Progressive Era and Imperialism
What is the 19th Amendment?
M.A.I.N
What are the causes of WWI? Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
These are radio talks with Roosevelt.
What are Fireside Chats?
June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
What is D Day? (Operation Overlord)
The growth of cities
What is urbanization?
Overt favoritism for people born in the United States. Used to justify racist anti-immigrant sentiment in the 19th and 20th century
What is Nativism?
Laws limiting the ability to criticize the war effort
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This organization saw membership (in BOTH the North and South) rise in the 1920's due to nativism and racism
What is the KKK?
the political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after WWII
What is the Iron Curtain?
The federal government took the side of factories and would use violence to break these
What are labor strikes?
this foreign policy approach by Teddy Roosevelt
What is Gunboat Diplomacy or "Big Stick" Diplomacy?
Wilson's plan for the post war world
What are the 14 points?
The belief adopted by Hoover wherein state and local governments should be the primary factor in ending the Great Depression and not the federal government
What is Localism? Rugged Individualism?
US used this case as justification for placing Japanese Americans in Camps
What is Korematsu v. US?
The legislation that unintentionally caused the Great Depression to go global
What is the Hawley-Smoot tariff?
Corrupt person that would exchange favors for votes. (example Boss Tweed)
What is a Political Boss/ Political machine?
Assigned blame to Germany for the war
What is the War Guilt Clause?
The US federal government spending more money than it takes in
What is deficit spending?
Oversaw the shift from civilian manufacturing to war manufacturing
What is the WPB (War Production Board)?
The name of the U.S. approach to gaining access to China during the late 1800s
What is the Open Door Policy?
Founder of the NAACP, Niagara Movement, and advocated for immediate equality for Black Americans
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This helped create anti-german sentiment
What is propaganda? (CPI also acceptable)
The Bolshevik revolution, Sacco and Venzetti trial, and Palmer Raids are all examples of this "colorful feeling"
What is the Red Scare?
an investigating committee which investigated what it considered un-American propaganda, focused on people outside of the government
What is HUAC?
Justification for Hitler's expansionary policies before and during WWII
What is Lebensraum and Volksgemeinschaft? ("Living space" and "National community")