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WWI
Roaring 20s
Causes of the Depression
Teddy Roosevelt/Expansionism
Imperialism
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Senators who did not want US foreign policy to be influenced by European countries made sure our country never joined what organization.
What was the League of Nations
100
With Russia becoming a communist country after the Bolshevik Revolution a general fear of communism spreading to the US was called...
What is the Red Scare?
100
Many farms and factories didn't lower their output causing a surplus of goods. This cause is known as ___________________________
What was overproduction?
100
What was the meaning/idea behind Teddy Roosevelt's "Big Stick Diplomacy"?
What is he would speak softly and carry a big stick, meaning the US would use its military force when necessary.
100
Define the term Imperialism in your own words.
What is when power nations expand to dominate other countries for territory, resources, and political influence.
200
The Espionage and Sedition Act violated what right of American citizens during WWI?
What is freedom of speech?
200
Who benefited in 1920 with the passage of the 19th Amendment?
Who were women?
200
What environmental disaster happened in America during the Great Depression?
What is the dust bowl.
200
Teddy Roosevelt played a key role in on of the greatest engineering feats in world history, what was this?
What is the Panama Canal?
200
Who did journalist in America blame for the sinking of the USS Maine?
Who is the Spanish?
300
What new weapon used in WWI was used more for surveillance than combat?
What is the airplane.
300
What notorious group from the 20s would have supported the Eugenics movement?
What the KKK?
300
Describe uneven distribution of wealth.
What was when the income gap between the rich and the poor was very high during the 1920's.
300
Teddy Roosevelt was not fond of Yellow Journalism, what is Yellow Journalism?
What is a try of journalism that is exaggerated and eye catching to attract readers.
300
The United States gained these 3 territories after the passage of the Treaty of Paris. Name one of them...
What is Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
400
This treaty ended the war, but by punishing Germany so harshly, it was responsible for igniting WWII.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
400
What advancements did women make during the 1920s?
Right to vote, flappers (modern women), got into work force, and more engaged in higher education.
400
Many investors lost ever everything on Oct. 29, 1929, what happened on this day?
What is the stock market crash?
400
Give 1 of the main reasons the United States entered the Spanish American War.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine, Yellow Journalism, and economic interests in Cuba.
400
Describe 2 reasons the United States wanted to practice the policy of imperialism.
What are gain resources, gain access to additional markets, military bases overseas, protect their economic interests, European powers were doing it, believed our culture was superior, and to spread Christianity.
500
The first of these began during World War I as thousands of African Americans moved north to work in factories.
What was the Great Migration?
500
The 18th Amendment led to the Era of _________________ which lead to the growth of crime and speakeasies.
What was Prohibition.
500
Name 2 major causes of the Great Depression. (Not the stock market crash)
What was overproduction, buying stocks and products on credit, Europe not buying American goods, banks taking risky loans and buying stock, and the income gap.
500
Explain Roosevelt's policy of Corollary, how is this an example of the US becoming a world power?
US has the right to intervene in Latin America to protect our economic interests, showed we could stand up to Europe in global affairs.
500
Why did the United States want to have an "Open Door Policy" with China?
What is they want to open up trade with China to sell US good to their vast population.