Becoming a World Power
This president said that it was important to "speak softly and carry a big stick"
Theodore Roosevelt
This was the nickname for journalists who specialized in investigative stories and uncovering scandalous information
muckrakers
This British passenger ship was sunk by the Germans in 1915, killing over 100 American civilians
Lusitania
The term for borrowing money in order to buy stocks was called "buying on the ______"
buying on the margin
What laws did Congress pass in the 1930s to keep the US out of foreign conflicts?
Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937
The sinking of the USS Maine is considered a primary cause of this war
Spanish-American War
This photojournalist exposed life in tenements and slums in his book How the Other Half Lives (1890)
Jabob Riis
Germany attempted to convince this country to attack the United States in a secret telegram
Mexico
What group of people protested in front of the White House in the Bonus March?
WWI Veterans
What law was passed in 1941 in order to keep supplying the Allies with war goods even though they couldn't pay for them anymore?
Lend-Lease Act
Cuba was forced to accept the _______ ___________ which in effect made Cuba a protectorate of the United States
Platt Amendment (1901)
As a result of the temperance movement, the ____ Amendment was passed, but was later repealed by the _____ Amendment
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
Which famous trial of the 1920s focused on the teaching of evolution in schools
Scopes Monkey Trial (1925)
This government program was created to create millions of government jobs for people during the Great Depression, even artists to paint murals
Works Progress Administration
What government agency was created to control inflation during the War?
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
This Secretary of State was derided for purchasing Alaska from Russia in 1867
William H. Seward
This black leader believed in a more patient approach to Civil Rights - first earning white respect in the economic sphere
Booker T. Washington
This influential black leader from Jamaica believed in black nationalism and black separatism
Marcus Garvey
This highly influential act was passed in 1935 to provide economic benefits to retired people, unemployed people, and others
Social Security Act
What program did the US government create to bring in more Mexican farmworkers during the War?
Bracero program
The US helped Panama gain its independence from this Latin country so that the US could finish building the Panama Canal
Columbia
Name one of the two laws that resulted from reaction to Upton Sinclair's horrifying book The Jungle
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
Name one of the laws that was passed to limit anti-war speech during WWI
Espionage Act (1917)
Sedition Act (1918)
What controversial plan did FDR have to deal with some of his New Deal legislation being declared unconstitutional?
Court-packing plan
What was the strategy of the United States in the War against Japan (the Pacific Theater)?
Island Hopping