Imperialism
The policy of US opposition to any European interference in the Western Hemisphere (1823)
What is 'The Monroe Doctrine"?
The territory, bought from Russia, was called "Seward's Folly"
What is "Alaska"?
What is 'ratify'?
The Volstead Act, which made the manufacture and sell of liquor illegal ushered in the period when organized crime gained a foothold in the United States
What is "Prohibition"?
This was the largest workplace disaster in American history until 9/11 2001
What is the "Triangle Shirtwaist Facory Fire"?
This extension to an existing policy claimed that the United States had the right to protect its economic interests by military intervention
What is "The Roosevelt Corallary"?
This territory in the Pacific was annexed by the United States without the approval of the people native to the area.
What is "Hawaii"?
Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace after the first world war.
What are the "Fourteen Points"?
The period of time between the First World War and the Great Depression known for its new type of music
What is the "Jazz Age' or "Roaring 20's"?
Workers in these factories were instructed to 'lip point' their brushes with luminous paint while painting watch dials. This element in the paint was pisoning them
What is "Radium"?
The pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of obvious diplays of naval power
A country that is exploited by foreign interests for profit and whose economy typically depends on a single major export
What is a "Banana Republic" ?
The right to vote
What is 'suffrage'?
The "new woman" of the 1920's who could vote, act, and dress in the new fashions inspired by Hollywood
What is a 'flapper'?
The innovation made the worker part of the production line where production was set by the owner of the factory
What is "the assembly line"?
The agreement between the United States and Japan to limit Japanese immigration into the United States
What is "The Gentlemen's Agreement"?
The political, economic,military and cultural dominance of one country over another
What is 'hegemony'?
Protest in the form of a work stoppage
What is a 'strike'?
For the fist time ever , the wealth of a nation was measured by how many possesions a family owned.
What is "consumerism"
This event made it possible for woman, African Americans and other minorities to enter the work force that had been closed to them
What is "World War 1"?
What is the manipulation of foreign policy for strictly monetary ends.
What is "dollar diplomacy"?
Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, become "American" after this event.
What is the "Spanish American War"?
Protest in the form of not buying/using a good or service
What is a 'boycott"?
This media was responsible for setting fashion trends and for making the wearing of make up acceptable for the average woman
what are the movies (or Films or Hollywood)
Businesses in the Northern part of the United States actively sought more workers for their factories which in turn saw large numbers of African Americans move from the South to the North
What is "The Great Migration"?
The Completion of this allowed for the American Military to move swiftly between the East Coast and the West Coast of the country
What is The Panama Canal?
After World War One NONE of the Allies gave up any of these, even when they promised the people there
What are colonies, territories?
These illigal drinking places became all the rage during Prohibition
What is a 'Speakeasy"?
The British dicovery in 1922 of the tomb of Tutankamun was the first big Pop culture event in the 20th century leading Hollywood to make this popular film in 1932
What is THE MUMMY ?
As a way to reform the work place, making sure wages were fair and forcing management to take responsibility for worker safety these organizations became popular
What are "Unions"?