World War I
What term could be used to describe many Americans views when World War 1 broke out?
Isolationists (wanted to stay out of the war)
African Americans serving in World War II still had to serve in what kind of units?
Segregated
This method of buying things became prevalent and allowed consumers to buy more expensive things like radios, cars and electric appliances.
buying on credit
What was a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 in regards to the worldwide depression?
It got worse
This was the event that spurred the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898.
The explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor?
Woodrow Wilsons 1916 campaign was based primarily on the idea that he did what?
Hint: This was also a campaign slogan for him.
He kept us out of war.
What was the purpose of the Office of Price Administration?
Controlled inflation by rationing essential goods
Explain how buying stock on margin worked.
Purchasing stock with a small down payment and borrowing the rest
The phrase "Hundred Days" refers to what?
The first months of the FDR's presidency. First 100 days in office when many New Deal programs were created.
This 1911 tragedy, where 146 workers died in a fire, led to significant reforms in workplace safety and labor laws in New York and across the nation.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
What event caused the U.S. to declare war on Germany in World War I?
Zimmerman Telegram (proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico)
Saw to it that no hiring discrimination practices were used against blacks seeking employment in war industries.
This event can be described as a celebration of black culture and creative expression.
The Harlem Renaissance
What did President Roosevelt attempt to do in order to get his New Deal Programs accepted by the Supreme Court?
court packing-tried to get Congress to approve adding more members to the Supreme Court in order to get them to say his New Deal programs were Constitutional.
This 1906 book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to significant federal food safety reforms.
The Jungle
German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger ships without warning in retaliation for what?
British naval blockade of Germany
This program was a focus of intense debate between internationalists and isolationists, the point at when all pretense of American neutrality was abandoned, and the catalyst that causes American factories to prepare for all out war production.
Lend-Lease program
This event in the 1920's highlighted the tension between fundamental values and new scientific discoveries.
Scopes Trial
Match the correct type of program with the program.
Works Progress Administration- Relief, Recovery, or Reform
Public Works Administration -Relief, Recovery, or Reform
Social Security Act- Relief, Recovery, or Reform
Works Progress Administration- Relief
Public Works Administration -Recovery
Social Security Act- Reform
Who is Ida Tarbell, and what impact did her work have on the Progressive Movement?
This journalist's 1906 expose, The History of the Standard Oil Company, exposed the monopolistic practices of John D. Rockefeller’s company and played a key role in the government's decision to break up Standard Oil.
4 minute men
heatless Mondays
Encouraging people to buy war bonds
Espionage and Sedition Acts
This battle was the beginning of the Allied offensive in the Pacific as 4 Japanese carriers were destroyed.
Midway
What was the name of the plan that provided a solution to resume German reparations payments?
Dawes plan
This person gained a strong national following after proposing raising taxes on the rich and giving every family $5,000.
Senator Huey Long of Louisiana
What was one major effect of the Spanish-American War on the United States' role in global politics?
Hint: what territories did it acquire and how did that effect the United States on a global scale?
Following the Spanish-American War, the United States gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, marking the nation's emergence as a global imperial power.