The Progressive Era
The 1890s political movement developed in response to railroad corruption. Prioritize unlimited coining of silver, government regulation of railroads, and relief to farmers
What was Populism?
An addition to long-established foreign policy practice that permitted the United States to intervene in foreign nations as an "international police power" to curb European influence
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
This often grouped set of WWI policies resulted in thousands being jailed, including socialists, labor activists, and anti-war speakers like former presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs
The Espionage and Sedition Acts
Working Class immigrants and second-generation ethnics
White Southerners: folks involved in rural aid help
Black Voters in the North
Interracial political movement that gained nationwide political power
What was the New Deal Coalition?
The belief of _____ defined US foreign affairsfrom the end of WWI until the attack on pearl harbor.
In 1940, the _____ _____ policy granted the US ability to become an "Arsenal of Democracy" in the fight agains the Axis, reawakening the manufacturing economy.
Isolationism
Lend Lease
This muckraker used photojournalism to depict poor conditions for immigrants in Manhattan's Lower East Side
Jacob Riis
This Black leader pushed for pan-africanism and the "back to africa" movement
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North during WWI for economic opportunities during the 1920s
The Great Migration
These policies were not a part of the New Deal
Integration of the Armed forces
Civil Rights Legislation/ Racial Justice
Sponsorship of the Equal Rights Amendment
This supreme court case upheld the legality of Japanese Internment in 1944, framing the action as a wartime necessity
What is Korematsu v. US (1944)?
"There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class that rests upon it.
You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country."
Who said this? Where? When?
William Jennings Bryan, Democratic National Convention, 1896
This military facility in Cuba was created as a result of the Platt Ammendment in 1903
Guantanamo Bay
Referring to a simplified assembly line, this managment strategy mechanised industrial production while maximizing profit margins for factory owners
What is Fordism?
Drew on ideas from the Progressive Era, sought to address causes of the Depression; faced opposition by the left and right; left a legacy of reforms that are still around today
What was the New Deal?
A push for Black equality during WWII, primarily by Black Veterans who had experienced a disonnance between fighting for democracy abroad while experiencing descrimination at home. Picked up major support with the NAACP
What was the "Double V" Campaign?
This amendment granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
This labor organization, nicknamed the "Wobblies," sought to organize all workers into "one big union" and advocated for industrial sabotage and the overthrow of capitalism.
What was the IWW?
This 1915 film compounded with the great migration directly leading to the Ku Klux Clan's rebirth. It legitimized the "Lost Cause Mythology"
What is Birth of a Nation by D. W. Griffith?
Granted Labor unions the right to organize and bargain collectively, and led to an enormous increase in union membership. Established the National Labor Relations Board.
What was the Wagner Act of 1945?
Despite this phenomenon, WWII did not erode the traditional view that a woman's role was still that of wife and mother. On the other hand, women during WWII forshadowed developments that accompanied second wave feminism and The Feminine Mystique.
What is women's workplace participation during WWII?
While one pushed for integration with white society, the other pushed for Black self-determination via the promotion of a "talented tenth" and establishing the NAACP.
Who are Booker T Washington and WEB Du Bois?
What is the Mandate System?
Stock Market Bubble
Ultra Protectionist Tariffs
The Gold Standard
Instability in banking due Laizzez Faire Economics
Gross economic Inequality
What were the causes of the Great Depresssion?
FDR's intimidation tactics won out, despite Congress voting down his bill, and the supreme court upheld the Wagner Act and Social Security Acts and became more receptive to New Deal Legislation
What was FDR's Court Packing Initiative?
This decision was based upon a confirmation of the weapon's successful detonation for the secret Manhattan project, and directly positioned the United States as the unquestionable superpower in the postwar order.
What was Truman's decision to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan?