The first federal antitrust measure, passed in 1890; sought to promote economic competition by prohibiting business combinations in restraint of trade or commerce
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act
100
American policy of seeking equal trade and investment opprotunities in foreign nations or regions
What is the open door policy
100
A paternalistic system of labor relations emphasizing management responsibility for employee well-being
What is welfare capitalism
100
Unemployed veterans of WWI gathering in Washington in 1932 demanding payment of service bonuses not due until 1945
What is the bonus army
100
The opponents of the U.S. and its allies in WWII
What are the Axis powers
200
Authorized a federal income tax
What is the 16th Amendment of 1913
200
In WWI, Britain, France, Russia, and other belligerent nations fighting together, not including the U.S., were called what?
What are the Allies
200
Factory or business employing workers whether or not they are union members; in practice, such a business usually refuses to hire union members and follows antiunion policies
What is an open shop
200
Speeches broadcast nationwide over the radion in which FDR explained complex issues and programs in plain language, as though his listeners were gathered around him
What are the fireside chats
200
An arrangement for the transfer of war supplies, including food, machinery, and services to nations whose defense was considered vital to the defense of the U.S. in WWII
What is the Lend-Lease Act
300
Government agency established in 1914 to provide regulatory oversight of business activity
What is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
300
The law establishing the military draft for WWI
What is the Selective Service Act
300
League formed in 1920 advocating for women's rights
What is the League of Women Voters
300
Ferderal regional planning agency established to promote conservation, produce electric power, and encourage economic development in 7 southern states
What is teh Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
300
June 6, 1944, the day of the 1st paratroop drops and amphibious landings on the coast of Normandy, France, in the 1st stage of Operation Overlord during WWII
What is D-Day
400
The only black officer of the original NAACP
What is W.E.B. Du Bois
400
The federal agency that reorganized industry for maximum efficiency and productivity during WWI
What is the War Industries Board (WIB)
400
A new African American cultural awareness that flourished in literature, art, and music in the 1920s
What is the Harlem Renaissance
400
Act establishing federal old-age pensions and unemployment insurance
What is the Social Security Act of 1935
400
Meeting of U.S. President FDR, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin held in Feb. 1945 to plan the fianl stages of WWII and postwar arrangements
What is the Yalta Conference
500
Following the depression of the 1890s, this emerged as the strongest and most stable organization of workers
What is American Federation of Labor (AFL)
500
Law whose vague prohibition against obstructing the nation's war effort was used to crush dissent and criticism during WWI
What is the Espionage Act
500
President who showed the most interest in reducing federal spending, lowering taxes, blocking congressional initiatives, and clearing the way for American businessmen
Who is Calvin Coolidge
500
Act establishing federal guarantee of right to organize trade unions and collective bargaining
What is the National Labor Relations Act
500
Who said "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve," and when?
Who is Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto after leading the attack on Peal Harbor