Industrialization
Two industries helped transform the U.S. economy during industrialization.
Steel and oil.
This war marked the U.S. emergence as a world power in 1898
The Spanish-American War.
Cultural movement of African American arts and music during the 1920s
The Harlem Renaissance.
Event led the U.S. to join WWII
Pearl Harbor
The main U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism
Containment
This is one way mechanized farming affected rural areas
It reduced the need for labor and led to migration to urban areas.
The purpose of the Open Door Policy
To promote equal trading rights in China.
Law prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol
18th Amendment
The term for the mass killing of Jews during WWII
The Holocaust
The competition between the U.S. and USSR
Cold War
The effect that labor unions have during the late 1800s
They advocated for better working conditions, wages, and hours.
Led the U.S. to enter World War I.
German submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram.
Trial reflected the clash between science and religion
The Scopes Trial.
The role of women during the war
Domestic issue reflected Cold War fears
McCarthyism (Red Scare)
The result of increased immigration during this period
Rapid urbanization and growth of ethnic neighborhoods.
This treaty ended World War I
The Treaty of Versailles.
Innovation revolutionized American transportation
The mass production of automobiles by Henry Ford.
Program helped rebuild Europe after the war with money provided from America.
The Marshall Plan
United State's reason to enter the Vietnam and Korean Wars.
To stop the Spread of Communism to the southern portions of the countries.
The legislation that restricted immigration from Asia
Chinese Exclusion Act
The main reason the U.S. refused to join the League of Nations.
Fear of being drawn into future conflicts.
Led to economic problems in farming during the 1920s
Overproduction and falling prices
The name of the project that developed the atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
Event symbolized the end of the Cold War, famous Reagan speech.
Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.