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U.S. Imperialism
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World War II
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 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
Japan bombed this US naval and air force base.  The US responded by declaring war on Japan and officially entering WWI on the side of the Allies.
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 informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression

Fireside Chats

200

Reason of U.S. concern in the Pacific.

Japanese expansion

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
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  
The Red Scare
300
Hoover created this in an attempt to protect US factories from foreign competition.  This backfired though, because European nations stopped buying US goods.  
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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 employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefitted the public.  Was a part of FDR's New Deal.  
Civilian Conservation Corps
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

He wrote the Influence of Sea Power, which argued that control of the seas would lead to world dominance

Alfred Thayer Mahan

500

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

The role of government as a regulator of American business

500
This Supreme Court decision declared that the federal government could limit the 1st Amendment right of "freedom of speech" in time of war and if there was a "clear and present danger."
Schenck v. US
500

One reason the New Deal was a success and one reason it was a failure  

Lowered unemployment, fed children, adjusted economic practices --- descriminated against non-whites, didn't fully alleviate unemployment, World War II completed the recovery

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