting readers and contributed to the start of Spanish American War
Yellow Journalism
The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over which country?
Czechoslavakia
What did the Immigration Act of 1965 do?
Ended quotas based on nationality
This act of Congress limited the president's authority to wage war
The War Powers Act