Imperialism
Seller of Alaska
Russia
The U.S. was an _______ nation at the start of WWI.
Isolationist
True or False: The 1920s were a time of great economic growth and prosperity.
True
Which two nations appeased Nazi Germany?
Great Britain & France
Secretary of State John Hay opened the door for trade in this country.
China
Name the two A's of MANIA.
Alliances and assassination
Flappers were
Fashionable young women intent on enjoying themselves and challenging conventional standards of behavior.
Location of the Dust Bowl
Midwest/Great Plains/Central U.S.
German fighting strategy
Blitzkrieg
Name all three areas the U.S. gained from the Spanish-American War.
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Which of President Wilson's Fourteen Points was adopted by the Allied Powers?
League of Nations
What is the term used to describe the law that made the production of alcohol illegal?
Prohibition
Amount the FDIC insures bank savings today.
$250,000
Which organization regulated rations in the US?
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
Supported Panamanian independence in order to build a waterway.
President Theodore Roosevelt
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
Allied Powers: France, Great Britain, the Russian Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Belgium, and Serbia.
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Nativism
Another name for shantytowns
Hoovervilles
Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies?
Adolf Hitler broke the non-aggression pact with Joseph Stalin by invading the USSR.
Coined by Theodore Roosevelt, this phrase described his foreign policy of using American military power to police the Western Hemisphere.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Coordinated the nation's industrial resources for the war effort.
War Industries Board
In 1927, he became the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charles Lindbergh
Deficit spend
Where did the D-Day invasion take place?
Normandy, France