Imperialism
Journalists that criticized big bosses and social inequities
Muckrakers
True or false: Joining the war was a departure from the traditional foreign policy of nonintervention.
true
Young women in the 1920s who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior.
flappers
True or False: After the Great Depression and passage of The New Deal Acts, Black voters switched from the republican to the democratic party
true
What was the top-secret government project to develop the atomic bomb called?
Manhattan Project
What was built from 1904 – 1914 that connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean?
Panama Canal
Policy that was a response to The Jungle which was the first action taken by federal government to protect consumers
Pure Food and Drug Act
Fear of foreigners that stayed prominent through this period
Xenophobia
What piece of technology helped to spread mass culture in the 1920s
the radio!
The name for shantytowns that houseless people lived in during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
Who were the allied powers
Russia, the United States, France and the U.K.
what is extreme patriotism or aggressive foreign policy
Jingoism
This amendment gave women sufferage
19th (1920)
This intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the Mexican government offered territories in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico to Mexico.
Zimmerman Territory
What led to increased productivity in manufacturing?
The assembly line, which further deskilled, or specialized, the labor system to increase efficiency.
name two causes of the depression
What motivated the United States to join World War II bonus points if you name 2
rise of Fascist dictators, The attack on Pearl Harbor
Belief that some societies are better equipped to be successful than others. Stronger societies naturally conquer weaker societies is called what?
Social Darwinism
True or false: One of the constitutional amendments passed during this time (16th-19th) concerned the imposition of poll taxes
FALSE
What 2 acts made it illegal to speak out against the war (WWI) or spy?
What is Espionage and sedition acts
An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity during the 1920s
Harlem Renaissance
Fireside Chats
The government limited purchases of foods like sugar, butter, milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, meat and canned goods – this is called what?
What criticisms did anti-imperialists make?
Imperialism denied a nation’s right to “self-determination”. It also ran counter to the long-standing policy of relative isolationism
W.E.B. DuBois: prioritized a demand Civil Rights
Booker T. Washington: prioritized economic prosperity and education (increasing wealth)
Describe the Great Migration (including the reasons for it happening)
Large migration of Black People from the South to the urban North (or the West/ Midwest) looking for jobs or for liberation from the oppressive Jim Crow South.
What was the fear of communism spreading in The Roaring 20s?
The Red Scare
What were the two big criticisms of the New Deal
one side: it was too socialist
other side: it was doing too much for big business/it was too forgiving
Court case about the legality of Japanese Internment camps
What is Korematsu vs US
Theodore Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs was called what?
What is the Roosevelt Corollary.
Name 2 issues that concerned progressives
The rising power of big business, uncertainties in the economy, increasingly violent conflicts between labor and business interests, the influence of political machines, Jim Crow segregation in the South, and the rights of women.Panic of 1893Who were muckrakers?Investigative journalists who attempted to expose corporate corruption, mistreatment of workers and to shed light on the problems ailing poor, urban, and predominantly immigrant communities.Ida Tarbell Upton Sinclair Jacob A. Riis What political reforms did Progressives seek?Secret ballot to limit the influence of political machines, and direct election of senators, initiative, referendum, and recall to hold elected officials accountable.17th AmendmentHow did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois’s approaches to civil rights differ.Washington argued that blacks should focus on improving education and economic opportunity within the black community before demanding political equality. DuBois argued the inverse, claiming political equality would allow blacks to enjoy improved education and economic opportunities.Atlanta Compromise self-help accommodation Niagara Movement NAACP “Talented Ten Percent”
Name 3 technological innovations associated with WWI.
Suggestions: machine guns, trench warfare, flame throwers, poison
gas, long range artillery, grenade launchers, submarines, zeppelins
1925 Tennessee trial where an educator was charged with teaching evolution. This trial demonstrated conflict between older and newer ways of thinking.
What is the Scopes trial
What was the Dust Bowl
A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of prairies during the 1930s caused by Poor farming practices such as overuse of the soil, severe drought,high winds
Who was the propaganda character designed to increase employment of female workers in the factories? It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part for the war effort.
Rosie the Riveter
Style of warfare in WWII which included digging long trenches, separated by barbed wire, and a no mans land.
Trench Warfare
Amendment that provided for the direct election of Senators
17th Amendment
statement advocated for the self-determination of nations and aimed for peace
Fourteen Points
What was the Return to Normalcy
President Warren Harding’s campaign slogan in 1919. He called for a rollback of Progressive economic regulations in favor of returning to a laissez-faire approach.
Controversial plan by FDR to expand the Supreme Court to as many as 15 judges (adding 6).
What was the purpose of the Land Lease Act
provide military supplies to the Allies
explain the open door policy
allowed for open access to China for American investment and commercial interests
African-American journalist who led the fight against lynching.
Ida B. Wells
Who led the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI?
John Pershing
What is the nickname for the writers from the 1920s who were disillusioned by WWI and American Life
The Lost Generation
What is the difference in Hoover's approach to handling the Great Depression and FDR
FDR = New Deal and government intervention to help people
Who were the Americans who volunteered to serve as pilots fighting the Japanese in China prior to the US entering the war?
Flying Tigers
What territories did the U.S. gain as a result of the Spanish-American War?
Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
Event that killed 146 garment workers trapped in a New York City building. This led to new safety standard laws
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
What was the name of the act passed by Congress in 1917 that authorized a draft of men for military service?
Selective Service Act
An illegal bar where drinks were sold, during the time of prohibition.
Speakeasy
This New Deal program was created to put as many people back to work as possible building public buildings, bridges, roads, highways etc.
Works Progress Administration
What program hired Mexican workers to perform farm labor during World War II?
Bracero Program
What was the US battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba, in 1898?
USS Maine
What three governmental procedures (adopted by many state and local governments) gave voters a greater voice in their government?
initiative, referendum, recall
The assassination of this person was the spark that started World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Scandal during the Harding administration involving Albert Fall granting oil-drilling rights on government land in return for money.
Teapot Dome Scandal
This was created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The final wartime meeting of the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, in July, 1945 where they discussed the future of Europe.
Postdam Conference