Imperialism
Define dollar diplomacy
The use of large loans to force developing countries to remain economically dependent on the US.
Amendment granted women's voting rights
19th Amendment
Name one reason the US joined WWI
Zimmerman telegram, Lusitania, financial ties to Britain
Day of the Wall Street stock market crash
Operation broke Purple
Magic
Define anglo saxonism
The belief that the white race was superior to nonwhite races.
Hull House founder
Jane Addams
What acts restricted freedom of expression during WW!?
Espionage and Sedition acts
1933 unemployment rate
Countries stuck in circular loaning (4)
America, Germany, France, Britain
Name two causes of the Spanish American war.
Cuban Revolt, Yellow paper journalism, USS Maine.
Gave citizens the rights to remove an elected person
Recall
What was the great migration?
Mass migration of African Americans to Northern states in hopes of avoiding racial violence and job opportunities.
Name two causes of the great depression
Overproduction, lack of diversification, maldistribution of wealth
Victory at home and abroad
Double V campaign
What military group was Theodore Roosevelt part of during the Spanish American War?
The Rough Riders
Allowed reformers to get around state legislature to submit new legislation directly to election voters
Initiative
What was a “flapper”?
Females who rejected previous gender standards in favor of a liberated, more exciting lifestyle.
Japanese and Asian American civil rights/discrimination protection organization
Japanese American Citizens League
Korematsu v. US result
Supreme court ruled that relocation was permissible and constitutional
Explain the Platt amendment
The Platt amendment was inserted into Cuba’s constitution and barred it from making treaties with other countries and allowed US interference in the country.
Gave the Interstate Commerce Commission more power in regulating railroads
Hepburn Act
Define welfare capitalism
Improving worker pay, rights, and benefits in hopes to quell strikes.
Act giving government authority to stop irresponsible bank behavior, created wall between commercial and investment banking
Glass-Steagall Act
Location and time of the Trinity bomb
Alamogordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945 (before dawn)