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100

The war that resulted in American colonies throughout the world.

War of 1898 - Spanish American War

100

The term for journalists exposing problems in American society.

Muckrakers
100

The US saw the highest rates of immigration from 1900-1920s which European countries? 

A. British and Scandinavian

B. French and Spanish

C. Italians and Poles 

4. British and German

C. Italians and Poles

100

The reasons the US entered World War I.

The Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram

100

One reason the Great Depression occurred

Agricultural deflation, buying on margin, speculative investing

100

"A Day which will live in infamy" 

December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor

200

Print media that sensationalized news in order to drive up sales

Yellow Journalism

200
Upton Sinclair was the muckraker who wrote this book which exposed the meatpacking industry and the troubles associated with it.  

The Jungle

200

The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.  

The Great Migration

200

The Goals of the New Deal (3 R's)

The 3Rs - Relief for unemployed, Recovery for business, & Reform of economic institutions

200

"Double V" Campaign

Campaign started by the NAACP - victory in the war, victory at home with racism

300

The event that is credited with drawing America into the War of 1898 (Spanish American War)

Sinking of the USS Maine

300
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.  
Jane Addams
300

As a result of the New Deal, African Americans increasingly supported which political party

Democrats

300
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  
The Red Scare
300

One policy in place to attempt to provide relief for the unemployed

The WPA (Works Project Administration), OR The TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), OR the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

300
The name given to the creation of the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
The Manhattan Project
400

The principle used to justify American intervention in Cuba and Puerto Rico

Monroe Doctrine

400
This person was jailed during the Pullman Strike, and founded the Socialist Party. 
Eugene V. Debs
400

The geopolitical phenomenon that led the world into a world war in 1914

A complex system of alliances

400

This guaranteed people's bank deposits. 

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
400
Supreme Court decision that said Japanese internment during WWII was in fact constitutional because it was during a time of war.  
Korematsu v. US
500

The Platt Amendment states...

Cuba is independent, but America will watch over the government and intervene if American business interests are threatened  


500

The shift in American politics as a result of the Progressive Era

The role of government as a regulator of American business

500

What the acronym NAACP stands for 

National Association (for the) Advancement (of) Colored People 

500

The event that completed the recovery of the nation from The Great Depression

World War II 

500

The term used to describe the changes to U.S. economy and industry to enable fighting in World War II

Mobilization - Military Industrial Complex