U.S Imperialism
What was territory the U.S gained from the Spanish American War?
Cuba (Protectorate), Guam, The Philippines, Puerto Rico
Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell are all examples of what type of journalism?
Muckraking
What was the purpose of the 19th Amendment?
Give women the right to vote
Which President implemented the New Deal?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What event brought the U.S into WWII?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
What was the policy of keeping Communism were it already existed?
Containment
What was Lyndon Johnson's Domestic program addressing poverty and trying to overhaul the U.S?
Great Society
What Supreme Court Case did Judicial Review
Marbury Vs. Madison
What was a reason why the U.S wanted to take colonies in the Pacific Ocean?
Natural Resources, Naval Bases, Easier ways to get Goods to Asia
What book did Jacob Riis make?
How the Other Half lives
What were the two events that brought the U.S into WWI?
The Zimmerman Telegram and the Sinking of the Lusitania
What was the period of intense drought and wind storms out West called?
the Dust Bowl
What was the first step the U.S took towards aiding the Allied Powers?
Destroyers for Bases
What was the first conflict between the U.S and the Soviet Union that the U.S solved by using planes?
Berlin Airlift
What domestic laws limiting pollution is Nixon Credited with?
Clear Air and Water Acts
Group of people who opposed immigration
Nativists
What was a motivation given for why the U.S should hold onto colonies?
the White Man's Burden
What was a specific goal of labor unions?
Better Pay, Better Hours, Safer Conditions
What law limited free speech during WWI?
The Sedition Act
What New Deal Program provided pensions for the elderly?
Social Security
What was the Major Program taken to let the Allies borrow weapons and war aid
Lend-Lease
The Korean War, Vietnam war, and the Soviet Union War in Afghanistan are examples of what kind of conflict?
Proxy Wars
What Protest made Rosa Parks a national figure?
The Montgomery Bus Boycotts
What do you underline in the Civil Literacy Essay?
Outside information
What country did the U.S convince to declare independence from Colombia?
Panama
What President was known for breaking up trusts and helping unions?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was the most prominent poet of the Harlem Reniassance?
Langston Hughes
What were the two main financial collapses of the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash, Bank Failures
What was done to Japanese Americans in the U.S during the war?
They went sent to internment camps
What was the closest the U.S and the Soviet Union got towards nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was a reason people would protest the Vietnam war?
Draft Opposition, Didn't want the U.S in a foreign war, opposition to presidential powers, general counterculture
What is NAFTA?
North American Free Trade Agreement
What was stated in the Roosevelt Corollary?
The U.S would be allowed to intervene in Latin America
What law was passed as a result of the Jungle?
The Pure Food and Drug Act
What were he two groups who debated the ratification of the constitution
Federalists and anti federalists
What did Roosevelt do in response to Supreme Court opposition to his plans?
What Battle let the Allied forces land in France to retake Europe?
D-Day
What is Detente?
An easing of Cold War Tensions
What law limited the power of the president in times of conflict?
The War Powers Act of 1973
What was Reagans Tax policy called?
Trickle down or Reaganomics