Imperialism/Progressivism
Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to provide economic and political stability to the nation by guaranteeing the rights of everyday workers and protecting business interests
The Square Deal
The fear of Communist-inspired radicalism in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
Red Scare
With Great Migration, New York’s African American population tripled resulting in the development of art, music, and intellectual thought. What is this period called?
Harlem Renaissance
Identify two causes of the Great Depression
1) International debt cycle
2) Economy invested in too few industries
3) Black Tuesday - stock market crash
4) Buying stocks on credit
African Americans fought for the end of WWII and discrimination in the U.S. What was this called?
Double V
What territories did the US win following the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
Government roundup of some 6,000 suspected alien radicals in 1919-1920, ordered by the Attorney General and his assistant J. Edgar Hoover.
Palmer Raids
1924 act establishing immigration quotas by national origin
National Origins Act
Made up of 15,000 unemployed WWI veterans, travelled to Washington to demand pensions that were not to be paid until 1945
Bonus Army
What month day and year was Pearl Harbor bombed? When did the U.S. declare war?
December 7th, 1941
December 8th, 1941
What amendment was made by the U.S. for Cuba to add to their Constitution - stated that Cuba could not make treaties with other countries, U.S. could intervene in Cuba’s affairs, and leased Guantanamo Bay to U.S.
Platt Amendment
The three goals of the Committee on Public Information include...
Educate citizens about democracy
Assimilate immigrants
End isolation of rural communities
Court case involving two Italian anarchists accused to murder and theft, resulted in the execution despite poor evidence
Sacco and Vanzetti trial
Three R's of Roosevelt's New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Embargo on selling arms to warring countries
Declared Americans sailing on ships from countries a part of wars was at their own risk
Banned loans to countries at war
If countries wanted to buy nonmilitary items from U.S., had to buy in “cash and carry” on own ships
Neutrality Act of 1935
1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine that affirmed the right of the U.S. to intervene in the internal affairs of Caribbean and Latin American countries to preserve order and protect American interests
Roosevelt Corollary
Court case involving a Tennessee biology teacher that taught evolution to his class despite it being against the law
Scopes Trial
Name one New Deal organization that provided RELIEF for Americans, RECOVERY to the economy, and REFORM to American systems
RELIEF: CCC, WPA, CWA
RECOVERY: AAA, NRA
REFORM: FDIC, TVA, SEC
What resulted in the internment camps for Japanese Americans
Executive Order 9066
African American educational institute founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington. Following Washington's philosophy, the institute focused on teaching industrious habits and practical job skills.
Tuskegee Institute
5 of Wilson's 14 points include...
Open diplomacy
Freedom of the seas
Arms reduction
Removal of trade barriers
National self-determination of people in the Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian Empires
First movie shown in the White House, it glorified the KKK and contributed to its reemergence in the early 20th C
The Birth of a Nation
Tax on imported goods designed to encourage American manufacturing
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
This court case determined that Japanese Internment camps were constitutional.
Korematsu v. U.S.